paddler hand after long race

Hand Protection and Maintenance during Long Distance Paddle Race

After the 2016 MR340 Race, social media and blogs show many pictures of paddlers hands: swollen, covered with blisters and open wounds. See e.g, Joe Mann or Joanne Hamilton-Vale. Scary, disturbing, impressive? Well, maybe, I don’t paddle hard enough, bur certainly long enough to have some damage to my hands. Usually, I finish MR340 race …

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