At 12:10 PM 3/27/01 -0600, Patrick Maun wrote: >If you're worried about entanglement, well hey, now you have another >reason to carry a PFD mounted knife! As many know one of the most staunch advocates of personal tethers is Audrey Sutherland. She does lots of slide show talks and you can bet one of the first questions asked of her is if she is worried about entanglement. Her answer is that she has practiced wet exits and reentries under extremely challenging conditions so many times that she knows exactly how the tether will behave and how to deal with it. It's like using a paddlefloat and those that argue about the difficult in using one for reentry in challenging conditions. If someone goes out and buys a paddlefloat and lashes it under their deck bungies, without even trying it out, of *course* they're going to have a difficult time using one for reentry. If, however, someone takes that paddlefloat and practices over and over under all kinds of conditions, it's going to be a lot more useful when they really need it. They're not just relying on a piece of equipment for their survival, they're also relying on their skills. *************************************************************************** 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 27 2001 - 13:27:03 PST
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