| 'Whitewater Rescue Technician' & First Aid / CPR Training workshop:
Whitewater Rescue Technicial Training was held for the very first time in India. Venue was River Ganga, Rishikesh, India. Dates: 05th to 08th Feb 2007....
Media Coverage of the event:
INDIAN EXPRESS
Floating an idea - When the rafts take to the river, safety is usually lef behind on the banks. A workshop in Rishikesh is trying to rescue the situation.
'It would not only benefit the rafting industry by bringing in international standards in safety and rescue but would also come to the aid of local people in case of a natural calamity,'
FULL STORY ...... newspaper clip
THE TRIBUNE
Rescue in RIUGH WATERS - Yana Banerjee-Bey returns from the country’s first Whitewater Rescue Technician course, wet but wiser.
'India’s first Whitewater Rescue Technician (WRT) course was underway on the banks of the Ganga in Rishikesh and two facing rows of trainees were hurling the bags at each other in dry practice before perfecting the technique in the swift current. Organised by Katabatic River Explorers, a Gurgaon-based rafting and kayaking outfit............
......as the 'victim' grabbed the bag, the cord tugged loose and entangled round him. 'For a while there, I knew what it is to be a real victim,' he said, emerging grinning onto the bank.'
FULL STORY
THE HINDUSTAN TIMES
Shooting the Rapids
Chanrda Ale was recently in Shivpuri, Rishikesh, to train Indian adventure sports professionals the rescue techniques in the white water rafting.
FULL STORY
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