Great job filming and editing this together. Quality training goes a long way, Rays training goes further. This will give a lot of people the chance to see some excellent practice.
That was great. Good to see things don't always go to plan as well. Too many videos only show the perfect solution and not the 50 takes where it didn't work. Hats of to Amanda as well. She got back into the water, that shows some guts.
+warren frost Hey Jack, good to hear from you. Thanks for your feedback on the video. Amanda definitely has guts but I'll pass on your comments to her. She'll definitely appreciate them. Cheers, Paul
Two observations, at around the 15 minutes Ray is continually having to duck under a throwing line, you would have thought that he would position himself out of the way and secondly, there appears to be a large amount of rope at the throwers feet. Surely this poses an enormous hazard? I have found your videos immensely helpful as I'm about to do the DEFRA level 2 water awareness course.
Good video for entertainment and awareness. Maybe doing another edit with voice over sharing more details, hazards, lessons learned, etc would be helpful to viewers. Perhaps this video is more of a promo to swiftwater classes you offer, in which you it’s great! I’m most curious about hearing the explanation on the live bait anchor and rigging. Maybe a short edit with that could be useful to ppl?
That was fantastic Paul, really enjoyed watching how to put rescue into place. I relate to Amandas concerns re the force of the water, on slippy rocks and pulling a guy out.It worked well with the release and pull. I kayak in lochs mainly and only have ever used my rescue rope once which was a bit of a disaster, although safe result. We were kayaking down a river with a lot of trees and sunken roots at the bank when a friend capsised trying to turn her kayak to come in next to me in slack water. Fortunately she came up okay and I deployed my rope which caught on the overhanging branches. In the end I had to also let go of my end as thought it was a safety risk.Current, branches and risk of capcising too. She held onto her kayak which was stationary until I untangled the rope and draged her to the other side, which was a beach, from my kayak. I only stoped when she shouted she was skinning her knees on the gravely bottom. It was a good lesson as she probably should have stayed where she was and I could have gone across got out of my kayak and pulled her over. The real thing is so much more intense so practice is the key and its not a thing many do. Thanks for sharing. Cheers Mary
+Mary McN Hi Mary, thanks for your feedback on this video. Thanks also for being candid and sharing your experience. I'm glad everything turned out OK and that it proved a positive learning experience for you. These experiences make you stronger and more capable in the future. Warm regards, Paul
I can't remember where you were training, but I also did some throw bag/swimming training there, on the other side of that island by the car park. We had paddled down the river that morning in closed kayaks, then did some practice. Even though I only threw 3 bags, the skills learnt came in very handy on a trip to the alps later that year, where as a group we swam about 50 times. It can not be said how useful white water safety is.
I've just finished this course in Thailand , thanks for the upload I'll use it in the future to keep the grey matter on point, thanks again for the upload . P.S. brought back some hair raising , painful and funny memories.
pretty cool adventure Paul, important training and praxis in combination with a lot of fun, thanks for sharing, wish you and yours merry christmas, Taro
+Taromovies Swiss Bushcraft & Survival Hey Taro, thanks for your comments - yes very valuable and fun too. Hope you have a great Christmas and I look forward to watching more of your adventures in 2016. Warm regards, Paul
awesome video as always Paul, as they say ,practice, practice, practice and then practice more, since we live near the trent and other body's of water I made all 4 of my kids learn to swim from a young age and basic self rescue techniques when they were old enough to understand ,plus of course me and my wife, you never know, keep up the good work, cheers craig
+Craig Twiner Hi Craig, thanks for your comments. Swimming is a survival skill that many take for granted and it's great that you had the sense to make sure your kids could swim well as soon as possible, as well as teaching them additional ways to help themselves out of water. Nice one. Thanks for sharing and I hope it proves a good example for other parents. Cheers, Paul
+Bushman Outdoors Thanks Josh, it was certainly a lot of fun! :-) And drysuits help keep the cold at bay. It definitely makes yoru eyeballs hurt when you get your face in it though. ATB, Paul
Paul thanks for all you do. I have a question could you provide a link to a U.S company that makes a good throw rescue rope system, 1 that checks off all the items you look for in a rescue throw rope thank you
Not off the top of my head. I would recommend looking up what Cliff Jacobson recommends. To me, he is the most trustworthy and accessible authority on expedition canoeing based in the USA. He's a great guy too! Apologies for not being able to provide a direct answer but I hope this helps. Warm regards, Paul
+Gary Payne Hey Gary, glad you enjoyed this so much that you want to have a go yourself. Please feel free to get in touch with Ray Goodwin to see when he is running WWS&R courses or if he can offer you bespoke training. www.raygoodwin.com Merry Christmas and a fantastic 2016 to you! :-) ATB, Paul
Great job filming and editing this together. Quality training goes a long way, Rays training goes further. This will give a lot of people the chance to see some excellent practice.
+Matt Bibbings Thanks for your comment Matt. I'm glad you appreciated both the editing and the content. Warm regards, Paul.
im from canada i wish i could take ray's canoeing course and rescue training!
That was great. Good to see things don't always go to plan as well. Too many videos only show the perfect solution and not the 50 takes where it didn't work. Hats of to Amanda as well. She got back into the water, that shows some guts.
+warren frost Hey Jack, good to hear from you. Thanks for your feedback on the video. Amanda definitely has guts but I'll pass on your comments to her. She'll definitely appreciate them. Cheers, Paul
Two observations, at around the 15 minutes Ray is continually having to duck under a throwing line, you would have thought that he would position himself out of the way and secondly, there appears to be a large amount of rope at the throwers feet. Surely this poses an enormous hazard? I have found your videos immensely helpful as I'm about to do the DEFRA level 2 water awareness course.
Good video for entertainment and awareness. Maybe doing another edit with voice over sharing more details, hazards, lessons learned, etc would be helpful to viewers. Perhaps this video is more of a promo to swiftwater classes you offer, in which you it’s great! I’m most curious about hearing the explanation on the live bait anchor and rigging. Maybe a short edit with that could be useful to ppl?
very good video,well done everyone who took part in this.well done Amanda for facing some demons to.hats off to you all.
+Danny Barrett Thanks Danny. I'll pass on your comments to Amanda too. Cheers, Paul
That was fantastic Paul, really enjoyed watching how to put rescue into place. I relate to Amandas concerns re the force of the water, on slippy rocks and pulling a guy out.It worked well with the release and pull. I kayak in lochs mainly and only have ever used my rescue rope once which was a bit of a disaster, although safe result. We were kayaking down a river with a lot of trees and sunken roots at the bank when a friend capsised trying to turn her kayak to come in next to me in slack water. Fortunately she came up okay and I deployed my rope which caught on the overhanging branches. In the end I had to also let go of my end as thought it was a safety risk.Current, branches and risk of capcising too. She held onto her kayak which was stationary until I untangled the rope and draged her to the other side, which was a beach, from my kayak. I only stoped when she shouted she was skinning her knees on the gravely bottom. It was a good lesson as she probably should have stayed where she was and I could have gone across got out of my kayak and pulled her over. The real thing is so much more intense so practice is the key and its not a thing many do. Thanks for sharing. Cheers Mary
+Mary McN Hi Mary, thanks for your feedback on this video. Thanks also for being candid and sharing your experience. I'm glad everything turned out OK and that it proved a positive learning experience for you. These experiences make you stronger and more capable in the future. Warm regards, Paul
Very well done everybody. Respect.
I can't remember where you were training, but I also did some throw bag/swimming training there, on the other side of that island by the car park. We had paddled down the river that morning in closed kayaks, then did some practice. Even though I only threw 3 bags, the skills learnt came in very handy on a trip to the alps later that year, where as a group we swam about 50 times. It can not be said how useful white water safety is.
I've just finished this course in Thailand , thanks for the upload I'll use it in the future to keep the grey matter on point, thanks again for the upload . P.S. brought back some hair raising , painful and funny memories.
Very valid water safety and rescue techniques there Paul, it also looked like fun was had while learning, sorted, cheers bud, atb, Paul.
+Neanderthal 62 Hi mate, glad you enjoyed this. Thanks for your comments. Cheers, Paul
pretty cool adventure Paul, important training and praxis in combination with a lot of fun, thanks for sharing, wish you and yours merry christmas, Taro
+Taromovies Swiss Bushcraft & Survival Hey Taro, thanks for your comments - yes very valuable and fun too. Hope you have a great Christmas and I look forward to watching more of your adventures in 2016. Warm regards, Paul
awesome video as always Paul, as they say ,practice, practice, practice and then practice more, since we live near the trent and other body's of water I made all 4 of my kids learn to swim from a young age and basic self rescue techniques when they were old enough to understand ,plus of course me and my wife, you never know, keep up the good work, cheers craig
+Craig Twiner Hi Craig, thanks for your comments. Swimming is a survival skill that many take for granted and it's great that you had the sense to make sure your kids could swim well as soon as possible, as well as teaching them additional ways to help themselves out of water. Nice one. Thanks for sharing and I hope it proves a good example for other parents. Cheers, Paul
Great video Paul, wow that looked cold but fun.
All the best,
Josh
+Bushman Outdoors Thanks Josh, it was certainly a lot of fun! :-) And drysuits help keep the cold at bay. It definitely makes yoru eyeballs hurt when you get your face in it though. ATB, Paul
Excellent video! Time to get out and practice my self rescues again.
All the best,
Al
+Knucker Thanks. It's always good to keep your skills sharp. Enjoy your training :-) Warm regards, Paul
This is good to see Paul thank you for the video.
+Richard Maunder You're very welcome Richard. Glad you liked it. ATB, Paul
Paul Kirtley Cheers Paul have a good Christmas.
Exilent water safety and rescue
This is brilliant stuff! Is this something Frontier Bushcraft offer??
Awesome!!! Great video!!!
Paul thanks for all you do. I have a question could you provide a link to a U.S company that makes a good throw rescue rope system, 1 that checks off all the items you look for in a rescue throw rope thank you
Not off the top of my head. I would recommend looking up what Cliff Jacobson recommends. To me, he is the most trustworthy and accessible authority on expedition canoeing based in the USA. He's a great guy too! Apologies for not being able to provide a direct answer but I hope this helps. Warm regards, Paul
Great vid.
+Trailtraveller Thanks Rody
Great insight into this specialist area of rescue :)
best piece of advice ever... grab the rope let go of the boat ..... :)
+Tac Blades Thanks :-) Glad you liked it. ATB, Paul
Great stuff! Spoons wasn't wearing his flowers else he wouldn't have had to swim so much... LOL!! 😂😂😂🤣
Hi watching that video just makes me wanna have a go :-) Thanks for the videos in 2015 i have enjoyed them, looking forward to 2016. Merry Christmas.
+Gary Payne Hey Gary, glad you enjoyed this so much that you want to have a go yourself. Please feel free to get in touch with Ray Goodwin to see when he is running WWS&R courses or if he can offer you bespoke training. www.raygoodwin.com Merry Christmas and a fantastic 2016 to you! :-) ATB, Paul
Well done sir.
+Jeff Katzer Thanks Jeff.
great stuff paul, atb mo
+Mo and Gill Outdoors Cheers Mo.
Awesome!
+Wolf Walker Thanks!
Is this your crew or are these students? Also i like Stuarts beard.
Thanks!
+ZombieFighterOf2001 Some of my crew from Frontier Bushcraft.
Déjà vu Well played Playboy : ) Tyler
nillend mill Llangolan
No I'm not french : )
+Tyler Murphy Je sais :-)
You should have yelled to LEAN INTO THE ROCK! they would never have fallen out in the first place.
Purge the air out of your suits, great video