27/08/2025
Nick's first River Skills Lesson - Consolidation
Back to basics; knowledge refresh, risk assessing, weather checking, reading river gauges, measuring windspeed, cross-referencing with digital data, secure fitment of PFD's, scaling ladders safely, flowing water basics, river rules and etiquette, skill finessing, injury, entanglement and entrapment avoidance, negotiating around; motorised craft, propellors, anglers, locks, and weirs, negotiating strong gusts, pairing up, rafting up, paddling in V-formation, knowing how to support each other effectively, re-practicing multiple methods of self-rescue in flowing water.
Phenomenal job Nick, well done 💪