Re: a break in the action

From: Ken Poulton (poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Thu Oct 30 1997 - 11:29:12 PST 

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> - In the meantime I think the best thing we can do for strap safety is
> to use them as "toe" straps, not foot straps. You shouldn't be able to
> stick your foot in farther than the ball of your foot.

And yet, this is not enough. I had just tightened my straps to adjust
for the booties I was wearing.

I think you are safer if you train yourself to actively get your feet
out of the straps when falling. I used to do this more. In recent
years I have been in the bad habit of holding onto my booms in a fall,
mainly so I wouldn't have to swim after my equipment. This had pulled
my arms at awkward angles that could injure a shoulder if taken much
further. At the same time, I was no longer yanking my feet out of the
straps.

Ken Poulton
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