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  Paddling, catching a wave and being safe are all heavily dependent on that ability.
  
  Picking the right conditions is the first consideration.
  
  The weather should not be too severe. Surfing in heavy rain is a bad idea. It limits visibility, makes it harder to stay on your board and more difficult for rescuers to help you if that becomes necessary. Wind can cause similar problems. It makes big, cool-looking swells, but for beginners the chaotic water movements are usually too rough to handle.
  
  Choosing waves of the right size, less than 4 feet (1.2 m) for novices, is the first, most obvious criterion. But equally important is the shape and near-future direction of the waves. That's a hard thing to judge because they come in a huge variety.
  
  A good wave builds up from a rounded swell into a gradual 'C'-shaped body of water. As the 'C' is forming, you want to get positioned and start paddling. By the time the 'C' has fully formed, it's too late to get up the momentum needed to go with the wave. It will pass you by and set you down without carrying you forward.
  
  Look over your shoulder as you sit out beyond the break to give yourself plenty of time to catch it at the right moment. A square wave, like a flattened letter 'A' is beyond hope. You need to look for ones that rise steeply Wholesale Ray Bans, so a face forms that your board can ride against. Dipping the tail gives the water a surface to push against. But if that wall is too flat, there's too little forward momentum.
  
  If you catch that wave too late, just as it starts to pitch over, the water will dump you into the deep. If that happens, stay under a moment to give the water time to sweep past. That will make it easier to rise and prevent you from getting another head bashing as the wave bulk continues to move forward.
  
  If you are too far forward, the wave simply crashes on top of you, again pushing you down and under. If you wait too long, you'll end up in a chaotic swirl of white water that is much harder to surf in.
  
  That's about the same as catching a wave that doesn't form up into a 'C', that just flows by in the shape of a mound. Better to be a little farther out, so you can paddle in, or closer in so you can catch a wave after it has been moving toward shore for a few seconds.
  
  Follow the experienced surfers and you'll quickly see where is the right position to start and the right moment to move.
  
  As a surfer, always remember to protect your skin from the sun UV radiation. The best method is wearing sun protection swimwear, sunglasses, and applying sunscreens on exposed skin.

  
  

  The high altitude is detectable: some airtight wrapped cookie packs explode. We have our altimeter: A bottle - tightly closed at 4900m - is getting "stiff" as we approach the maximum elevation of 5070m. At the moment, the bottle looks wrinkled, as we return to below 4200 meters.

  
  

  We pass 5075m. The highest point accessible by train. A great feeling, but neither land nor humans and animals seem to share our excitement. Outside, there is no snow and the water looks rather watery - no ice. Yaks, sheep or goats do not display signs of enthusiasm. Also, the people - mostly shepherds - are not really affected by the feat of engineering.

  
  

  Have now been more than 8 hours over 4000m with around 100 km/h on the train track. The area is huge! Slowly we feel the lack of air! Beside us a little giant. This should probably be more than 6000m. However Cheap Oakley Sunglasses, it does not feel so much because we are already at 4000m. Interestingly, there is almost no snow and it looks hot outside. At a station with an unutterable Chinese name we go outside for fresh air. Fresh yes, but air? We hope that we will somehow get used to the altitude. There are a lot of yaks outside and none of them wears an oxygen mask. But it is likely that the yaks feed from the said root. So we copy them and drink even more of our brew. Tastes shitty, so it should have a good effect.

  
  

  After 24 hours on the train we meet in an ultramodern railway station in Lhasa. Unfortunately Fake Oakleys, there are still some aftereffects of last year's riots to be felt. There are a lot of army around the station. Buses are not allowed to drive up to the arrival hall, resulting in a walk of 10min for each tourist. Normally, no problem. However, there is a little problem if the tourists come from a train with oxygen supply and suddenly experience the "normal" low-oxygen air in Lhasa at 3650m altitude and have to carry their own suitcases. Perhaps this is a test of the qualities of tourists. Our tour group seems to pass the test.

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