2-day Basic Swiftwater Rescue
Top 3 Reasons to Go
- Learn the skills to save a life in a river emergency using hands-on practice.
- Our friendly professional instructors are ACA certified and love passing on their passion for the sport. Our ratio of 1 instructor to 6 students assures lots of personal attention.
- Our full service adventure resort offers onsite camping and lodging
Geared toward the novice to intermediate paddler, our 2-day Basic Swiftwater Rescue Course is based on a curriculum developed by the American Canoe Association, and is designed to teach both river rescue techniques and safe river-running practices in all river craft.
Our emphasis is on judgment and managing river rescue situations, as well as river rescue techniques that can be performed with a minimum of equipment. Rescuing swimmers and pinned boats will is covered. Participants should have some familiarity with whitewater.
WHAT TO EXPECT AND HOW TO PREPARE
Goal of the clinic:
To teach rescue techniques and prudent river running practices to boaters in all types of whitewater craft.
Class Size:
Instructor-to-student ratio: 1:6. Maximum clinic size: 12
Who should take the clinic:
Rafters, Canoers or Kayakers who are comfortable in at least class II whitewater. Our minimum age for this clinic is 14.
What will be covered:
This clinic takes a hands-on, in-the-water approach to teaching river rescue and safety skills. Specific skills covered include aggressive swimming, swimming at strainers, wading rescues, rescuing a foot entrapment victim, unpinning boats, using tag lines, z-drags, and zip lines, and using a rescue lifejacket. Our emphasis is on judgment and managing river rescue situations, as well as rescue techniques that can be performed with a minimum of equipment.
2008 DATES
2-day Basic River Rescue:
June 28-29 (Sat-Sun), July 31-August 1 (Thu-Fri) w/Charlie Walbridge, August 23-24 (Sat-Sun)
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PRICE
$260.00 per person includes instruction, lunch and any equipment needed
