Only unintended wet-exit I've had to do in the last 1000 hours of fairly serious paddling was BECAUSE I was wearing a PFD. Caught in turbid water and couldn't get under the kayak to get my roll on where there was solid water to push against - and trust me when I say that I was NOT willing to leave that cockpit until I gave it everything I had. Not that I plan to stop wearing one, but I'm moving to an approved inflatable suspender type PFD this season. I'd like to be able to control when I have bouyancy and when I don't. Only reason I'm mentioning it is that this issue isn't as black and white as it seems. Good personal choices are what makes a good paddler better. ~daniel~ __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ *************************************************************************** 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 Jan 07 2010 - 20:49:12 PST
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