Re: [Paddlewise] X-mas Eve in the Surf

In a message dated 12/27/00 11:13:21 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
dlloyd_at_telus.net writes:

<< I know the guys who
 river kayak in the bigger stuff, only do so if sufficiently "dialed in".
 In order to get that way, they usually need to be practicing a couple of
 days a week. The same is true for big wave surfing; you need to be up to
 the challenge and willing to face the pounding. I know a river paddler
 who is at the expert skill level, but will not run Class V out of the
 blue, if he hasn't prepared himself. If he hasn't run anything hairy for
 a while and got keyed up physically and technically, he will not run it. >>

Doug,

The above is so true.  With winter, building a kayak and going to school to 
change careers, I haven't been exercising and paddling as much as I usually 
do; and because of my reduced physical fitness, there is no way I could do 
something like the Northern Four Channel Island crossings right now.  It 
would take me at least two months of training to be ready.

Duane
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