Matt Broze wrote: > I recently learned of two separate incidents where paddlers were trapped in > their kayak upon capsizing because they were wearing neoprene gloves. I > talked to the near drowning victim in one of these incidents. She had been > hospitalized and is alive today only because her paddling partners reached > her and got her out of the kayak. She said the problem was that with the > gloves on she could not feel what she was touching and could not find the > grab loop to remove the spraydeck. This same lack of feeling also made it > impossible for her to find and release the Velcro straps on the back of the > gloves in order to take them off to free her fingers. Many, if not most of the people I paddle with attach a ball or float to the grab loop of their spray skirt. It makes it easy to find regardless of what you have on your hands. Personally, I use a paddle biner in a tightly stitched loop, so it cannot shift around. There's no way I can miss it. -- Regards Brian *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Mar 06 2001 - 18:29:34 PST
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