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Canoeing Experience: day 1 still water

Today we went down to the lake to learn how to canoe. We had a great instructor who taught us the simple strokes and the basics of canoeing.
We started by learning the J-stroke, then we learned how to do a 360 both ways, after that we took a trip around the island using the skills we learned.
The trip was fun, I enjoyed the canoeing, the weather also helped with the experience.
Somethings that we need for our next trip are: a change of clothes, a garbage bag to put your stuff in, a string on your glasses, a windbreaker, a bailer.

1:10:1
1 minuet of hyperventilate
10 minuets of moving around in the water
1 hour of staying conscious

Sweeper is a tree that is over the water
Strainer is a tree that is in the water

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