Paddling Legend Salty Jefferson appears again in order to share a new lesson learned the hard way. In a case for cold water paddling, the directive is simple: If you're going to be on the water, prepared to be in the water. Always dress for immersion.
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00:00What a beautiful lake.
00:04You know what else is beautiful?
00:06What?
00:07These new jean shorts. I can't wait to go paddling them tomorrow.
00:11They do look stretchy.
00:13I learned that lesson the hard way.
00:16Paddling legend Salty Jefferson.
00:19Back in the day, my buddy Dan and I lived in denim.
00:23From the pool hall, to the dance floor, to our greatest paddling adventures.
00:28One spring day, denim almost did us in.
00:32We were paddling a stretch of river we'd never been on before,
00:36when we suddenly heard a rumble in the distance.
00:39Before we knew it, we were over the waterfall.
00:42I was wearing neoprene underneath my denim.
00:44Dan was not.
00:46He died of hypothermia that day.
00:49Hypothermia?
00:50Point is, when you're on the water, dress to be in the water.