Re: [Paddlewise] What's in the PFD?

From: Steve Cramer <cramersec_at_charter.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:00:00 -0400
Craig Jungers wrote:
> Wearing a PFD while paddling
> Puget Sound (where the air temperature rarely exceeds 65F) is one thing;
> wearing it while paddling the water off Corpus Christi, TX is quite another.
> The second instance might actually be life-threatening.

Oh, please. I understand that you NW types think it's a heat wave when 
the temps get to 75, but really now. I've been paddling in Georgia for 
20 years, summer water temps in the 80's, air temps in the 90's or more, 
always wearing a PFD, always with people wearing PFDs. In that time I 
have seen one, count 'em, one person who appeared to be having problems 
related to heat. That's just not a very good excuse.

Steve
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Steve Cramer
Athens, GA
http://www.savvypaddler.com
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