volinjo_at_juno.com wrote: > I can't bear the thought of putting contacts in my eyes, but I had considered trying it > for kayaking. It's only difficult to do the first few times. After that, it seems normal. If you insert and remove your lenses properly, your finger never contacts your eye directly. I've only once lost a contact lens - inline skating (a race with a nasty, cold headwind. My eyes were tearing up a lot and I washed a lens out). I've never lost a lens kayaking, including WW and rolling sessions. I use the single-day disposables for paddling. Less concern with cleaning and maintaining the lenses on trips. I always bring several spare pairs (ie. three pairs minimum for a two day, one overnight paddle), so if I did loose one, I'd be able to replace it easily. I switch to glasses when the paddling's over for the day. You should be able to get a few free pairs from an optometrist, just to try them out. Mike *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Jan 15 2000 - 20:56:03 PST
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