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1. The maneuvers should be carried out within 30 minutes.

2. It is only allowed to make one attempt on each maneuver.

3. One can choose to carry out the most difficult maneuvers first.

 
Section 64. Special rules in force for rope gymnastics

Notice:

1. There should be 2 different rope setups.  For the first, a strong line, knotted together, minimum 3 meters long, should be tight in both ends to 2 poles. For the second setup each end of the line should be tied up 2-meters about "ground" level.  The center middle should sag to 1.4 meters about the ground-level. The levels should be set pressing the line downwards. The poles should be maximum of 5 meters apart.

2. The participants should do their excercises slow and pause after the end of each technique, before starting the next technique.

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Sea Kayaker Magazine - Feb. 2006
DVD REVIEW: Qajaasaarneq: Greenland Rope Gymnastics (PDF)
Reviewed by Christopher Cunningham
An important land-based part of the Greenland Kayaking Championship is a series of 74 gymnastic exercises done on horizontally stretched ropes.
Appears with permission from www.seakayakermag.com.

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Poughkeepsie Journal - 05/30/2004
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