A Little Help From A Friend
Time was that when someone offered to help me lift my kayak onto the Blazer I would tell them thanks, but I can handle it. I felt I needed to be able to do that by myself in order to maintain my independence, especially since I often paddle alone. That was then.
Now, I am only to happy to have someone help me make the lift. Oh, I can do it just find; and sliding the boat off the car onto my shoulder still goes well. I guess it's now more about minimizing the stress on achy joints in order to maximize the length of my paddling life.
Now, I am only to happy to have someone help me make the lift. Oh, I can do it just find; and sliding the boat off the car onto my shoulder still goes well. I guess it's now more about minimizing the stress on achy joints in order to maximize the length of my paddling life.
Having help available, especially for the heavy lifting, is one of the benefits of paddling with a partner or a group. So, from now on, I'll go with the song lyric, "...I get little help from my friends."Paddle safe...
DS
5 comments:
In the spirit of Tom Sawyer, I never do by myself what I can get someone else to help me with.
Is your new boat lighter than the Romany?
Don't really know. It should be as it ain't yellow.
The VOR raced in the Snake River Canoe/Kayak race and offered to help a trim, fit young guy carry his high end racing kayak down to the river. Not only did he not thank her but he didn't offer to help her with her boat, her brothers 175# RM Perception. We all need to lend a hand folks, it just ain't that hard. End of the story: the guy wins the kayak division of the race. We therefore know his name and where he lives. Beware the bad karma buddy.
The cad deserves what ever you're gong to do to him. In my experience, those types are rare in kayaking.
Now that we're watching such programs as "The Wonder Pets".... "teamwork...!"
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