Kayak Safety: Wear a PFD, Leave a Float Plan, Come Home Alive

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Kayakers leave the beach often without a float plan or a pfd. Sometimes they capsize and drown. Here's one recent case from the Pacific Northwest.

Credit: Adam Bolonsky (twitter.com/seakayak)
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