Are there statistics out there for how many people have died kayaking for lack of a PFD in the last 10 years? Seems that most of the deaths I hear of involve hypothermia. For sea kayaking, often done in relatively calm water, it seems like you have to come up with some far-out scenerios to die for not wearing one. I always wear mine, but we talk as if there are clear facts about how not wearing one affects kayakers. If we're weighing risks, I think it be nice to have something to base it on. And I would want to remove WW kayakers from the equation, as they seem to be involved in a different class of kayaking. I'd just like to know. Mark Sanders www.sandmarks.net -----Original Message----- Somebody else made the accurate comment that people die with PFDs and without PFDs. It's clear that many have died because they were not wearing a PFD. I have not heard of a paddler dying because they were wearing one. YMMV. Steve *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Mar 22 2007 - 07:56:06 PDT
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