On 17 Oct 2003 at 12:32, Peter Treby wrote: > you use disposable contacts for rough water paddling, and you have to > roll, isn't there a risk of the contacts washing out? I usually open > my eyes underwater to roll. I agree with Duane on not opening eyes underwater. I rarely do and I find that I can work well with them closed. If you ask me about what went wrong when I blow a weird roll in practice, I can usually "see" everything in my memory as if I had my eyes open. Ditto all the stuff on deck - spare paddle, release loop on skirt, etc - I know where they are (always in the same place) and can "see" them with my eyes closed. This is no doubt related to how much I practice. > Carrying tethered specs as a backup would > be good. Always. Though with disposables, (one day type, that is), it's just as easy to go ashore and replace one. I've never lost one in paddling - in fact, I've only lost one (left eye) in 25 years of contact use (sports only) and that was in an inline skate race (42km US-Canada cross border race in the days when the border was relatively open). > I have lately acquired a set of "RecSpecs", and had > prescription tinted lenses fitted. For a picture, see > http://www.sporteyes.com/rsgog.htm#Raptor. They are a little like ski > goggles. An unkind friend asked to borrow them as welding goggles. So > far, these seem pretty good. They don't seem to get torn off your head > in surf as easily as sunglasses with arms, and the ventilation is OK. With astigmatism getting worse with age and no one-day contacts available that have astigmatism correction (only two-week type) coupled with the need for bifocals, I'm considering getting something like this for normal paddling and using contacts only for wet practice. I might go with the Barz cross sport type, though. Mike *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Oct 16 2003 - 22:28:52 PDT
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