Like many things in our culture, it seems we lose sight of the fact that it's not the bombproof roll in all conditions, on both sides that's important. It's the journey and the learning that occurs along the way that matters. Having learned to roll, I find my braces are better, my confidence higher and my willingness to experiment with other techniques far greater. Even just understanding what occurs during a successful roll can help one learn techniques like the re-enter and roll with or without a paddlefloat which can be a very handy technique in conditions too rough for other types or self rescue. Like Bill Cosby used to say on the intro to the old Fat Albert show, ".. if you're not careful, you may learn something before you're done." Cheers, Lou --------------------------------- All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Oct 07 2006 - 10:40:09 PDT
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