***July Swiftwater Rescue class will be rescheduled to a future date.*** Please check back on www.paddletsra.org for our next 2025 offering.
Whitewater enthusiasts participate in hazardous activities in wilderness environments. Are you prepared to rescue yourself or your best paddling friend? Are they prepared to rescue you? Help in many cases may not be immediately available, and might be hours (not minutes) away.
This is full weekend whitewater rescue class in Southeast Tennessee near the Hiwassee and Ocoee rivers beginning Friday night and ending Sunday afternoon (eastern time). The class is designed for whitewater paddlers, trip leaders, instructors and first responders.
All class proceeds benefit TSRA and river conservation projects in Tennessee.
Sign up and bring your favorite paddling crew to this clinic. It’s like buying yourself, and them, the safety line that may save your lives.
Led by ACA certified instructors Jim McCool, Woody Woodall, Charlie Wilkerson, Gary Weatherford and James Parnell this course is designed to teach basic swiftwater rescue techniques where limited personnel and/or safety gear is available. Our instructors have in excess of 50 years combined experience teaching whitewater paddling and swiftwater rescue. They’ve provided instruction to hundreds of individuals and many paddling clubs in Tennessee and Kentucky as well as training Tennessee and National Park Service Rangers, firefighters, other first responders and many more.
This clinic will include indoor/outdoor classroom instruction, shore and river skills and realistic whitewater rescue scenarios. Successful completion of this course will prepare you to self-rescue and aid in the rescue of others in whitewater environments.
Registration fee of $85 includes: tent camping onsite. Student guests $25/night to camp during the clinic. There is limited bunk space for an additional cost to those participants seeking indoor space. To book email: Jim McCool at wwseal@yahoo.com. Breakfast and lunch is the responsibility of participants. We will provide dinner on Sat night only.
Register online in advance https://paddletsra.org/event-6057256
For additional information email Jim McCool at wwseal@yahoo.com
