About the use of which, be Very careful. In Charlie Walbridge's River Safety Reports series of some years ago, there is a description of an attempt to get a WW paddler out of his boat in a pinning situation. Rescuers resorted to cutting the skirt out with a knife. Paddler died a few minutes later from a severed femoral artery. Recommendation back then was to do any cuts Behind the paddler... I've probably misremembered that a little, but that's the gist of it... Joe P. > >Knife, if all else fails. >*************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** 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 Jul 03 2008 - 11:45:42 PDT
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