Dealing with logs- Emma Crane

Its emma agian!!!! Having a blast. Monday was our first day of swift water rescue. Down at death canyon, which scared me at first because of the name, we did some awewsome and fun scenerios. They taight us how to deal with swimming and kayaking over logs if you have to, but best to just avoid them at all costs. The three drills for swimming consists of just getting stuck on the log, then trying to climb over the log, then putting your feet on the log and walking over to the side. of course i was nervous to get my self thrown into a log on purpose because my whole life i was told to stay away from this stuff. It ended up being super fun. Getting my feet up on the log was the hardest. It was all safe so if you did mess up, then everything would be fine. With the kayaks was a different story, because the slot was a little bigger than your paddle. We needed to boof over the log. At first it was ok and all you had to do was lift your bow up. The second time they made it alittle harder by raising the log up. I was in my fluid boat which was a little too big. The stern was pretty long. The second time i went i got my bow up and over and then my stern got caugght in the current and i flipped over. Rolled back up at the bottom, and everything was ok. It was super fun just knowing everything will be ok. Eventually, the log raised higher and higher and no one could get over it. So funny to watch.