I tend to agree with Tom. I have been using a Greenland paddle for the past few years and have found it very gentle on my body, especially on trips. I still remember realising after the first multi day trip I did with a GP, that, for the first time, neither my wrists nor my shoulders had become at all sore during the trip. Over the past two years, I have done 2, 250+ km trips down the west coast of Vancouver Island, and the three of us used GPs exclusively - again, despite repeated 35 km days with boats loaded for over a week of travel, none of us suffered soreness. I think it may be partly to do with how a GP forces you to torso rotate more. I have also found that I can keep up with my big bladed paddling partners, though I may have more trouble accelerating. I also find bracing, turning and rolling to be easier with a GP. Cheers Mike (clearly a GP evangelist!) At 11:24 PM 23/11/2007, you wrote: >I am seriously thinking about buying a new paddle. For those of you who do >multi day, boat loaded down, kayak trips what type paddle do you use and why? >Happy thanksgiving >Bob *************************************************************************** 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 Nov 24 2007 - 10:59:27 PST
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