White Water Swims and Throw Bag Rescues 

I appreciate that you don’t waist time trying to chat me up or going down none relevant rabbit holes. Clear concise info transferral helps the student retain. Your visuals are right on target.

I have watched a number of videos on swift water rescue and using throw bags. Various sources. Yours is by far the best one I have seen.

Excellent stuff once again. Thank you!

Another great video. Thanks, Ray.

Thanks for teaching me Ray. Great work.

Valuable information. Thanks Ray!

More great info Ray. And info I nearly needed recently.

Brilliant as ever. Thanks.

Another outstanding vid Ray, and on a crucial topic. Thanks for sharing. atb

Thank you, that’s a marvellous video and I learned a few great tips there. 👍

Fantastic video once again Ray; great resource to refer back to.

Thank you Ray, i enjoyed that one.

Brilliant video, Ray. Great work.

Outstanding Ray. Really concise and logical.

love you Ray

Thanks for this informative and thorough video.

Thank you Ray.

Great video Ray really well explained

Great stuff

Wow amazing to view and rewatch.. interesting.

Excellent Video!

Well done educational video. Thank you.

terrific video

Great job thanks.👍🇨🇦

Once again Ray you excel with your knowledge and expertise, this is not a situation I would like to be in but can happen, as a beginner I'm looking to do more next year (be afraid 😨) looking forward to the spay and hope to see you before that, hope everyone is well and safe 😷😷👍, Ps, the book is brilliant, well laid out, and something you can flick through if you only have ten minutes, brilliant job 👍👍👍❤☕

That looks fun.

Very interesting video thank you

Important stuff Ray thanks. I don't paddle without a throwline to hand. Apart from the rescue uses you have mentioned, it is useful for tethering canoes in tidal waters where your painter just ain't long enough.

I would like to reinforce the need to keep your bum up. Years ago in a slalom on the Washburn I swam and went over a small drop feet first and hit my coccyx on a rock and was totally winded. I suspect I broke it. I can still vividly remember grasping some grass at the side in desperation unable to breath but seeing people walking on the path seemingly totally unaware of my situation. No approach is totally foolproof and I was probably unlucky but it did concentrate my mind on the need to keep my bum up. If we lift our heads to see what's happening our bums drop. Great video though. Thanks.

Excellent Ray (best one yet), especially the handsome guy doing the demos and the photos from working together in the Ardeche.

Excellent video Ray - I think this is one of your best ones yet! I particularly liked the initial helmet cam perspective going down the rapid. It’s all in there - and it was great to see you doing dry land drills which in my experience despite getting me laughed at on centres, I’ve found crucial. One thing you did talk about was packing the rope back into the bag. Perhaps you may mention what happens if you 1) miss with first throw (re coil?/2nd bag?/2nd thrower 2) get a “birds nest”/tangle on the bag. Once again a superb demo with lots of thought provoking ideas and skills to sort out in the paddlers head and get sorted before the incident occurs. Cheers Tony

Great video Ray. I notice you doing it, but might be worth mentioning as a tip for throwing a rope accurately is pointing at the swimmer with your non-throwing hand finger. Keep up the great work

Thanks

Nice one Ray It would be useful to talk over what situations would have you needing to set up these team rescues. Or when you might do any kind of safety set up.

good video thank you pointed out most things the only thing i noticed he didn't was just past the 5 min mark i think 5.50 and at 8:30 someone grabbed the back of a BA to add support

Thanks Ray, great stuff! Having never been in any serious emergencies on the river, I do wonder how often there's time to plan and set up rescue strategies vs. just throwing the rope; I imagine sometimes you've only got mere seconds to react?

Brilliant Ray. You have a great teaching style! Any tips for what to do if you miss first time? Particularly in open water? Thanks

Hi Ray, now back at home following our trip with the Explorer Scouts. Glad I had the opportunity to say hello in person - an unexpected bonus. Another great video - would appreciate your advice on a question that arises during practice with throwlines on sheltered water, especially for people starting out with throwlines - what advice do you have for managing 2nd throws (other than a 2nd bag). Would you re-coil the rope and split for a two-handed throw, how about filling the bag with water to aid distance?

Another excellent training video, thanks Ray. Can you give some guidelines please on how to decide what length throw line to use. It clearly depends on what paddling you do and where but what criteria are most important?

Love your videos Ray (from Aus). May I add a few observations as a retired emergency responder Swiftwater rescue instructor of many years? Your point about the handle (loop) at the end of the line; we teach that a very small loop (large enough only for a carabiner to clip and not for a hand to fit through) is the best setup. On a benefit v risk basis, especially in a team environment, the option to be able to quickly clip another bag, or anything really, is more important. With a small loop the risk is then limited to an acceptable level, considering that all our rescue technicians carry an externally mounted, fixed-blade rescue knife (no folding knives). One other observation is the recommendation for the casualty to pass the rescue line under the weak side shoulder. I know that passing the line OVER the weak side (opposite side to the rescuer) is an accepted and well founder teaching point, but I worry that if this technique was used in anything more than a very moderate flow it would roll the casualty over, face down in the water, where any ferry angle advantage would be lost and there would be the potential for them to release their grip. It would have been nice to see the ferry angle created by correct line position (opposite shoulder) demonstrated in the video. Sorry for the waffle 😂

We're can I find information on theses courses with you Ray