Safety and preparedness provide confidence in a guide, and a confident guide is a successful guide. This is why it is important for guides to be swift water or river rescue certified, so that they can learn to manage a scenario on their own as well as with a team, analyzing the situation from a variety of perspectives and gaining hands-on experience of crucial skills.
Rafting is meant to be challenging, exhilarating, and immensely rewarding, especially on such a day when your time on the water is uncomplicated. But, as any guide or outdoor enthusiast can attest, the realities of the river tend to be much more complex than simply having a good day or a bad day, and can wholly depend on how prepared the guide is to adapt to the circumstances that unfold.
We are excited to be launching a new blog. We hope to feature lessons learned, current rescue incidents as well as articles that provoke thinking about rescues. We teach a wide group of practitioners including River Guides, Government Employees, Scientists, Search and Rescue, Fire and EMS, Industry workers as well as many others seeking technical rescue instruction. Because of the range...
Rafting is meant to be challenging, exhilarating, and immensely rewarding, especially on such a day when your time on the water is uncomplicated. But, as any guide or outdoor enthusiast can attest, the realities of the river tend to be much more complex than simply having a good day or a bad day, and can wholly depend on how prepared the guide is to adapt to the circumstances that unfold.
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