Hey, I know this was posted already a couple of days ago, but since I was away for some time -no paddling :(- I just catch up with the history. There is a good possibility that somebody already came up with the stuff I will mention. Two weeks ago before I took off I borrowed a book from our public library " Contributions to kayak studies/ edited by E.Y. Arima ... [et al.]." In this article collection were 2 papers which didn't deal with kayak construction, they were about a phenomenon called "kayak angst" or "kayak fear". As far as I recall these situation was often triggered by situations were the kayaker (studies restricted to native paddlers) lost landmarks due to fog, distance from land, sea and weather conditions. Symptoms described vary between dizziness, lack of balance and room perception, nausea, vomiting, tickling in legs and arms up to the impression that the kayak filled up with cold water (which didn't happened). The company of a paddling buddy often eased this fear, most likely by giving a orientation point to judge the own posture in the room. Recalling what I read in the book and reading your email I see some similarities. Unfortunately I had not time to read the articles in deep, but I will get that book one more time and read with more concentration. I am not an expert (i.e. shrink or something like that), but to me it looks like a psychological phenomenon that leads to real physiological problems and symptoms. My 0.02$ Ulli Dr. Ulli Hoeger Dept. Physiology and Biophysics Dalhousie University Halifax, B3H4H7, Nova Scotia Canada Phone I : 902-494-2673 Fax: 902-494-1685 Phone II :902-488-6796 http://is.dal.ca/~uhoeger *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Nov 10 2000 - 09:51:31 PST
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