ClevengerGW_at_aol.com writes: << I am new to this list and only a kayaker for one year. I am past 60 years of age but in pretty good condition physically. ... rolling the kayak ... >> The "other Ralph" (my tocayo Diaz, that is) must be past forty or so (certainly an elder, certainly not old) and he took up rolling (sometimes even folding kayaks?!?) not all that long ago. My father-in-law took up kayaking about the time he hit 70, when his knees no longer allowed him to run marathons. He recently started to roll. Some of the German and Austrian white water folding boat pioneers were still seen to be rolling in their nineties (in the nineteen nineties, by the way), some of them in their original boats: 16 and 17 foot by 19 inch white water folding kayaks (I stress this point :-) based on adapted Greenland type designs. I came to rolling relatively late (just the other side of forty from the other Ralph), but found that if you keep your head once inverted and work through your set-up and technique, it is not a strenuous activity or one requiring strength or even that much agility. (Being a little older might be an advantage since you might be less apt to give in to panic under water.) Ralph C. Hoehn Ralph_at_PouchBoats.com www.PouchBoats.com *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Dec 12 2000 - 15:07:24 PST
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