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Blog<\/strong> assignment 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sea Kayak Field trip <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Location: Paradisbukta \u2013 Ny Hellesund<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For this fieldtrip we started at the first two days in Kristiansand were we did the preparations for this kayak trip. During the preparations we practiced for falling over and paddling technique and basics like how to sit in a kayak properly. The themes were T-rescue and even eskimo rol. For paddling technique it was for instance: stick paddle in at toes and get it out at the butt, rotate your body by every stroke so you spread the power in your upper body instead in only the arms, put the paddle almost in vertical, press your feet at the peddles, push knees up in the top.<\/p>\n

From Thursday till Friday we went to Paradisbukta were our journey would start. During this trip my goal was to protect myself well enough for the sun and mosquitos. The area would have beaches with sand and stones and a lot of mosquitos and ticks. The whole trip the weather was perfect. Sun and not much wind.<\/p>\n

The trip started at Paradisbukta. We putted our equipment in the kayaks. We needed to make sure that the weight was divided well. Once we did we got into the kayaks and started our journey. We got the task to navigate in pairs. The halve of the group would navigate and the other half would do it the next day. The whole trip was easy to paddle and the weather was beautiful. During the break we stopped at small island were there was a possibility to jump of a cliff and have a swim. We stayed there for a hour and a half which was amazing. After the break we continued our journey to the island were we would sleep. The island was called Hellroya. Samantha and I had the turn to navigate. We kayaked straight towards to point without much trouble , atleast we thought. I was hard to keep track of the distance towards the point. It was also pretty hard to keep the group together since a couple participants were slower then the rest.\u00a0 Once we arrived Maike, Joanna, jed and Samuel surprised us with cake and wine. After we had a chat Tom, Jed, Aaron, Samuel and me went to the big cliff. This cliff was more then 20 meters high so we decided to jump of it! Best decision of my life it gave me a fair share of adrenaline. After that we relaxed and went to bed. I slept on a rock near the water to avoid mosquitos. The next morning we left at about 10 am. We again had turns navigating. This time we didn\u2019t really take a brake because we would be back at about 1 pm. During the trip back we didn\u2019t struggle at all. I got a bit tired at the end but it didn\u2019t cause any problems. Once we got back at Paradisbukta we unloaded the kayaks and ended the trip. I couldn\u2019t really help collecting common gear because I had to run to the buss stop to catch the bus.<\/p>\n

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Even though these two day the weather was really good I found it hard to navigate in a coastal area. Mainly because I was sitting low in the water. This way I could barely guess distances and height of object or islands. Next to that I noticed that its hard communicate with the group whilst paddling and keeping the group together was also quite a challenge. I now know that when guiding a group on the sea you have to pay close attention all the time for the safety of the participants.<\/p>\n

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For this trip I brought light equipment and less food then I would bring to winter trip. I took for this trip.<\/p>\n