One of the last tickets that we get is the Swift water Rescue certification. We learned how to ferry ourselves across a river, how to catch an eddy while swimming, how to perform rescues and lots of practice with throw bags. There was usually a couple feet of snow on the riverbanks and the occasional snowstorm rolled through while we were doing our course and it got COLD in that water but it was still fun.
Below is a video of our group trying a few methods of wadding across the river in a group.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCF_PT83nuU
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
Wapta Ski Touring
Wapta Traverse. Finishing up the ski mountaineering portion of our course with the Wapta traverse was epic. Spending five days on a glacier and setting up camp each day at 8000 feet is something I hope to be doing again very soon.
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