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The third subject (mindset) I did not train or consider, but it proved to be vital during the trip. However, I subconsciously practiced it in a business context, during my normal job, doing big projects, adjusting and achieving targets in sometimes unfavorable conditions. The biggest challenge for me was integrating training in my daily live, as I could not afford extra time off, being very much involved in my job (50 to 60 hours a week). Training (Fitness) The Swopper: Talking about posture I made my “Swopper” my office chair. A swopper is a stool without any arm-, back- and headrests so while sitting in my office (10 hours plus a day). I automatically trained my posture and belly-muscles with this. The Gym: The main target was improving my general fitness and training the muscles you mostly need for paddling. So for the first time in my life, I went to the Gym twice a week. At first it felt a bit weird being among all those youngsters (i.e 30 and younger), whose main goal seemed to be looking good to improve their chances in finding an even better looking partner or lover. And still I do not like the atmosphere of being indoors, but it helped a lot to build up a better posture for paddling. The river: Going directly after work on our local river Hunte, two to three times a week, was sometimes far from being my favorite after a long workday. However, it helped to “convert” my gym-fitness into paddling fitness. The river has hardly any currents so I was able to play around with different paddles (euro, wing and stick), to improve my mental and physical flexibility. I swapped to a non-feathered paddle which allowed me to keep to the same paddling-style although switching from euro-, to greenland- and to wing – paddle. © Christian Dingenotto 2015 12
Skills (Paddling) Christian playing in Penwryn Mawr (Photo by Phil Clegg), the boat “hidden” in the waves Improving paddling skills especially in rough water was the tough bit, as there is neither much current on our local river nor any rocky coastline at the North Sea. So apart from finding some rough conditions in the North Sea (without any rocks) I booked two courses (four star training and assessment, with Eila Wilkinson and Nigel Dennis at Costa Brava; rough water and tide race handling, with Phil Clegg and Trenk Müller at Anglesea). The latter I completed right before starting the trip. So the rest of improving my skills was left to the trip, the Irish and the Atlantic itself. © Christian Dingenotto 2015 13
Page 1 and 2: Going round 2015: Re-viewed - Memor
Page 3 and 4: Going round 2015: re-viewed How to
Page 5 and 6: Paddlers (some of the first Germans
Page 7 and 8: Gear / Way of Life Christian and Mi
Page 9 and 10: Contact-Details for Feedback and
Page 11: Preparing Maybe you being paddler,
Page 15 and 16: On tour Some descriptions of the
Page 17 and 18: Planning Planning session in Crookh
Page 19 and 20: Paddling Being our first big trip a
Page 21 and 22: Meetings / Findings While paddling
Page 23 and 24: People who are interested - they ke
Page 25 and 26: on battering into headwinds and nas
Page 27 and 28: Ups - achievements Seamanship I kne
Page 29 and 30: Mental Skills While coping with sea
Page 31 and 32: started being easy going north and
Page 33 and 34: Mental Splash Zone While paddling s
Page 35 and 36: Thinking / Self Reflexions: what I
Page 37 and 38: Coffee and Cake good humour. Happy
Page 39 and 40: Questions asked Some answers came u
Page 41 and 42: Learnings - wee “wisdoms” or to
Page 43 and 44: Tool-Box You might be interested in
Page 45 and 46: Cook Lunch gear I like my cooking
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Seekajaktour: Umrundung Irlands im Seekajak 2015

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