Ya... well what I did (wear tennis shoes in a kayak) wasn't quite so obviously stupid as taking a trip to Deception Pass in a boat I've never paddled before. :P Craig :) On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 10:40 AM, <Pamvetdr_at_aol.com> wrote: > And YOU gave ME a hard time for paddling a new kayak for the first time > in Deception Pass by myself in 5-6 foot swells as the tide changed? With a > surf launch and landing which I had not done before? > ARE YOU NUTS? > At least when you are with me, you know the edges of paranoia have been > met and all the safety equipment I can carry is along (and some you carry, > too!) > I'm telling Sue to throw out all your tennis shoes. > AND I HOPE that you have given up on those leather logging style boots > you used to wear in the kayak! You would have been toast in those as they > NEVER would have come off! > > By the way, why didn't you just adjust the foot braces to start? Oh, > yeah, this is the Express with the sliding seat and have to go through a big > procedure to readjust foot braces, since they are part of sliding seat > mechanism. > > DON'T DO IT AGAIN! > Pam in Washington State (rolling now, though not well) *************************************************************************** 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 Aug 02 2008 - 11:09:05 PDT
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