Feb 25th, 2019: whale of a Tale

[BigV]

laying forward
sitting upright
to the left
to the right
with paddle
without paddle
laying backward
sweeping paddle forward
sweeping paddle backward
one arm
no arms
over to the left and up on the left
over to the right and back up on the right.
over to the left and keep going coming up on the right
over to the right and keep going coming up on the left
starting from still position upside down
...

there are several starting points there that could have combinations of factors... I think thirty-seven different combinations is easily imagined.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Easy to believe from people who have 50 words for snow. They can nuance like a bitch.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by BigV

starting from still position upside down

So, you're swimming along, and a kayak floats by, ya dive under, put on the kayak, and then roll it upright?

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

So, you're swimming along, and a kayak floats by, ya dive under, put on the kayak, and then roll it upright?

Here's how I imagine it in "real life". You've capsized (not duck boat style, I mean keel to the sky) and you can only get upright enough to grab a breath, then back down you go, waterboarding yourself. Again. You *DO NOT* want to exit the kayak because you know you lost your bilge pump somewhere between the Subaru and that last ice floe, so the prospect of paddling a swamped boat all the way back is not appealing, assuming it would even float. So you are committed to getting the boat back under you without uncorking yourself. Breath, dunk, breath, dunk, breath, dunk.. wrestling around to get a breath is hard, just hanging upside down is easy, but cold and wet.

That's where you're starting from, still, upside down, figuring out this fucking problem, OH LOOK, A MERMAID. Where was I? Oh yeah... I'll do a number 37, "Ready, Begin!"

Like that.

[Gravdigr]

Why dontcha just get that mermaid to help ya?

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Why dontcha just get that mermaid to help ya?

They got a different number for that one.

[Rhianne]

Originally Posted by BigV

laying forward
sitting upright
to the left
to the right
with paddle
without paddle
laying backward
sweeping paddle forward
sweeping paddle backward
one arm
no arms
over to the left and up on the left
over to the right and back up on the right.
over to the left and keep going coming up on the right
over to the right and keep going coming up on the left
starting from still position upside down
...

there are several starting points there that could have combinations of factors... I think thirty-seven different combinations is easily imagined.

Ha, ha. You missed out Pakassummillugu/unermillugu or 'holding the paddle in the crook of your arm'.

The list of rolls is here (with links to pictures of some):

http://www.qajaqusa.org/QK/rolls/rolls.html

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Rhianne

Ha, ha. You missed out Pakassummillugu/unermillugu or 'holding the paddle in the crook of your arm'.

The list of rolls is here (with links to pictures of some):

http://www.qajaqusa.org/QK/rolls/rolls.html

Rhianne,

I made up my list off the top of my head in response to Glinda's expression of doubt. But you're right, I *did* miss the crook of the arm trick...

Thank you for the helpful link, those definitely sound like they're in order of increasing difficulty, from "gasping for air" to "I am definitely going to die down here".

[Glinda]

Originally Posted by Rhianne

Ha, ha. You missed out Pakassummillugu/unermillugu or 'holding the paddle in the crook of your arm'.

The list of rolls is here (with links to pictures of some):

http://www.qajaqusa.org/QK/rolls/rolls.html

I stand corrected, but come ON. Holding a brick?! Where the fuck is an Eskimo going to get a brick first of all, and why would anyone in a kayak be holding a brick for any reason? Beyond this, if you did have a brick in your hand while kayaking and rolled over, the simple thing to do would be to drop the damned brick!

Why don't they have a roll where the kayaker has a rabid porcupine strapped to his chest? That'd be worth at least 20 points.