Whitewater Safety and Rescue: Essential Knowledge For Canoeists, Kayakers, And Raft Guides

by Franco Ferrero

Overview

Whitewater Safety and Rescue is a must for recreational paddlers and professional river guides alike. Covering topics from strategies for safely descending a rapid to recovering overboard paddlers and making injured people safe, it thoroughly explains all aspects of safety and rescue on a river and in white water. Over 400 color photographs and detailed diagrams illustrate this essential and modern instructional guide for canoeists, kayakers, and rafters.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762750870
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	04/22/2009
Series:	Paddling Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Franco Ferrero is a qualified British Canoe Union (BCU) Level 5 Coach (Sea and Inland) and is certified in the United Kingdom as a Rescue Emergency Care first-aid provider and a Rescue 3 Instructor. He is the author of BCU Canoe & Kayak Handbook, BCU Coaching Handbook, and Sea Kayak Navigation. He lives in Wales.