Swiftwater Rescue courses are available for private river runners, commercial river guides and professional rescuers.  These courses provide curriculum and instruction on river hydrology, swimming, self support, peer rescue, rescue of gear, and skills to avoid situations where rescue is needed.  This episode hosts interviews with two instructors of Swiftwater Rescue courses.  One instructor works on the rivers of the western United States, the other instructor works on th rivers of ten Southeast United States, Costa Rica and Ecuador.  

This is part of a 3-episode cluster with an overall theme of, HOW TO RUN RIVERS. The specific focus of this episode is about SWIFTWATER RESCUE .  The other two episodes focus on HOW TO GET KIDS ON THE RIVER  and FOOD PACKING FOR THE RIVER.  All of the episodes of this cluster are available right now and it does not matter in which order you listen to this cluster.  

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An Interview with Legendary Whitewater Safety Leader Charlie Walbridge

 

ARTICLES & BOOKS

Finding Swiftwater Rescue Classes

Swiftwater Rescue by Slim Ray

River Rescue by Les Bechdel, Slim Ray and Charlie Walbridge  (several editions published)

 

 

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