RE: [Paddlewise] Towing, seasick

One of the essential scuba skills is learning to puke underwater. An
essential aspect of this skill is chewing you food well.

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
[mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net] On Behalf Of Richard Culpeper
		Sent:	Saturday, April 10, 1999 7:15 AM
		To:	PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net
		Subject:	Re: [Paddlewise] Towing, seasick

		Yup, we discussed it first (I was concerned that if he
tipped while vomiting he
		might aspirate some water).  The deal was that if he felt
too woozy, he should
		face away from me while I pulled him to shore.
Unfortunately, rather than
		doing this, he turned to me and said, "I think .......", and
completed his
		sentence with his breakfast.  At that point my inexperience
really showed, for
		obviously the proper thing to do would be to vomit right
back on him, but alas
		I had not trained for this.  You're so right about
"instantaneous judgment and
		reactions" and my lack thereof.  Next time I'll be prepared.
Until then, I
		remain chastised.

		Cheers,
		Richard Culpeper
		www.geocities.com/~culpeper

		David Seng wrote:

		> > -----Original Message-----
		> > From: Richard Culpeper [mailto:culpeper_at_geocities.com]
		> >
		> > It happens.  Last summer one of my students said he was
prone to being
		> > seasick on larger boats, so he though he would try
kayaks.
		> > He climbed in
		> > with me standing in shallow water helping him balance.
		> > Within a couple of
		> > minutes he puked all over me.
		> >
		>
		>   I would have thought that one of the primary skills that
a kayak/canoe
		> instructor should have is the instantaneous judgement and
reactions that
		> would allow one to avoid such a situation, Richard.<vbg>
Sort of the thing
		> that separates the greenhorn instructors from the grizzled
veterans......
		>
		> A weekend of good paddling to all!
		>
		> Dave Seng
		> Juneau, Alaska (where spring is just beginning to tease
her promises)



	
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