Every muscle in my body cried out in pain, but it felt good.  My mental game never failed.  I used the information I had, made sound decisions, and executed them.  I learnt a lot that day, mostly about planning, and back up planning.  I will be much more attuned to alternate landing sites even very early into the paddle.  I should know every beach I can land on from start to finish.  Things can get ugly in the blink of an eye.

This is what I woke up to the next morning:

A nice reward for all the effort!