LIZCSTM_at_aol.com wrote: 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. I certainly know the feeling (or lack of feeling) of everything freezing up when I have been in the kayak too long, but if it is any consolation to you a pair of healthy teenagers were out paddling with me the other day and when we got home one of them stepped out of the boat only to find out that his legs didn't want to do what he expected. He fell backwards across the rear deck, bounced off the deck (it's a wooden kayak and he cracked my hatch cover, unfortunately) then rolled off- mainly onto the beach. So it's not just us older folks! John *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Oct 29 1999 - 04:46:05 PDT
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