Henry Schreiber and Marty Plante were the Lead Instructors for the June Basic Safety & Rescue Training. (Photos thanks to Lenny Grefig <grefig(AT)bestweb(DOT)com>.)
Henry (seated) and Marty take their positions in a quick-water section, ready to give encouragement and directions on swimming a rapids.
Here's a swimmer now . . .
"Hold on to your paddle . . . keep your feet downstream and up . . . work your way over to the bank. Good Job!"
Throw rope practice - often frustrating - but valuable experience.
Rob Robertson (paddling) practices another way to rescue a swimming paddler, Jock Lamont. (12/9/1998)
Joe Pylka demonstrates the fine art of rescuing a kayak paddler from a simulated "verticle pin".