This is fascinating. I am 5'0" short and thought that the reason my legs and feet went numb was someway connect to my latest companion: Mr. Arthur Itis (along with Mr. Ben Gay)! Sandy Kramer who refuses to act her age even if her joints are! Well, Sandy! I'm 5' 7" and fit into my kayak rather well. But I'm also 64 (just had a birthday earlier this month) and while I don't feel numb while pad dling, stirring my bones and joints to get out of the kayak can be an experience not to forget. To my embarrassment (and to the amusement of others on the trip) I creak and groan when the moment of truth arrives -- getting out of the boat and onto dry land again. Everything feels wonderful until I try to stand up and exit the kayak. Then the hours of inactivity (for my lower half, anyway) take their toll. Nothing wants to work. Not hip joints, not legs, not anything! I have been known to hitch myself up onto the back of my boat (just behind the cockpit), just to fall flat on my face in about 12" of water. Most humiliating! When I stay too long in one position, everything freezes up and won't cooperate when it's time to move along. The upper half has been paddling furiously while the lower half has become frozen in time! Ah, to be 25 again... Liz Miller Sacramento, CA *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Oct 28 1999 - 23:16:27 PDT
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