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Re: Conceptual orientation
Posted By: Don Beale In Response To: Conceptual orientation (Matthew Bastian)
Date: Monday, 11 September 2000, at 12:13 p.m.
I guess I'm a little confused here. I did find that rolling 360 could be disorienting, but with the dive mask I was able to look and see what was wrong with the setup, and fix it. I'm confused as to why it matters what the orientation with the rest of the world is; it seems to me that what really matters is the orientation for the setup, or the spatial orientation from paddler to boat. Once up, if the compass is facing a different direction than you thought it ought, well, not really a big deal? Or am I missing something?
: Hi Greg,
: Being a strong analytical type I certainly had a hard time visiualizing all
: the body contortions, even though I've had extensive experience with 3d
: spatial conceptualization. What helped me was to not visualize myself
: sitting in the boat but to put my conceptual visual frame of reference
: below the boat. As if I were sitting on the bottom of the lake/pool
: looking up at the kayak.: An other thing that disorients is when you make the kayak do a complete 360
: degrees rotation (ie. you roll over on one side and come up on the other).
: Like you describe it's easier to slowly lower ones self down on the same
: side that you roll up on.: Matthew
: Matthew
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