On Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 09:34:50AM -0400, KiAyker_at_aol.com wrote: > There is no way you can actually know that you would not have survived > without a pfd unless you were not wearing one and drowned. In which case there > is no way you would actually know that you would have survived had you been > wearing one :-) Nice abstract conundrum, but the reality is that it's quite easy to tell in practice whether or not a PFD made the difference between life and death. If you'd like, I'll be happy to replicate the circumstances of one of my experiences for you: meet me at Fayette Station, West Virginia; we'll hike upriver a couple of miles to Greyhound Bus Stopper, and you can jump into it sans PFD. ---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 Wed Oct 07 1998 - 07:22:57 PDT
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