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[kellyswhitman at hotmail.com (Kelly Whitman)]

Moving well and kinesthetic awareness is part of it.  I was reading an 
archive somewhere (maybe this list's?  Tough to remember when it was 2AM... 
my roommate says I'm obssessed, but then he was up later than that playing 
online backgammon) about physical preparedness for the hike and one poster 
recommended including balance/agility training such walking along street 
curbs, etc.  Not a bad idea.

There are other factors, too, like the physical structure of your feet, 
ankles, and legs, and external factors.  I mentioned earlier that the 
sockliner in my orthotics is slick.  I have bunions, not big ones, but 
enough so that I tend to walk a little on the outside of my foot instead of 
pushing off with my big toe like you're supposed to.  That combined with the 
slick orthotics is a setup for a sprain, especially when one of those darn 
1" rocks works its way into the equation.  I'll turn an ankle despite three 
decades of hiking; ballet, jazz, and tap dancing; Hatha yoga; triathlons; 
and teaching aerobics classes.

Kelly Whitman
INTP
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"There ARE no other women like me."  -- 7 of 9

>I seem to have this 'skill' as well.  I think that some people move well,
>and others don't.  I see this fairly regularly in my martial arts classes.
>I will get new students who already know how to move, and others who seem 
>to
>have no ability for fluid motion at all.  Those who seem to know
>instinctively how to move suffer far fewer injuries in the training 
>process.
>
>Shane

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