Low Head Dam & Swiftwater Rescue - Creature Craft 

Especially the practice victim. He probably needs a wheelbarrow to cart those onions around.

That’s actually what it was originally designed for apparently, running rapids. I’ve seen videos of the “non-rescue” version running Class 5/6 rapids successfully, just like them riding it over that pretty intense dam. It’s one kick butt vessel. I can’t imagine how they came up with the design.

Joey Diaz/ susquehanna

jmr1068204 Live bait, its a technique where a rescue swimmer is secured to a line on the back of his PFD.

He has a massive line attached to him. 3:15 you can see it.

They have multiple air chambers so that would be fine

In Tumwater canyon just above Leavenworth. I was going to say I thought it was there, also. Am bald someone else noticed the distinctive jointed structure of the dam. I have often thought the canyon would be a tremendous paddle, but not for me. There is one commercial raft company that does the canton, but only with very experienced paddlers and (obviously) portages the weir.

No this is the Wenatchee but this is the lower weir downstream from Leavenworth. The Tumwater Dam is much higher than this one.

***** OK, I had to go back and check my photos. The background vegetation and embankments do not match up with the lower weir, but thank you for suggesting that as a possibility. Other proof that it is the upper weir is that the observation deck is on the right side of the river (looking upstream) and the observation deck on the lower weir is on the left side (check the Google Earth sat pictures). Also, the observation deck on the upper weir is paved (as is the deck in the vid) and the lower weir observation deck is not paved. So… quite exciting to take this raft over the weir! And that really is an awesome drop!

Ok. I thought this was the upper weir: www.flickr.com/photos/9131426@N06/4141933478/

***** Nice picture. The observation deck is just visible in the photo you supplied and is on the right side of the photo. Also, the weir is (relatively) short. The Google Earth sat picture shows how very long the lower weir is. IN the short spot on the vid, you can see the 'double' cascade where the water falls off both the 'direct' (downstream) flow as well as (in the corner) from the side. makes for an interesting hydraulic feature. I think where you are not seeing it is the perspective of the photo vs the vid. The photo is shot from a more downstream angle, and the vid is shot from the observation deck. I am guessing but it looks like a 150 to 200 ft difference. Again, excellent photo to help us all understand your perspective. DId you take it? Good composition….

It's complicated but it's the same reason catarafts don’t flip often compared to normal rafts. Essentially the base tubes sit in the retentive pocket of the stopper(dam) if water floods over the tube it then just floods through the floor and the natural buoyancy allows it to rise up to the surface. Essentially because there is nowhere for the water to collect and add significant weight to the raft it can't apply enough pressure on any area to cause it to become unstable and capsize. I’ve probably done a bad job at explaining that but hopefully it sort of helps.

They do flip/capsize sometimes violently but the boat design has the patented T-tops & seat belt system that make it possible to ride it out and rite-side your boat much faster.

The boat has 10+ separate air chambers designed to withstand failure in one or more and still function.

This whitewater video shows a punctured tube: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--SVlfhyuBPA.html

dan wheeler ??

Maximum Hardcore ??

Crossing the North Atlantic?

As a cool box it's crap... No insulation