Re: [Paddlewise] Trapped!!!

       Craig:

       Glad you lived to tell the tale. As you have discovered empirically,
tennis shoes are for tennis and guys like John McEnroe. Leather logging
boots are for, oh you know, decimating forests. I can't wait to hear about
your next adventure! But please, don't paddle alone if you're going to
perform more cool stunts. We need to have witnesses and rescue personnel
on hand. Any idea what you are going to do next?

Brad

Quoting Pamvetdr_at_aol.com:

>     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!
>
>      DON'T DO IT AGAIN!
>                   Pam in Washington State (rolling now, though not well)
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 8/2/2008 10:11:16 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> crjungers_at_gmail.com writes:
>
> Once into the Mariner Express I noticed that my feet were not in a good
> position. In fact, one foot was not able to get onto the foot peg. I figured
> that was no big deal as I was just going to paddle around for 30 minutes and
> it was, after all, as calm as a... uh... lake out there. Not a ripple. No
> powerboats. No wind. So I secured my spray deck, grabbed my paddle, and
> started off.
>
> I usually edge the Mariner boats aggressively to get them turning and so I
> put the Express on a nice starboard edge to make a sharp turn to port in
> order to head in the direction I wanted to paddle. I remember noticing that
> my edging wasn't as good as it usually was due to the way my feet were
> arranged somewhere under the foredeck of the Express and just about then I
> caught a crab with my paddle and capsized.
>
> My first reaction was shock. I literally cannot remember the last time I
> capsized in a sea kayak without doing it intentionally. Then I noticed that
> I had dropped my paddle so I dog paddled to the surface to get a breath of
> air (still with the spray deck attached). Unfortunately, I got half a breath
> of air and half a breath of water and the cough reflex was so strong that I
> went back under and then decided to swim out.
>
> I pulled the toggle on the spray deck and pushed out and .... stopped. One
> or both of my feet were entangled in the foot pegs and didn't want to come
> out at the angle I was pushing. I kicked and pulled and pushed and finally
> one tennis shoe came off and I popped to the surface.
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