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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:48:41 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: The Best Safety Gear</title>
      <link>http://www.americanwhitewater.org//content/Forum/read/send/21,290,11765/#msg-11765</link>
      <author>AndyCook</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Big fan of my Astral rescue PFDs.  Get my ropes from NRS.  I like to order my spectra ropes because they degrade over time, so I'm nervous about buying one that's been sitting in a gear shop for two years before it sold.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:48:41 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: The Best Safety Gear</title>
      <link>http://www.americanwhitewater.org//content/Forum/read/send/21,290,7059/#msg-7059</link>
      <author>riverrat406</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Lotus designs was bought by patigonia and it would seem phased out. I was bumed for a while untill discoverd astral.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:16:02 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: The Best Safety Gear</title>
      <link>http://www.americanwhitewater.org//content/Forum/read/send/21,290,517/#msg-517</link>
      <author>kayakist1955</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Astral has a great rescue PFD, I have a Lotus, when I looked on the website they didn't seem to be much available from Lotus. What is up with that?
Spectra ropes are better.
All carabiners need to be locking.
prusiks don't have to be very long to work in the river enviroment, most I see are longer than need be.
Take an ACA SWR, you wlll see all the gear in action.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 15:28:17 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: The Best Safety Gear</title>
      <link>http://www.americanwhitewater.org//content/Forum/read/send/21,290,426/#msg-426</link>
      <author>rob</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Yep . . . check out the AW Store at https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/Store]]></description>
      <category>General Whitewater Safety Discussion</category>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:49:11 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: The Best Safety Gear</title>
      <link>http://www.americanwhitewater.org//content/Forum/read/send/21,290,411/#msg-411</link>
      <author>joedog</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Take a whitewater safety class. 

As for equipment, basic is a throwbag. Spectra is better than Poly. AW has the best price on Spectra throwbags that I have found.  

Walbridge and Sundmacher's &quot;Whitewater Rescue Manual&quot; ($17.95) is a good overview of supplies, techniques, and it has an appendix of current &quot;resources&quot;. 

Good luck.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:54:20 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: The Best Safety Gear</title>
      <link>http://www.americanwhitewater.org//content/Forum/read/send/21,290,332/#msg-332</link>
      <author>ericnnies</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Drazzle,
Most any real whitewater store will have a decent selection of  stuff. What specifically are you looking to buy, and are you looking for info on which brands to look at or on which store to buy from?
Cheers, Eric Nies]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:13:43 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>The Best Safety Gear</title>
      <link>http://www.americanwhitewater.org//content/Forum/read/send/21,290,290/#msg-290</link>
      <author>Drazzle</author>
      <description><![CDATA[What companies go you guys recommend buying safety gear from (throw bags, helmets, life-vests, etc...)]]></description>
      <category>General Whitewater Safety Discussion</category>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:03:51 -0500</pubDate>
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