Directional Figure 8  The Directional 8 or in line 8 is one of several knots in the family of eights. It is tied in the middle of a line for an attachment point intended to bear a load that is unidirectional [in line with the direction of pull]. Check out the step by step photos...

  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...

Well, I spoke too soon. Despite the fact that the nice weather in Jackson Hole held through memorial day weekend, the following few days of training were less than desirable with temperatures hovering in the mid 4o's  and raining. Thats more like the Spring in Jackson I remember from last year. But we didn't let...

I really enjoy teaching our open enrollment courses. You never quite know what you're going to get. In this past River Rescue Certification course in Coloma, CA we had a wide range of Private and Commercial Boaters. Ranging from a couple who hadnt' been in the whitewater scene for a while and wanted to brush up...

How does Sierra Rescue do it?  One would expect that February in the foothills of Central California would be cold and possibly raining.  Most of the time they would be right but this year during our Technical Rope Rescue course in Knights Ferry, CA we were lucky enough to have 70 degree sunny days the...