Ladies!

Do you want to be a safe and responsible boating parter on the river but there was never really an opportunity to learn how to rescue your friends when they swim? Have you taken a swiftwater rescue class but were disappointed when you never really talked about how to rescue equipment? Are you a little nervous on the river because when swims happen, you just eddy out and hope someone else more experienced takes care of it?

If you said yes to any of these and are pretty confident in Class II, this boat based rescue practice is for you!

During this session, we will practice

• Rescuing a swimmer with your boat (inflatables included)
• Emptying water out of a submerged kayak and flipping over an inflatable kayak/packraft
• Pushing/plowing boats (core sweep skills)
• Towing an empty boat to shore and/or across the river
• Rescue planning

This practice session will be on Friday evening at Grizzly Creek Rest Area from 5:00 pm until 7ish or we all agree its getting too cold to continue. If you're late, that's fine. We'll be up the walking path, upstream, at the bottom of the last rapid.

You must have cold water gear to participate. Local retailers rent dry suits if needed.

This is a PRACTICE session. Ideally, it's for practicing skills you've already learned. Have no idea what you're doing? That's OK! We host skills clinics to learn all of these things and hope to have another clinic at the end of the season. The Lead/Sweep Course at River Weekends also teaches these skills. If you have already taken a boat based rescue class, you are not required to take it again to come to this practice session.

All participants must be CW members and sign a waiver.

Jen Kling is leading this session with Sandi Bednarz as an assistant.

Email Sandi with any questions.