A swiftwater entry  doesn't have to be graceful, it just has to gets the job done. A good swiftwater entry can make or break your swiftwater swim. Part superman, part belly flop, it involves extending yourself into the current and can give you the jump start you need to make your target. In our swiftwater rescue courses...

We braved the early winter weather that came through the Sierra Nevada this week, and had a great few days training on the Truckee River and the surrounding mountains.  We had two students all the way from Argentina joined by a few other folks from various parts of California's fire rescue. Rain snow or shine,...

  In the heat of the summer,  when I'm not  in my drysuit teaching with Sierra Rescue, I spend a chunk of the summer months up on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho. I've been guiding commercial whitewater trips for ECHO River Trips for the last 9 seasons. About 5 seasons ago...

Julie and I just finished up a great 3-day training with O.A.R.S last week in Coloma, CA.  Sure seems like summer is here a little early this season, but that means hot weather and refreshing water.  I got to train with 6 guides from O.A.R.S  as well as the river rangers from BLM and El...

I've been editing footage from classes last spring, and found some clips from an SRT / SRT-A in Coloma, CA where we were able to get hands-on canal rescue training in a canal. It was my first time  training in a canal, and I got to see firsthand why they are so dangerous. First, the...