As I was thinking about this article, it occurred to me that it is actually full of paradoxes.
First, the kayak is a craft originally from the Nordic regions, places of perpetual snow and ice. But our kayak season is during the hot summer.
Secondly, the kayak is typically used in wild water, between rapids, waterfalls... But the photos show kayaks as a speed discipline, on calm, almost stagnant water.
Kdy啪 jsem p艡em媒拧lel o tomto 膷l谩nku, tak m臎 napadlo, 啪e je vlastn臎 pln媒 paradox暖.
Zaprv茅, kajak je plavidlo p暖vodn臎 ze seversk媒ch oblast铆, z m铆st v臎膷n茅ho sn臎hu a ledu. Ale u n谩s je sez贸na kajak暖 b臎hem hork茅ho l茅ta.
Zadruh茅, pro kajak je typick茅 pou啪it铆 v divok茅 vod臎, mezi p艡ejemi, vodop谩dy... Na fotk谩ch jsou v拧ak kajaky jako rychlostn铆 discipl铆na, na klidn茅, t茅m臎艡 stojat茅 vod臎.
Where there are kayaks, there are kayakers. Originally Eskimos, out on their rickety vessels to hunt seals. Today's "Eskimos" look very different. 馃榾 They don't hunt seals but they do hunt speed records at 200 meters.
Kde jsou kajaky, tak jsou i kajak谩艡i. P暖vodn臎 Eskym谩ci, vyj铆啪d臎j铆c铆 na sv媒ch vratk媒ch plavidlech na lov tule艌暖. Dne拧n铆 "Eskym谩ci" vypadaj铆 煤pln臎 jinak :) Nelov铆 tulen臎 ale lov铆 rychlostn铆 rekordy na 200 metr暖.
I took a picture of them from the bridge, from a "bird's eye view". And I'm thinking, how is it possible to ride something so slim that it doesn't fall over right away? Isn't that against physics? 馃槅
(I'm kidding, of course. But the truth is that I would probably end up in the water after a few meters.)
Vyfotil jse si je i z mostu, z "pta膷铆 perspektivy". A 艡铆k谩m si, jak je mo啪n茅 jezdit na n臎膷em tak 拧t铆hl茅m, 啪e se to hned nep艡evrhne? Nen铆 to n臎co proti fyzice? 馃槅
(Samoz艡ejm臎 啪ertuji. Ale pravda je, 啪e j谩 bych nejsp铆拧 skon膷il ve vod臎 u啪 po p谩r metrech.)
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