Swiftwater Rescue Technican

SRT Level 1

Every couple of years this a course that needs to be redone. Just arriving home from India for Christmas, and leaving for Chile at the end of the month, I saw that Raven Rescue was running a course on the Nanaimo river. Though not the warmest location in the world, it would get me certified through 2010 with Rescue 3 International with the opportunity to audit the course for free within 3 yrs.
We had a pretty cool class of hydrologists, and people who worked around streams, creeks and rivers. This meant the course was geared toward swimming and lots of it. Good practice as always in water that was 2.5 degrees.

Enjoy the photos from this winter excursion. If in the area and interested in a course contact Craig Gerrard or Raven Rescue.

Setting up rescue systems.

The prusik knot.

Typical mechanical advantage system, or Z drag.

The Prussik Brake.

Gearing up for the swim.

Playing at a little hole swimming.

Shallow water crossings.

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Shotover River; Cascade Rapid,NZ Season end on the Ganges Paddling the Upper Alaknanda and Mandakini Rivers