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Re: Other: Paddling photos
By:Rob Hallett
Date: 8/4/2011, 1:25 pm
In Response To: Re: Other: Paddling photos (Bryan Hansel)

I am new to this forum but not new to water. Practically raised in a pool, more comfortable swimming under water than with my head up, my daughter is a third generation lifeguard.

I have had some interesting surprises in a kayak but one of the first and most memorable was taking a self rescue class in my new P&H Capella and finding out that when you flip a kayak in a PFD you still end up completely head down with your nose and sinus cavities immediately full of water. I can't say I was really rattled but it was nice to know that once I popped the skirt I was going to go UP.

Never kayak without a PFD.

You never know when something will surprise you.

: I feel the same way. I cringe when I see it on the water, which is
: often. Just recently we had one kid drown on a perfectly calm
: day on a small interior lake. He wasn't wearing his lifevest. A
: buddy of mine was on the SAR for him. It shook him up a bit.

: If you don't wear your lifevest while paddling the odds are stacked
: against you.

Messages In This Thread

Other: Paddling photos
Glen Smith -- 8/1/2011, 7:23 pm
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Wayne One (wwfloyd) -- 8/1/2011, 8:48 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/2/2011, 1:51 am
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Mike Savage -- 8/2/2011, 12:59 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/2/2011, 2:49 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 8/3/2011, 7:10 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/3/2011, 7:28 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 8/2/2011, 5:13 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/2/2011, 6:44 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 8/2/2011, 6:52 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/2/2011, 6:45 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 8/2/2011, 7:06 pm
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Allan -- 8/2/2011, 7:03 pm
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Matthias -- 8/4/2011, 4:25 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/5/2011, 3:08 am
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Bob Johns -- 8/5/2011, 5:43 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/6/2011, 2:48 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 8/3/2011, 9:19 am
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Rob Hallett -- 8/4/2011, 1:25 pm
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Kirk fredericks -- 8/4/2011, 1:38 pm