I paddle a lot on a shallow, muddy-bottomed river with no rocks. [DesPlaines River, Chicago suburbs] I never wear a pfd when I'm doing that. If something knocks me out, not one of the many pfds that I own would float me face up anyway, so it's remain conscious or die. The river is shallow enough to stand in if, for any reason, I'm out of the kayak. When the river floods and I surf the little wave by the little dam, I wear the pfd mostly as a good example, since people often watch, and because there is a bit of danger in surfing the flooded river. I think a good example is really important, but not enough to make me wear a pfd on a hot day on a two foot deep river with no rocks and no measurable current. Jim Tibensky _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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