On 2007-03-17, jerry wrote:
Gurus,

I need your help...

I am an amateur triathlete and I'm getting ready for the start of the
triathlon season and I had this problem last year that I'm trying to
solve.

The problem is that during an open-water triathlon swim I need to skip
a stroke every so often to lift my head out of the water and site the
next turn buoy. I usually find myself off course by a few yards and
need to make corrections. This costs me time from being off course
and from skipping a stroke. So, I had this idea to take apart an old
digital camera or picture phone and mount the camera part to the back
of my head and attach the LCD part in front of my goggles.

Sound crazy? I did a Google search and found that someone has
patented the same idea...

Any other ideas? Am I crazy?

how close can you focus your eyes?
will the extra drag caused by this aparatus slow you down.
maybe an optical solution, like an L-shaperd periscope would be
a better solution?

p.s. please respond to my e-mail and the group.



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Bye.
Jasen