Uyenza njani iKayak kubaqalayo

Umxholo

• Igiya oza kuyidinga ukuze uhambe ngeKayaking
• IKayaks kunye nePaddles
• Isixhobo sokuhamba somntu (PFD)
• Izixhobo zeKayaking
• Ukufumana ixesha kunye nendawo eKayak
• Indlela yokukhwela iKayak
• Uphengululo lwe

Kukho izizathu ezininzi zokungena kwi-kayaking. Isenokuba yindlela yokuphumla (okanye evuyisayo) yokuchitha ixesha kwindalo, ngumdlalo wamanzi ofikelelekayo, kwaye uyamangalisa kumzimba wakho ongasentla. Ukuba uthengisiwe kumbono kwaye ufuna ukuzama, kukho iziseko ezimbalwa ze-kayaking omele uyazi. Ngaphambi kokuba uhambe, funda malunga nendlela yokwenza i-kayak yabaqalayo.

Igiya oza kuyidinga ukuze uhambe ngeKayaking

Ukuba uyathandabuza ukuthenga nantoni na okwangoku, yazi ukuba iindawo ezininzi zibonelela ngeendawo zokurenta-ungazama i-kayaking (okanye ukukhwela iphenyane okanye ukuma nge-paddleboarding!) Ngaphambi kokuba utyale imali eyi- $$$. (Khangela nje i-Yelp, i-Google Maps, okanye i-TripOutside ukuze ubone okufumanekayo kufutshane nawe.) Iingcali kwindawo yokurenta ziya kukuseta ngegiya elichanekileyo lomgangatho wesakhono sakho, ubungakanani, kunye neemeko oza kube ubheqa kuzo.

IKayaks kunye nePaddles

Oko kwathiwa, xa kuziwa kwigiya, awuyi kufuna ukuwela uluhlu olude lokukhangela ngaphambi kokuba wenze uhambo oluqhelekileyo lwe-kayaking. Uya kudinga i-kayak, ngokucacileyo. Khetha kwi-kayak ehlala-phezulu (enesitulo esifana neshelufu sokuhlala) okanye hlala ngaphakathi-ngaphakathi (ohlala ngaphakathi), zombini zifumaneka kwimodeli yomntu omnye okanye ababini. I-Pelican Trailblazer 100 NXT (Yithenge, i-$ 250, i-dickssportinggoods.com) yenzelwe ukubonelela ngozinzo (ngoko ayigqithisi) iyenza ibe lukhetho oluhle lwabaqalayo. Kwaye, inobunzima beekhilogram ezingama-36 kuphela (funda: kulula ukuthutha). (Olunye ukhetho apha: Eyona Kayaks ibalaseleyo, iiPaddleboards, iiCanoes, kunye nokuninzi kwiiAdventures zaManzi)

Uya kufuna kwakhona i-paddle efana ne-Field & Stream Chute Aluminium Kayak Paddle (Yithenge, $ 50, dickssportinggoods.com).

Isixhobo sokuhamba somntu (PFD)

Ngokuqinisekileyo uyakufuna isixhobo sakho sokuhamba (i-aka PFD okanye ibhatyi yobomi) oza kuyinxiba ngelixa uhamba nge-kayaking. Xa uthenga i-PFD, qiniseka ukuba uhamba kunye ne-United States Coast Guard (USCG) -inketho evunyiweyo efanelekileyo kumzimba wamanzi oya kuba yi-kayaking, uthi u-Brooke Hess, i-wave-wave freestyle kayaker kunye nomqeqeshi kunye nelungu langaphambili. Iqela lase-US Freestyle Kayak.

• Chwetheza ii-PFDs zilungele ulwandle olulwayo.
• Uhlobo lwe-II kunye noHlobo lwe-III PFDs alungele amanzi azolileyo apho kukho ithuba elihle "lokuhlangulwa ngokukhawuleza," kodwa udidi III PFDs luthanda ukuhlala lula.
• Uhlobo lwe-V PFDs zihlala zicocwa kuphela kusetyenziso olunye, ke ukuba uhamba nenye yezo, qiniseka ukuba ibhalwe ukusetyenziswa kwe-kayaking. (Abahlali bengekho bulky, kodwa ayisiyiyo eyona ndlela ifanelekileyo ukuba ufuna iPFD kwimisebenzi eyahlukeneyo.)

Njenge-kayaker entsha, ukubheja kwakho okungcono luhlobo lwe-III PFD njenge-DBX Women's Gradient Verve Life Vest (Yithenge, $ 40, dickssportinggoods.com) okanye udidi lwe-V PFD njenge-NRS Zen Type V Icebo lokuTshintsha izinto (Ithenge, $ 165, i-countrycountry.com). Ukwaphuka okungaphezulu, jonga isikhokelo se-USCG kukhetho lwe-PFD.

Izixhobo zeKayaking

Kuya kufuneka uze nazo zonke izixhobo eziyimfuneko kwimidlalo yamanzi ngokubanzi: i-SPF, utshintsho lwempahla, kunye nento yokugcina ifowuni yakho yomile, njengeJOTO Universal Water Pouch (Ithenge, $ 8, amazon.com). Kwakhona cinga ukunxiba iiglasi zelanga (ezikuvumela ukuba ubone ngaphaya kwamanzi), kunye nempahla elungele ukuba manzi.

Ukufumana ixesha kunye nendawo eKayak

Ukuhamba nge-kayaking, kuyakufuneka ufumane ichibi okanye ichibi elinokufikelela kuluntu (okungcono ukunqanda ulwandle okanye imilambo njengesiqalo kuba amanzi aya kuba yi-choppier). Ungasebenzisa imephu esebenzisanayo ye-paddling.com ukukhangela iindawo ezikufutshane kwaye ufumane iinkcukacha, ezinje ngokuba kukho umrhumo wokuphehlelelwa nokuba kukho indawo yokupaka.

Kubalulekile ukuba ukhethe usuku olunemozulu epholileyo, utshilo uHess. Nika ingqalelo kubushushu bamanzi, kuba ukubanda kakhulu kweqondo lobushushu kunokukubeka emngciphekweni wokothuka okanye i-hypothermia ukuba uphela usemanzini. Kuya kufuneka unxibe i-wetsuit okanye i-drysuit ukuba ubushushu bamanzi bungama-55-59 degrees Fahrenheit, kunye ne-drysuit ukuba iqondo lobushushu lingaphantsi kwe-55 degrees, ngokwe-American Kayaking Association.

Ukuba ungumqali, unokufumana ikhosi ye-kayaking ngaphambi kokuba uphume kwi-adventure yakho yokuqala. Ezi khosi zinabaqeqeshi bokukufundisa iziseko ze-kayak, ezifana nendlela yokulayisha i-kayak kwimoto ngaphandle kokulimaza umqolo wakho (ingcebiso yepro: phakamisa ngemilenze yakho!), Indlela yokuzisa i-kayak elunxwemeni, kunye nendlela yokuyikhupha xa ucebisa, utsho uHess. Kwaye ukuba usebenzisa isiketi sokutshiza (isimbozo esijikeleze indawo ohlala kuyo ethintela amanzi ukuba angangeni ngaphakathi kwisikhephe) ungafunda indlela yokuqhawula isiketi ukuze uzikhulule kwi-kayak ukuba uthe wagqitha. Ungasebenzisi isiketi sokutshiza? Ngalo lonke ixesha ukwazi ukudada kwaye uhamba nge-kayaking kumanzi azolileyo (okt echibini okanye echibini), kuya kuba kuhle ukuba uhambe ngaphandle kwesifundo phantsi kwebhanti lakho, utshilo uHess. Kodwa okokuqala, kuya kufuneka wazi ngakumbi iziseko ze-kayaking. Ke ...

Indlela yokukhwela iKayak

Bamba i-paddle ngezandla zozibini kwaye uyiyeke ihlale ngaphezulu kwentloko yakho ngamanqwanqwa akho agobileyo kwii-angles ezingama-90. Kulapho kuya kufuneka ubambe iphedi, utsho uHess. Iiphaneli zeKayak zinamacala macala omabini; iblade nganye inecala eliconvex kunye necave (elikhutshiweyo) icala. Icala le-concave-aka "ubuso bamandla" -kufanele lihlale lijongana nawe xa ubhexa ukuze ukwazi ukuqhubela phambili, utshilo uHess. Xa ubambe i-paddle ngokuchanekileyo, umgca omde, othe ngqo we-paddle blade kufuneka usondele esibhakabhakeni ngelixa icala le-tapered lisondele emanzini. (Eyeleleneyo: I-7 yemidlalo yasemanzini ephambeneyo ongazange uve ngayo)

Ukuqala ngokufanelekileyo, setha i-kayak yakho ematyeni okanye kwisanti elunxwemeni ecaleni kwamanzi, emva koko ungene kwi-kayak. Ukuba yi-sit-on-top kayak uya kuhlala ngaphezulu kwaye ukuba yi-kayak evulekileyo, uya kuhlala ngaphakathi kwesikhephe ngemilenze yakho yoluliwe kwaye ugobile kancinci. Nje ukuba ube uhleli enqanaweni, tyhala kude emhlabeni ngephini lakho ukuze uqalise isikhephe emanzini.

Ngoku, mhlawumbi uyazibuza: Ngaba i-kayaking ilula kubaqalayo? Njengoninzi lwemidlalo yamanzi, akukho kuhamba epakini (uyakufumana umthambo olungileyo kuwo, ngokuqinisekileyo!), Kodwa ukubhexa kukwenza intuitive. Ukuqhubela phambili, yenza imivimbo emincinci ehambelana ne-kayak, kanye ecaleni kwesikhephe, utsho uHess. “Ukujika, unokwenza into esiyibiza ngokuba ‘yimivimbo yokutshayela,’ utsho. "Uthatha i-paddle kwaye wenze i-arcing stroke stroke kude nesikhephe." Usahambisa isikhephe ukusuka ngaphambili uye ngasemva-ngokujonga ngasekunene nangasekhohlo kwicala lasekhohlo- kodwa ukwenza iarc ebaxwayo ngasekunene kuya kukunceda ujike ngasekhohlo. Ukumisa, uya kuguqula i-paddle (ukusuka ngasemva ukuya phambili emanzini).

Qaphela: Yiyo hayi zonke ezingalweni. "Xa uqhubela phambili, kungcono ukuba ugxile ekugcineni izihlunu zakho zingqongqo kwaye usebenzise ukujikeleza kwesisu ukwenza imithwalo yakho yokubhexa," utshilo uHess. "Amagxa akho kunye neebiceps ziya kudinwa ngakumbi ukuba awusebenzisi umxholo wakho." Ke bandakanya umbindi wakho kwaye ujikelezise kancinci ukuze uqalise ukubetha ngakunye kunokusebenzisa iingalo namagxa akho ukutsala ipaddle. (Ukwenza uqeqesho lwamanzi olusisiseko ngakumbi, zama ukuma nge-paddleboarding.)

Sh * t yenzeka, ke kuhlala kukho ithuba lokuba uza kubhabha. Ukuba uyayenza kwaye usondele elunxwemeni, ungadada nge-kayak uye elunxwemeni okanye ubenomntu oncamathisela i-kayak yakhe kuye (ukuba unebhanti lokurhuqa-ipakethi ye-fanny enobude beentambo kunye neklip ngaphakathi) uyitsale elunxwemeni. Ukuba awusondelanga ngokwaneleyo ukuba uqubhe elunxwemeni, kuya kufuneka wenze "uhlangulo lwamanzi avulekileyo," isakhono sokuphinda ungene esikhepheni emanzini ekufuneka usifunde kumqeqeshi, utshilo uHess. Uhlangulo lwamanzi oluvulekileyo lubandakanya ukuhlangulwa okuncediweyo, apho kuncediswa khona enye i-kayaker, kunye nokuzihlangula ngokwakho, okubandakanya ukujija i-kayak kunye nokuhamba kuyo. I-TL; i-DR-musa ukuya kude nomhlaba ukuba awukwazanga ukuhlangula emanzini avulekileyo. (Related: Imidlalo ye-Epic yaManzi uya kufuna ukuzama-kunye nabasetyhini abaBatyumza)

Izixhobo: khangela. Iingcebiso zokhuseleko: khangela. Imivumbo esisiseko: jonga. Ngoku ukuba ufunde ngolwazi lwe-kayak lwabaqalayo, ulinyathelo elinye elikufutshane kwi-adventure yakho yangaphandle elandelayo. Nibulisiwe!

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