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Higher then the world by Robbie Banks Living My Dreams Leaving the City Blues Behind Feeling Higher in my Mind Wrapped up in the Sights & the Sounds Mesmerizes & Surprises Serenity and Peace you Supply Yes - I am High on the World Southern Kuaotunu Peninsula (Coromandel) Photo By Robbie Banks 2007 Cooks Corner A new feature for your culinary needs. Please share your recipes, with photos, and we’ll print them. Sweet corn Fritters You’ll need, 1 cup Self Raising Flour ½ cup Milk Powder Pinch of Salt Pepper 2 Eggs Water as required Tin of Creamed Sweet corn Method; Mix all dry ingredients together. Stir in Eggs then add water to make a stiff batter. Add Sweet corn. Add more water if required. Name: Email: Address: Phone: Special Offer FREE Card No: Micro bag worth $29.95 with every new subscription Cheque Visa Mastercard Fry in oil or butter on a hot frying pan. Signature Expiry date: For the hunter-gatherers, replace sweet corn with cooked chopped mussels, pipis or cockles! YUM! Send form to Kayak NZ Magazine. 6 Tavern Road, Silverdale, Auckland. Or phone [09] 421 0662 Fax [09] 421 0663 email: info@canoeandkayak.co.nz or drop into your local Canoe & Kayak Centre. 20 ISSUE FORTYone • 2 0 0 7
Holding your breath by Merl Ward Russell, the instructor said: “You will need to hold your breath as long as you can, and remember the signal to instruct your buddy to bring you up for air”……………………………………… What was the signal? Hold your breath…1 second, 2 second,……. 15 seconds, 16 seconds, (seems like the best part of a minute). What’s the signal? My lungs are bursting, I can hear the water in my ears. What’s the signal?………tap 3 times………tap, tap, tap. Oh, the relief as I burst through the surface. It was part of a lesson teaching me to think logically under water, whilst trusting my buddy to bring me up for air. Friends, when circumstances, somebody, or something deals you that final blow, when all that’s left seems meaningless, …..it’s you, and only you, who can re-invest in your life, turn the tables so to speak. At nearly three score years and ten, that is just what I have achieved. Now it was my buddy’s turn, she seems to be taking a long time, 16 seconds, 17 seconds, 18 seconds, (better lungs than I have) tap, tap, tap, and then the s t r a i n as I turn her over so she can breathe again. That night in the pool, with the help of Angela (my buddy) and the encouragement of Larraine, I extended my boundaries, way out, from there, to here, way out there, and back to here again, and, to my great pride I reached each of those boundaries. When I got home that night, I was exhausted, I was bruised in places you wouldn’t believe, but I was on an adrenalin rush. I could have flown around the ceiling. I felt sooo good! I had learnt to get into a kayak on the shore, and if tipped out, from the water. I learned to think logically and sense direction under water whilst holding my breath. I learned to trust my buddy to bring me up for air. (I’d only met her ten minutes before!) I had rescued myself from an upturned kayak, and I had rescued my buddy and that was only part one of a three part Sea Kayaking Stage One Skills Package. Part two was a morning on Lake Pupuke, where we learnt paddle strokes, side paddling, stopping, sweep etc. and a two-man rescue including how to flip and empty the kayak whilst still on the water. This session was followed by reading weather, safety, planning, and packing. Day three was planning for a trip, what to take, wind and weather warnings, group control, packing, checking safety gear, water bottles, and paddling from St Heliers Bay to Browns Island. We dined as the sun set over the magnificent Auckland city and paddled back in the moonlight whilst watching Comet McNaught in the clear evening sky. The most exhausting paddle I have taken part in was from Narrow Neck to Rangitoto, walking (or gasping) to the summit, gulping down tea and walking back to the beach to paddle back to Narrow Neck. It was a fabulous evening. A group of 22 kayaks left at 6pm and landed back at Narrow Neck again at 1.05am. 7 full hours of exercise. One of my highlights was learning to surf in a sit on top kayak. Whoopee! The exhilaration. Believe me, it leaves a permanent smile on your face! And all because my doctor said, “cholesterol too high”, “blood sugar – too high, you have become a type 2 diabetic”. I asked if I could try correcting those readings with diet and exercise. “Sure”, he said, “but make sure you choose an exercise that you really enjoy.” Ladies and gentlemen, life isn’t all bad, at least not whilst you’re kayaking. And I’ve lost another two kilos since December, cholesterol normal, blood sugar normal, waistline appearing, feeling great, what more could a girl want? Three score years plus twenty? Designers & Constructors of Multisport & Adventure Racing Kayaks Phone 06 875 0043 Fax 06 875 0983 E-mail:- info@ruahinekayaks.co.nz P O Box 11142, Hastings Website:-www.ruahinekayaks.com This fast, stable kayak is designed for the larger paddler looking for a longer, stable boat. Gladiator ISSUE FORTYone • 2007 21
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