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AdventureGrrl wrote:
> as I was trying to make the
> giant step up into the boat with full arms, I fell headfirst over the
> gunwhale(?) onto the aft deck. So do other people fall aboard, or am I alone in my
> clutziness?
I think you only do that once. I fell into the boat while carrying two bags of
groceries from the dock -- dragged my bare shin with full weight across the
sandpaper non-skid on the gunwale. Didn't break anything, but I remember the pain
and I've got a permanent scar.
It's not necessarily klutzy -- the conclusion is simple: don't obscure your vision
of your foot that's stepping onto a small whatever. That's the feedback the brain
uses to keep you safe, and you mustn't prevent it. Making a leap in the morning when
you may be a little muscle-stiff can also cause the leaping foot to not go as far as
you thought. So I now take the bags on one at a time and keep the eye on the foot as
it extends to a safe place. Keeps me drier, too.
--
Regards --- Don Dement
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