Over the years I often had a lot of free time in October, so I woud go out paddling and fooling around, poling my canoe, etc. Unless I was just doing straight and level on the flat (almost never!) I always wore my wetsuit, even on days when I was sizzling inside it. Some days I wondered why, and I *know* that others wondered why. But I guess these examples below are why. GaryJ skimmer wrote: >We can not know, from available information, how many deaths >would result to trained paddlers if none of them wore PFDs and >wet/drysuits. > >I can say that, many years ago, a highly skilled paddler went out >alone for a little cruise . . . > >Another solo paddler capsized with his drysuit open at the neck >because the November day was warm. . . > >The marathon racer that capsized when a wind front arrived on the >Potomac River a couple years back was wearing a pfd but no >wet/dry suit. It was cold water paddling. He was found dead on the >shore the next morning. He was out alone and there were no >witnesses. He left two young daughters and his wife. *************************************************************************** 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 - 14:11:28 PDT
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