Sitting in seat 4 in this picture as we're bringing the boat into shore, just an hour or so after the first time I steered the boat on the open ocean. The swells were gentle and it was far easier than I thought it would be (a bit of irony in the picture: see my crutches lying in the blue boat cover to the left of the pic?)
It's actually a bit tough sometimes to paddle one-legged, simply because I can't push with my right leg to get the trunk twist when I paddle on the left. But I'm holding my own and there's something pretty exciting about doing a sport where what's above the waist means more than what's below.
:)
Pic by John, my own personal paparazzi
3 comments:
Wishing I could capture your joy at this new effort. Nothing about exercise is floating my boat right now. Maybe I need a detox.
vajra: I think I'm only enjoying it so much because this is the sport I've wanted to do for so many years, but never thought I would really get a chance to do (who knew a paddling team was so close at hand?).
Can you think of an activity like that that you could take on? (and hey, come to SoCal and join me sometime!)
Jana, I would love to meet you ftf. I could use a visit with you. Perhaps it would get me out of the extremely prickly place I am right now.
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