Advanced Swiftwater Safety & Rescue Skills Class—July 14, 2007.

Rescue class for AMC, Skip Morris instructor plus eight students. A fun time was had by all (even with all the scrapes and bruises). Class was run on the Pemi/Bristol just above the play hole. Release level was 1000 CFS.

Photos by Erik Eckilson

1. Demonstrating Paddle-assisted wading. (IMGP0360.jpg)

2. Now the students try it. (IMGP0362.jpg)

3. Wading with two people. (IMGP0368.jpg)

4. Wedge formation. (IMGP0374.jpg)

5. Circle with groups of three and four. (IMGP0377.jpg)

6. Safe Swiftwater Entry. (IMGP0378.jpg)

7. Agressive Swimming with canoe paddle. (IMGP0384.jpg)

8. Agressive Swimming with kayak paddle. (IMGP0393.jpg)

9. Zip Line. (IMGP0422.jpg)

10. Line assisted wading. (IMGP0429.jpg)

11. More Line Assisted Wading. (IMGP0450.jpg)

12. Now that we're all out here, what do we do?. (IMGP0452.jpg)

13. Zip line to get back in. (IMGP0458.jpg)

14. Proper belay position. (IMGP0464.jpg)

15. Throw bags for safety. (IMGP0466.jpg)

16. Entering the water for strainer drill (you can barely make out the helmet, but it's a nice splash). (IMGP0472.jpg)

17. Strainer swim drill. (IMGP0473.jpg)

18. (no pictures of rescue vest use or teatherer swimmer rescue.)

Thanks to Erik for the great photos. All of the photos are available on Erik's Webshots Photo Album.

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