Weather and water can be unpredictable, and often paddlers are caught off-guard by an unexpected storm or an unplanned swim.  With cold related problems, good prevention is key, and understanding how to manage hypothermia is an important skill for guides and paddlers alike. Different texts define the stages of hypothermia in slightly different ways, the...

Having wrapped up a great summer guiding season on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, It was great to get back into my drysuit (newly repaired thanks to Kokatat) and start off the fall teaching season. We had 11 students for the SRT with a variety of backgrounds, but primarily fire personnell. Weather cooperated...