Ungayenza kanjani i-Kayak yabaqalayo

-Delile

• IGiya Ozolidinga Ukuhamba NgeKayaking
• I-Kayaks & Paddles
• Idivayisi Yomuntu Ohamba Naye (PFD)
• Izesekeli zeKayaking
• Ukuthola Isikhathi Nendawo Yokuya Kayak
• Ungayigwedla kanjani iKayak
• Buyekeza kwe-

Kunezizathu eziningi zokungena ku-kayaking. Kungaba indlela ephumuzayo (noma ejabulisayo) yokuchitha isikhathi emvelweni, umdlalo wamanzi othengekayo, futhi uyamangalisa ngomzimba wakho ongaphezulu. Uma uthengiswa ngombono futhi ufuna ukuwuzama, kunezisekelo ezimbalwa ze-kayaking okufanele uzazi. Ngaphambi kokuthi usuke, funda ukuthi ungayenza kanjani i-kayak yabaqalayo.

IGiya Ozolidinga Ukuhamba NgeKayaking

Uma ungabaza ukuthenga noma yini okwamanje, yazi ukuthi izindawo eziningi zihlinzeka ngokuqashisa—ukuze uzame kayak (noma ukugibela izikebhe noma i-stand-up paddleboarding!) ngaphambi kokutshala noma iyiphi i-$$$. (Vele useshe i-Yelp, i-Google Maps, noma i-TripOutside ukuze ubone ukuthi yini okutholakala eduze kwakho.) Ochwepheshe bendawo yokuqasha bazokusetha ngegiya elifanele leleveli yakho yamakhono, usayizi, nezimo ozobe ugwedla kuzo.

I-Kayaks & Paddles

Sekushiwo lokho, uma kuziwa egiyeni, ngeke udinge ukweqa uhlu olude ngaphambi kokwenza uhambo oluvamile lwe-kayaking. Uzodinga i-kayak, kusobala. Khetha kuma-kayak ahlala phezulu (anesihlalo esifana neshalofu sokuhlala) noma ukuhlala ngaphakathi kwama-kayak (ohlala ngaphakathi), womabili atholakala kumamodeli omuntu oyedwa noma ababili. IPelican Trailblazer 100 NXT (Ithenge, $ 250, dickssportinggoods.com) yenzelwe ukuhlinzeka ngozinzo (ngakho-ke ayinqamuki) ukuyenza ibe yisinqumo esihle sabaqalayo. Futhi, inesisindo samakhilogremu angama-36 kuphela (funda: kulula ukuthutha). (Okunye okukhethwa kukho lapha: Ama-Kayak Ahamba Phambili, Ama-Paddleboards, Izikebhe, Nokunye Kwezigigaba Zamanzi)

Uzodinga nesigwedlo esifana ne-Field & Stream Chute Aluminium Kayak Paddle (Ithenge, $ 50, dickssportinggoods.com).

Idivayisi Yomuntu Ohamba Naye (PFD)

Ngokuqinisekile uzodinga idivaysi yomuntu siqu (i-aka PFD noma ijakhethi yokuphila) ozoyigqoka ngenkathi uhamba nge-kayaking. Lapho uthenga i-PFD, qiniseka ukuthi uhamba nenketho evunyelwe ye-United States Coast Guard (USCG) efanelekile emzimbeni wamanzi ozoba yi-kayaking kuwo, kusho uBrooke Hess, i-big wave wave freaker kayaker kanye nomfundisi futhi owayeyilungu weqembu lase-US Freestyle Kayak.

• Thayipha ama-PFDs zilungele ulwandle oluqinile.
• Uhlobo II kanye Nohlobo III PFD ifanele amanzi azolile lapho kunethuba elihle "lokuhlenga ngokushesha," kepha ama-Type III PFDs athanda ukuba ntofontofo.
• Thayipha ama-V PFDs imvamisa isetshenziselwa kuphela ukusetshenziswa okukodwa, ngakho-ke uma uhamba nenye yalezo, qiniseka ukuthi ifakwe ilebuli yokusetshenziswa kwe-kayaking. (Aziningi kakhulu, kodwa aziyona inketho engcono kakhulu uma ufuna i-PFD eyodwa yemisebenzi eyahlukene.)

Njenge-kayaker entsha, ukubheja kwakho okuhle kakhulu yi-Type III PFD efana ne-DBX Women's Gradient Verve Life Vest (Ithenge, $ 40, dickssportinggoods.com) noma Uhlobo V PFD njengeNRS Zen Type V Personal Flotation Device (Ithenge, $ 165, backcountry.com). Ukuze uthole imininingwane eyengeziwe, bheka inkomba ye-USCG ekukhethweni kwe-PFD.

Izesekeli zeKayaking

Kufanele futhi ulethe wonke amagiya adingekayo emidlalo yasemanzini ngokujwayelekile: i-SPF, ushintshi wezingubo, kanye nento yokugcina ifoni yakho yomile, njenge-JOTO Universal Waterproof Pouch (Buy It, $8, amazon.com). Futhi cabanga ukugqoka izibuko zelanga ezinemibala egqamile (ezikuvumela ukuthi ubone ngaphesheya kwamanzi), nezingubo ezifanele ukuba manzi.

Ukuthola Isikhathi Nendawo Yokuya Kayak

Ukuze uhambe nge-kayaking, uzodinga ukuthola ichibi noma ichibi elinokufinyelela komphakathi (okungcono kakhulu ukugwema ulwandle noma imifula njengesiqalo ngoba amanzi azoba yi-choppier). Ungasebenzisa imephu esebenzisanayo ye-paddling.com ukuze useshele izindawo eziseduze futhi uthole imininingwane, njengokuthi ingabe ikhona yini imali yokuqalisa nokuthi ikhona yini indawo yokupaka.

Kubalulekile ukukhetha usuku olunesimo sezulu esipholile, kusho uHess. Nakisisa izinga lokushisa lamanzi, njengoba ukushisa kakhulu kungakubeka engcupheni yokushaqeka okubandayo noma i-hypothermia uma uphelela emanzini. Kufanele ugqoke i-wetsuit noma i-drysuit uma izinga lokushisa lamanzi liku-55-59 degrees Fahrenheit, kanye ne-drysuit uma izinga lokushisa lingaphansi kwama-55 degrees, ngokusho kwe-American Kayaking Association.

Uma usaqala, ungathola inkambo ye-kayaking ngaphambi kokuya ku-adventure yakho yokuqala. Lezi zifundo zinabafundisi abakufundisa izisekelo ze-kayaking, ezinjengokuthi ungayilayisha kanjani i-kayak emotweni ngaphandle kokulimaza iqolo (i-pro tip: phakamisa ngemilenze yakho!), Ukuthi ungayisa kanjani i-kayak ogwini, nokuthi ungayikhipha kanjani uma unaka, kusho uHess. Futhi uma usebenzisa isiketi sokufafaza (isembozo esizungeze lapho uhleli khona esivimbela amanzi ukuba angene ngaphakathi esikebheni) ungafunda ukuthi ungasikhipha kanjani isiketi ukuze uzikhulule ku-kayak uma ungaphenduka. Awusebenzisi isiketi sesifutho? Uma nje ukwazi ukubhukuda futhi uhamba nge-kayaking emanzini anganyakazi (okungukuthi ichibi noma ichibi), kufanele uhambe ngaphandle kwesifundo ngaphansi kwebhande lakho, kusho u-Hess. Kodwa okokuqala, kufanele wazi ezinye izisekelo ze-kayaking. Ngakho ...

Ungayigwedla kanjani iKayak

Thatha i-paddle ngezandla zombili bese uyivumela ukuthi ihlale phezu kwekhanda lakho izindolwana zakho zigobile kuma-engela angama-90 degree. Yilapho okufanele ubambe khona isigwedlo, kusho uHess. Ama-kayak paddles anama-blade nhlangothi zombili; blade ngayinye inehlangothini le-convex nohlangothi lwe-concave (scooped out). Uhlangothi lwe-concave - oluthi "ubuso bamandla" - kufanele luhlale lubhekene nawe lapho ugwedla ukuze uqhubekele phambili ngempumelelo, kusho uHess. Uma ubambe i-paddle ngendlela efanele, umkhawulo omude, oqondile we-paddle blade kufanele usondele esibhakabhakeni ngenkathi uhlangothi oludwetshiwe luseduze namanzi. (Okuhlobene: 7 Imidlalo Yamanzi Ehlanyayo Ongakaze Uyizwe)

Ukuze uqalise kahle, setha i-kayak yakho emadwaleni noma esihlabathini ogwini eduze kwamanzi, bese ungena ku-kayak. Uma kuyi-kayak yokuhlala phezulu uzohlala phezu kwayo futhi uma kuyi-kayak evulekile, uzohlala ngaphakathi kwesikebhe uvule imilenze ubheke kancane. Uma usukhona uhlezi esikebheni, phushela kude nenhlabathi ngesigwedlo sakho ukuze uvule isikebhe emanzini.

Manje, mhlawumbe uyazibuza: Ingabe i-kayaking ilula kwabaqalayo? Njengemidlalo eminingi yamanzi, akukhona ukuhamba epaki (uzothola ukuzivocavoca okuhle, ngokuqinisekile!), Kodwa ukugwedla kunengqondo. Ukuqhubekela phambili, yenza imivimbo emincane ehambelana ne-kayak, eceleni kwesikebhe, kusho uHess. “Ukuze ujike, ungenza lokho esikubiza ngokuthi ‘ukushanela imivimbo,’,” usho kanje. "Uthatha isigwedlo wenze ukushaywa unhlangothi okukhulu kude nesikebhe." Usahambisa isigwedlo usuka phambili uye emuva — ngokwewashi ngakwesokudla nangakwesobunxele esiphambanweni ngakwesobunxele — kodwa ukwenza leyo arc enehaba ngakwesokunene sakho kuzokusiza ujike kwesobunxele futhi okuphambene nalokho. Ukuze ume, uzobuyisela emuva isigwedlo (kusuka emuva uye phambili emanzini).

Qaphela: Kunjalo hhayi konke kusezandleni. "Uma ugwedla uye phambili, kungcono ukugxila ekugcineni imisipha yakho eyisisekelo iqinile futhi usebenzise ukushintshana kwesifuba sakho ukwenza imivimbo yakho yokugwedla," kusho uHess. "Amahlombe akho nama-biceps azokhathala kakhulu uma ungasebenzisi umongo wakho." Ngakho-ke hlanganisa umnyombo wakho bese ujikeleza kancane ukuqala unhlangothi ngalunye kunokuba usebenzise izingalo namahlombe akho ukudonsa isigwedlo. (Ukuvivinya amanzi okuyi-core-centric, zama i-stand-up paddleboarding.)

Ngeke kwenzeke, ngakho-ke kuhlale kunethuba lokuthi uzonqotshwa. Uma wenza kanjalo futhi usondele ogwini, ungakwazi ukubhukuda i-kayak uye ogwini noma othile anamathisele i-kayak yakho kuye (uma enebhande lokudonsa — iphakethe le-fanny elinobude bezintambo nesiqeshana ngaphakathi) bese ulihudula ukuya ogwini kuwe. Uma ungekho eduze ngokwanele ukuthi ungabhukuda uye osebeni, uzodinga "ukuhlenga amanzi avulekile," ikhono lokungena kabusha esikebheni emanzini okufanele ulifunde kumfundisi, kusho u-Hess. Ukuhlenga emanzini avulekile kufaka phakathi ukuhlenga okusizwayo, lapho omunye umuntu osebenza nge-kayaker ekusiza ukuthi uphume, kanye nokuzihlangula, okubandakanya ukuphenyisisa i-kayak nokungena kuyo. TL;DR—ungayi kude kakhulu nomhlaba uma ungazange ukwazi ukuhlenga emanzini avulekile. (Okuhlobene: I-Epic Water Sports Ofuna Ukuzama-kanye Nabesifazane Abayi-4 Ababacoboshayo)

Gear: hlola. Amathiphu okuphepha: hlola. Imivimbo eyisisekelo: hlola. Manje njengoba usufunde ngolwazi lwe-kayak lwabaqalayo, ususondele ku-adventure yakho elandelayo yangaphandle. Uhambe kahle!

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