Re: [Paddlewise] swim for it?

Scott Hilliard wrote:

> Dave wrote first:
>> I would not abandon the PFD; I'd want it for insulation once ashore; 
>> plus it has my E-gear in/on it.

> That's providing you could even make the swim with the pfd on. 
> Personally, if I thought a swim was necessary then I'd ditch the pfd. 
> Oh, wait, that's right, I most likely would not be wearing it in the 
> first place :-)
> 
> Scott So.Cal.

The difference is told by our sigs:  he's in Southern California and I'm in 
northern Oregon (and paddle in BC a lot):  the water up here is always 
colder, and often coming out of the sky.  Survival ashore up here is almost 
always dependent on avoiding death by hypothermia.  That PFD is a lot of 
insulation to lose.

If I paddled the warmer climes of SoCal, I'd probably ditch the PFD, also.

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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