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Timothy and I just wanted to give a big THANKS to Marcell, Walter, Aurthur,
Joe, Ray, Mike and Chris for all they did this weekend to teach us so much in such
a short time. It was a great weekend learning new things and meeting new friends. Anybody
who hasn't taken this course I would strongly, strongly recommend you take it.
Thanks again!!!

Now you really need to come up and hit the Mulberry and the Upper Buff with us, Edgar!

We'll come down for some runs in your neck of the woods.. deal?

Thank, it's a deal.

Hey, that was a great weekend. What a great group of guys to spend there time sharing there knowlege with us. I just placed a nice order with NRS. Can't wait to get my new stuff to play with. Thanks again guys.

I will be attending one of these in the future, so is there a book or accredited foundation that these teachings are based on? so I can read up...

I believe this is the book they recommend..

http://www.textbooks.com/Search.php?CSI ... al&x=0&y=0

I'm not sure which one they recommend but I have both the one Graham listed as well as this one

http://www.amazon.com/River-Rescue-Manu ... hf_shvl_13" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I believe this one is a little more comprehensive.

Hey Guys
Thanks for all of the positive comments. The Arkansas Canoe Club is blessed with a group of volunteers that enjoy sharing information. We said it during the workshop but typically the instructors get as much out of a workshop as the participants. We get to sharpen our skills and learn new tricks. Working with this group the big leap was the effective employment of cinches and how to teach that safely in the water.

EAT WATER

muskrat wrote:I will be attending one of these in the future, so is there a book or accredited foundation that these teachings are based on? so I can read up...

muskrat,
The Swift Water Rescue Courses are taught from the American Canoe Association Course Outlines: http://www.americancanoe.org/?page=Courses_SR" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (generally level 4 or 5)

More than any other discipline, in Swiftwater Rescue, it is as much a critical-thinking class as a hard-skills class. In general, many instructor teach the material in this syllabus, but I have been in a class with a member of the SWR content committee where he skipped some of the complex rigging and focused on in-boat rescue skills for foot-entrapment victims, which I think is a departure from more traditional readings of the syllabus.

Hope this helps,
Shep

Just want to thank all the instructors. I had a great time and learn a lot!

Woody Harris