Team Sewer's Brush with (In)famy

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Originally Posted by ful-rac

I agree I should be wearing my PFD...Im guilty of not wearing one...even now..Of course I wouldn't recommend anybody not wear one of course.

Since you bring it up now, I will start wearing my pfd more often. I should...I have one.

One guy in particular (no one the BWE crew knows) accused the magazine of glorifying going without a PFD.

My response:

Author Tony Park writes about his experience:

"I'm underwater in waders and no lifejacket in huge surf. I can't touch bottom. Waves pound me one after the other. I'm screwed, but manage to swim up for a breath. An eternity later, I feel sand beneath my feet."

Nothing in that harrowing description is an endorsement to forgo a PFD. The Happy Ending column is a subtle, non-preachy safety lesson. We won't lecture our readership. It doesn't work.

Park knows he was lucky to make it to shore. We think our readers can see that. It's the simple truth that despite his experience, Park still chooses to go without. We leave it to our readers to make their own conclusions over his decision.

All's well that ends well.