Re: [Paddlewise] Speed Rolling

From: hmgwarner <hmgwarner_at_shaw.ca>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 16:28:37 -0700
> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 6:18 AM, Mark Sanders <sandmarks_at_ca.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Anybody else out there have any speed rolling stories???
>
About five years ago I was in Elk Lake with some club members and decided to 
see how many consecutive rolls I could do.  I was paddling a Pygmy Arctic 
Tern and after coming up for the 13th time felt, like I was drinking Mescal 
back in Juarez Mexico.  On that occasion I woke up in the desert with my 
feet on the floor of a Ford Falcon, the door was wide open  and my upper 
body was hanging out, my face was in the dust and dirt.  There was no one in 
the drivers seat.  The keys where in the ignition so I drove back to where I 
thought Juarez should be, eventually found my own car and left Mexico never 
to return for 30 years.

Sorry I digressed there a little, but there was a point,  fearing I might be 
on the verge of a similar experience, I retired from the lake and went 
directly to a pub where I confirmed my fears.

Gordin Warner
Victoria BC 
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