Re: [Paddlewise] Always wear a PFD?

In a message dated 04/21/2002 8:37:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
djmacdo_at_ilstu.edu writes:

<< If someone can explain to me that there is a real reason to wear a PDF on 
 a river that is warm, two feet deep, forty feet wide, running at perhaps 
 one mile per hour, in 95 degree temperatures I would be glad to hear it. >>

here we go again.....

10. your boat could whack you on the head as you flip
  9.  you could hit your heat on a submerged rock/log
  8.  you could swallow a lot of water and come up choking
  7.  you are setting a good example
  6.
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(please fill in the blanks, please)
and the number one reason to wear your PFD at all times:

  1.  IT'S EASIER TO FIND THE BODY. 

sandy kramer
whose wish list includes the inflatable shorty vest from www.stormyseas.com
(about $105) for those wimp river paddling days when it is sooo hot.
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