At 05:55 PM 5/11/99 EDT, VajraT_at_aol.com wrote: >Timothy.g.mattson_at_intel.com writes: > If the conditions are >> bad enough that I need to swim, I've done something really stupid and >> deserve to byte the big one. >Well, me too. But I'd still like to somehow slither out of my well-deserved >death if something goes wrong. > >You are spot-on about rolling. It's irresponsible of senior paddlers and >instructors to not encourage people to learn to roll. (Though I doubt many >instructors would say this: bad business sense!) More often, it's the >paddler who becomes intimidated. With drysuits for outdoor practice, and >pool sessions everywhere, everyone should try to learn to roll. As Tim says, >whitewater paddlers learn to roll early on, and sea boats are not very >different to roll. Especially when you consider that even most severe ocean >conditions would be easier to roll in than many whitewater situations. > Call me irresponsible because I don't encourage people to learn to roll till after they learn how to paddle and do self rescues. Every one ( almost) want to learn how to roll first and to learn other skills later. If you can do a paddle float reentry and have your BASIC skills I (me personally) feel you are better off than knowing how to roll and not have your BASIC skills. nuff said.you can start yelling now!!! Dana *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue May 11 1999 - 16:15:51 PDT
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