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From: cholst <cholst_at_bitstream.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Eskimo Rolling with hard contact lenses
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 21:25:54 GMT
steve banhegyi writes:

> Hi There 
> 
> I'm new to the list and have been lurking for some time reading the =
> posts. Very interesting.=20 
> 
> Now the question, has anyone done an eskimo roll with HARD contact =
> lenses and managed not to lose these? I practised an eskimo roll in my =
> kayak in the swimming pool and guess what? Both gone! What devices, =
> besides uncomfortable swimming goggles, are available to stop one losing =
> one's lenses? 
> 

I roll all the time with hard contact lenses. The devices I use are called 
eyelids -- I roll with my eyes shut. For practice, however, I often wear a 
dive mask, which keeps the water out of the nose as well as the eyes -- 
especially important in heavily chlorinated pools. 

Chuck Holst 


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