tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post1166423478243927309..comments2023-06-20T02:06:52.150-06:00Comments on Alethiography: Kayak LessonTamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18079829842465164437noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-56391947060948399992008-10-30T20:24:00.000-06:002008-10-30T20:24:00.000-06:00I went for one of these sessions tonight at my loc...I went for one of these sessions tonight at my local pool - was fantastic fun. Didn't get as far as the eskimo thingy, but I did the release, both with and without the skirt (which they call a 'spraydeck' here in the UK)<BR/><BR/>:DPhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04587770840994235621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-66971672943972413002007-06-07T21:43:00.000-06:002007-06-07T21:43:00.000-06:00You called it "being in a kayak." I call it "wear...You called it "being in a kayak." I call it "wearing a kayak." I've never done it myself. I did get rather comfortable with canoes for a while--I could never do awesome controlling j-strokes, but I could rock a canoe with control, power one with a pole, and I even saw people sailing, with one canoe across another, sideways, catching wind as the sail.<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed reading these adventures. It looks harder that I thought, and I already thought it was hard.<BR/><BR/>It looks like you might not get bruised much, unlike with the dead fish flop manuever in canoeing. Actually, I think I learned not to bruise myself doing that; I don't remember now. Nor do I remember if I learned to turn a canoe upright with another person (both people are underneath it, breathing in the air pocket, then they grab the gunwhales and fling it up into the air, flinging one side with a bit more force than the other.<BR/><BR/>I haven't done any of that stuff in 22 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com