> What a great thread!! Missed rolls, made rolls, perfected rolls, > old lady > rescues, .... While attending the East Coast Canoe and Kayak Festival about 7 years ago I took a simple class on the local pond with the usual mixed group of people. A woman well into her sixties was next to me so I chatted with her a bit. She told me she had made a GP at the festival the day before and attended a Greenland rolling class that morning. As she talked to me she turned to get something from her day hatch when over she went. I sat there watching and listening. I could see she was setting up to attempt a roll while odd squeaking noises emanated from the hull. It reminded me of sneakers on a gym floor. Suddenly she swept up and there she was back amongst her kind. She grinned wildly and did a war whoop. It was her first combat roll and she did it well (golf clapping heard quietly in the background so as not to sully the moment). Jim *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Jan 28 2008 - 12:36:18 PST
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