What It Takes To Survive Whitewater Raft Flips | What It Takes

Swiftwater rescue trainees learn how to survive a scenario where a raft flips over in the middle of a raging river. Insider joined a group training on the Colorado River near Moab, UT. The scenario begins with participants simulating a scenario with an overturned raft. They must then use a combination of their paddle and the raft's grab rope to flip the raft over, before assessing other dangerous elements that threaten the safety of the rafters.

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What It Takes To Survive Whitewater Raft Flips | What It Takes

[grw]

Have you ever been rafting?

No, but I watched a 4 minute clip so I got the gist

[ryonotrio]

This told me about how to tip the raft over but almost nothing about how to survive if you fall off the raft

[joshfortney]

Getting dumped by a raft flip can suck a lot. I was doing the Upper Gauley in West Virginia and we got to the infamous Pillow Rock. We had too much speed and ramped up the rock, the strong current caught the back edge of the raft and instantly we were all on the water. As I was trying to figure out which way was up, I felt someone kick the top of my helmet, pushing me further under water. I was so confused which was way up due to the aerated water, and I finally surfaced just seconds before I took a breath of water and drown. It was one of the scariest moments of my life.

[twinkiemp]

Did this in Nepal with a group. We did not look good epic 😂

[akushwah]

Scared of water AF, yet I'll watch this video. You know, just in case 🤷

[thedabcat]

Anyone else in a loop of watching these late at night lmao

[mcndr]

My dad lost two friends on separate occasions to white water rafting. This activity is deceptively easy, but even small mistakes can be deadly.

[salpirwani]

I've been stuck under a flipped raft underwater for about almost a minute. The scariest moment of my life!

[navnav]

as a raft guide myself although sometimes the water doesn't look that bad its the underneath that's really dangerous, although yes this is a bit overstated in this video. Id also like to say that as a guide you must be able to flip a raft back on your own and get clients all back in within 2 minutes to pass. these guys using 4 or 5 just to flip are pretty bad....

[Richie]

Rafting is a real encounter with adventure, turning the raft upside town takes team effort.

[BallsDealer]

i have encounter this experience the only thing is important is just dont panic

[mcuch]

Just got my SWR cert through SSI. Scott is a great instructor!

[ellenh]

I rafted Lower Gauley in VA and yes, getting back in the boat is a pain in the ass.

[jonadams]

So much fun, it’s a pain when there are rocks everywhere and you’re doing it yourself with guests floating everywhere.

[herculydia]

This happened to us on the Whitewater rushing Truckee River. Fortunately unopened beer floats!

[headwrinkle]

As someone whose swam a class 5 after a missed hold on call (but an excellent photo of me superman'ing into the river) you better pray your guides can flip the raft themselves since all the customers are gonna be trying not to get swallowed by an eddy or undercurrent

[GUS]

Thankyou for teaching me something that I’ll probably never need to use!

[austinv.]

I clicked this video out of pure curiosity

[BAZOKA]

This video reminded me of the moment when i went rafting with my cousin's, as we were in the water the currents got stronger and little bit of water was coming in the raft, when we got a bit further my cousin's mother got her camera out of her bag my cousin's told her to put the camera back as it was new and it would be ruined, when she was putting the camera back she opened her bag and at least a good amount of mony fell in the water it was 10, 000 PKR which was near to 100$ of that time i leaned and was able to get 500PKR and my cousin also and the rest money was lost in the water.

[CHOPSTYX]

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