If a rafter falls overboard, it is often because they were trying to take a photo or video while gripping the raft with only one hand. Of course, there are other times when, regardless of how tightly you hold on, your boat might flip over. This situation is also normal and no cause for worry, but you will want to take action to rescue yourself.
Recall what your guide taught you during the safety orientation, look out for instructions from your guide and a rope and focus on getting back in the boat or swimming to the shore, whichever option your guide thinks is more appropriate. Perhaps the most important advice of all is to always listen to your guide. River guides receive extensive training to keep rafters safe at all times and attend to their needs. To become a qualified rafting instructor, candidates will undergo 14 days of intense rafting guide training and, upon completion of the course, will proceed to guide commercial rafting trips alongside a qualified instructor.
Not with our company. Some guides say they get better tips if they toss their guests into the river. I would not choose that company! A very few river rafting companies on the American river have a safety incentive program, that rewards guides for keeping their guests in the rafts and having a clean run on the river. A small bouncy class 2 rapid with a big calm pool after it. A great experience for those who are up for it. We instruct them on when to go, what to do again and keep everyone close to be there for those who got in over their head.
Most often everyone has a great time, and it is very good experience to have if you were to be an OBE in one of the big rapids. A river company or guide, cannot guarantee that rafters do fall overboard. Sometimes whole rafts will turn over not very often though. As you take on more difficult rivers and rapids class 3 is a good place to start for your first trip, class 4 is harder, and class 5 is the hardest, only for those with lots of rafting experience.
A good guide to check out is the American River rafting guide , it will give you some pointers on how to stay in the raft. Rest assured, most all California River rafting companies, will take your safety very, very seriously and have it their goal to keep all passengers in the raft during the rapids.
River rafting in California, is one of the most exciting adventures that you can do, there is more danger for people on the drive to the rafting trip, than the rafting trip itself. I hope that this helps, as always if you have questions about this information, or have other questions about river trips, please feel free to E-Mail me , I am always here to help no matter what or where your river adventure is to taking you.
Hope to see you on the river this year,. Clear thinking will help you get back in the raft much quicker. Remember what you were taught in the pre-raft trip river safety briefing and apply those ideas quickly.
When you first fall out of the whitewater raft, quickly grab for the side of the raft and, if there is one, grab the safety rope that runs along the outside of the raft. Hold the rope until a rafter or your raft guide comes to pull you up into the raft. When being pulled into the raft, face the raft and rescuer and be pulled up face first. This is important because raft rescue in this position allows you to bend forward at the waist as you come over the side of the raft.
It also allows you to see your rescuer working and you can help them by grabbing something like ropes in the raft to help pull yourself in. It is also easier to kick the water in this position to help you back in the raft.
If you come in facing away from the raft and your rescuer, your back will arch awkwardly and you will be little help in terms of pulling or kicking. Next, and possibly most important, you must immediately raise your legs toward the surface of the water. The riverbed below you is much more dangerous to you than the waves around you — the rocks at the bottom of the river may have irregular shapes and crevices that can entrap your feet if they are near the bottom.
Raise your feet immediately to the surface — toes out of the water to be sure. If you are swept away from the white water raft and cannot reach it, use your hands to turn your body so that your feet are facing downstream and you can see where you are floating.
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