Which type are you?

Posted by Barefootwander on May 19, 2008 at 12:19pm in General Paddle Banter

On a recent paddling day down the Ocoee with some new found friends. I got into a discussion with one of about the attitude after a swim. Whether a big long nasty swim or just a 'Hey I'm retarded and can't believe I just did that swim'.....Which attitude is yours? Are to shaken up and get timid and down on yourself some a swim? Or do you get pissed at the fact that you swim and take the same big lines and try to prove yourself to yourself again?

So which is it?

I for one get pissed and try to not do the same dumb-ass thing again.

And don't say that you don't swim..... everybody does it. Just some not as frequent as others.

Tags: attittudes, swims

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Permalink Reply by dan cash on May 30, 2008 at 12:48pm: I have to say that I'm a little of both and that it would have to do a lot with the swim. Swimming after being chundered in a massive hole? Understandable. Laugh it off. Swimming because 5 roll attempts failed in a class III? (or worse: at a park-n-play spot!) That tends to take the confidence down a notch. But I agree, go out and do the same move again and succeed or nail a few rolls and shake it off. We're all inbetween swims, right?
By the by, is this in regards to the high water inducing double release that was on the Ocoee recently? (I believe all the swims had something to do with a pinned kayaker); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by DylanT on July 2, 2008 at 1:37am: Swims definitely humble me. I reconsider whether or not I belong on the run, and I tend to lose a bit of sleep rehashing the beatdown.

However, I usually feel the need to redeem myself, and I go back and try and paddle a good line at the place of hammering.

So....I am a bit of both?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Craig Leonardi on July 4, 2008 at 1:27pm: Never happy after a swim, but always happy that it was "just" a swim.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ben Whittle on July 6, 2008 at 8:07pm: I haven't had to swim in along time but I am hoping that I will be able to just laugh it off. In truth I know that I will be shaken up about it and more then likely will be pissed off too. But hey we are all in between swims aren't we. to steal a line from my good freind Mr. Cash.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by David Crowley on July 14, 2008 at 2:44pm: I`m alwys pissed at myself for having a swim, my home river is shallow in most of the pool drop rapids and very boney, since I do not have a bomb proof roll, My bigest trick is `Do Not Fall over! that works most of the time. Ive had very long swims in high water and some in water that is too low to roll and too shallow to kick out, thus bumping my head as I go down from pour over to pour over. this summer is the one to learn that bomb proof roll, as the Zambezi is calling! i`m taking a team there in october for the Zambezi challenge Rafting festival and will be taking a South African built inflatable kayak (an Otter) down the class 5 Zambezi gorge. so I`ve got to learn to roll or be happy with a long safe swim.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Adrian Powell on July 22, 2008 at 3:23am: I will admit i am due for a swim as it has been a while but i do not mind swiming i do not think it is something to be taken to heart but i also will go back up take another look at the line (try to spot where i went wrong) and do it again.; ▶ Reply to This