----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Maroske" <GUM_at_exmail.de> To: <PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 4:58 AM Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] PaddleWise > Hello Ralph, > > I found the 8 minutes of a father and son team most impressive... > ...they assembled a modified pouch double in a completely dark garage to train for their escape from eastern > Germany. > Dieter Stiller, who used to be the US distributor for Klepper, at times would demonstrate a blindfolded assembly of a double Klepper for the military to show that it could be done in the complete cover of darkness. I have, at times, been forced to do assembly and disassembly in very low light conditions. I would highly recommend that people give it a try. Often when there is a problem with a particular point of the assembly process of a folding kayak model, if you let yourself do it by feel rather than sight, it works out better. Fingers and hands do have a way of seeing; there is a lot to be said for feel. ralph diaz *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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