Re: [Paddlewise] Lost at Sea while Sailing

From: Jerry Hawkins <jhawkins_at_cisco.com>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 08:33:59 -0700
At 05:31 PM 05/19/2000 -0700, Nick Von Robison wrote:
>believe it or not, a few hours of paddling takes it all away.  At least for a
>few hours.  I suspect that most of my neck and back problems are stress related
>and paddling the antidote.

Now that's the truth.  Just getting away from blinking monitors and looking at a bit of reality for a few hours is a real cure for many ills.

The pain that bugs me most is my heels.  After about 3 hours in the kayak (whether or not I take long breaks) my heels really begin to ache.  I paddled 15 NM on Saturday (Tomales Bay, CA) and towed a tired paddler for over a mile and my heels hurt, not my arms or shoulders.

The pain usually goes away in the time it takes to load the gear into the car.

jerry.
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