When the Upper Delaware River became Wild & Scenic and NPS established a presence, they kept statistics on paddler- related drownings. Since 1981 when this started there have been about 38 such drownings. In all but two, NO Pfd was worn. In the remaining two, the Pfd was worn incorrectly and slipped off the victims so were ineffectual. Put another way, Not One Pfd-wearing paddler drowned there in 26 years... Joe P. > [Original Message] > I have not followed the PFD discussion closely, but wish to report our > findings: > > In Finland (Europe) last year 2006 only 4 people died while kayaking or > canoeing. *************************************************************************** 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 - 15:21:59 PDT
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