Why Vancouver’s got the strongest wrists in the world
My arm was hurting yesterday, and I realized it was from marching all over the place carrying an umbrella. I typically don’t use one, opting instead of wet hair and a raincoat, but I’ve been using a particularly expensive set of headphones that I don’t want getting soaked, so I’ve taken up the Vancouver tradition.
The trouble is that after walking for an hour the arms starts to get heavy, especially when my umbrella is a heavy ungainly one I bought at a White Caps game. I’m constantly having to shift hands, and trying to keep it from blowing away.
Other people though have it down. I’ve seen people smoking, drinking coffee and carrying a baby all while carrying umbrellas. Me I’m switching hands ever three blocks.
So what’s the secret? How does one carry an umbrella the Vancouver way?
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Umbrellas are for people who don’t have hats.
Practice makes perfect.
I built up my wrist strength since I was a teenager by regularly exercising my right hand.
Let me also be the first to comment on my own comment:
Eeeeeeaeaeeaeaeaeawwwwwww! That’s disgusting!
But was I really the only one thinking it after reading that post title?
I don’t get it :-|
:p Don’t carry it under awnings, that’s for sure. I have a friend that will bowl you down if you do.
Is this an opportunity, perhaps, for someone to invent a better umbrella support mechanism? After all, it was the hot sun of Mexico that gave us the sombrero, the frigid cold of Russia the Parka, and the beaches of…well, Paris that gave us the bikini, but you get the idea. At any rate, if any umbrella innovation ever had a market, it’s here.
Perhaps some sort of harness that goes over the shoulder and is held up by pressure on the hips?
I’m with Ryan on this one. If you don’t have a hat you carry an umbrella seeing as both tend to only keep your head dry.
Unless you’re one of those single person menaces carrying a giant golf umbrella down a crowded street.