On Tue, Oct 06, 1998 at 02:40:41PM -0700, Julio MacWilliams wrote: > Have any of you ever been in a situation where you would have perished > without a PFD? Yes. > Just to clarify my point, I am not saying that PFD's should not be used. > PFD's are very valuable to help rescuing victims, and it is a good idea > to wear them all the time. But I refuse to believe that the lack of a PFD > is the cause of any fatality, specially in regards to type III's. Then you need to read any of the multiple volumes of Charlie Walbridge's River Safety Reports, which are available from the ACA. The lack of a PFD is clearly the primary cause of *many* fatalities. (Including the two bodies that I assisted in searching for on the Lehigh three years ago.) ---Rsk Rich Kulawiec rsk_at_gsp.org *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Oct 06 1998 - 19:49:53 PDT
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