Q&A: Why I Wear Wide-Brimmed Hats

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After hearing that my oldest sister had a malignant melanoma mole removed from her face, it reinforced why I wear wide brimmed Tilley hats and sunglasses when I'm outdoors, especially when I'm out on the water.

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these hats that I wear all the time now that I'm getting older I'm making sure that I take care of my skin more and my eyes when I was younger even working on a roof as a teenager I used to not wear sunglasses or a hat and one bad burn in my eyes at the time but I went years without wearing sunglasses now I'm more more aware and I think as you get older you get more sensitive to the Sun on your eyes anyway but just being more cautious now the Tilley hats that I wear with the wide brim all the time I started that number of years ago when I was out on the water a lot just because of the added reflection and I knew Tilley was designed Tilley the guy designed these hats for sailing so they float when they drop in the water they're extremely durable that lifetime guarantees they dry quickly they're cool so they cool quickly like the evaporate so anyway I bought it for that reason so that a couple years ago we reached out to them my wife reached out to them and this asked if they were interested in sending us a couple more hats to try out because I was only using the one airflow hat for canoeing all the time so they sent me a few things and I've been wearing a lot of their products since because it's extremely durable and comfortable and functional so this vest multi pocketed which have fun useful but the hats in particular are extremely good quality

I really like them I'm not getting paid for this by the way because some people have a problem with it with stuff like that if I was but or they wouldn't believe me I guess don't feel it's authentic but I just wanted to talk about it because it's so hot and sunny right now I'm enjoying the sunshine and the warmth even though the snow is on the ground and it's still close to freezing it's so nice that I want to sit here not roast with that hat on and I'm not going to continue doing that very long today or throughout the season because I found out recently my sister didn't tell me that she's five years older than me my oldest sister and she actually had skin cancer on her face up here

think it was so she had it removed anyway I'm gonna make sure I take care of that I don't want to get skin cancer noticing getting a few sort of age spots and that's inevitable but they'll get worse and potentially one of them could turn cancers so I am being cautious of that so if you wonder why I wear those hats all the time that's now the main reason so I thought I'd share that with you while I'm sitting out here enjoying the spring sunshine thanks for watching I'll see up at the cabin again next week take care

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