Whitewater Safety and Rescue

Essential Knowledge For Canoeists, Kayakers, And Raft Guides

Franco Ferrero

• Publisher: Falcon Guides
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN:
  9781493083930
• Edition: 1

Whitewater Safety and Rescue is a must for recreational paddlers and professional river guides alike. Covering topics from strategies for safely descending a rapid to recovering overboard paddlers and making injured people safe, it thoroughly explains all aspects of safety and rescue on a river and in white water. Over 400 color photographs and detailed diagrams illustrate this essential and modern instructional guide for canoeists, kayakers, and rafters.

Table of contents

• Introduction
• About the Author
• Contributors
• SECTION ONE–WHITEWATER SAFETY
• SECTION TWO–WHITEWATER RESCUE
• SECTION THREE–CARE OF VICTIMS
• SECTION FOUR–ACCESS AND RECOVERY
• APPENDICES