Name: 3 Day Swift Water Training Course: Costa Rica
Start: 2026-02-17T15:00:00.000Z
Location: Bajo Del Toro

## Details

Release Form: [https://www.jotform.com/sign/252314951448055/invite/01k3472v358c63c1c920fd2318](https://www.jotform.com/sign/252314951448055/invite/01k3472v358c63c1c920fd2318)
**Requirements: Class C Canyon Experience: 5 + Class C canyons completed**
**Be able to swim 100 yards without difficulty**
**Must have International Travelers Insurance**: [Nomad](https://www.worldnomads.com/usa/travel-insurance?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAg8S7BhATEiwAO2-R6oUOMhTfxPPfNA_PM939Z4PQ7gf-JBB1fGEf1wr76Rwyr1T2mIqtbBoCpugQAvD_BwE) or comparable Insurance
3-day Swift Water Training, 2 days river, 1 day in-canyon training in Bajos Del Toro, Costa Rica. Swift water training taught by Joe Storms from Rescue Canada, ACA Professional Canyoning Guide.
Swift Water Rescue Outline: 3 days
**Swiftwater Rescue Skills**
· Principles of Rescue
· Rescue Curve
**Wading, Swimming, and Crossings**
· Two-Person Wading
· Four-Person “Huddle”
· Pyramid
· In-line Crossing
**Swiftwater Swimming Techniques**
· Defensive Swimming
· Aggressive Swimming
· Back Ferrying
· Using Defensive and Aggressive Swimming to Swim a Rapids
· Strainers and the Strainer Drill
· Crossing Techniques
· Line Crossing
· Diagonal Traverse
· Setting Up of Line
**Rope Rescues**
· Throw Bags: Anatomy of a Throw Bag
· Types of Rope
· Materials
· Stuffing a Throw Bag
· First Throw of a Throw Bag
· Second Throw
· Throw Bag Drill
· Belays
**River Dynamics: River Currents**
· River Right and River Left
· Primary Current
· Downstream and Upstream “V”s
· Bends
· Hydraulics and Holes
· Pillows
**River Hazards**
· Strainers
· Undercut Rocks
· Low-head Dams
· Drowning Trap Flows
**Breathing and Movement**
· Breath-holding exercise
· Balance and movement exercise
**Equipment management, packs, harnesses, PPE, etc**

* Pack management

· Chutes and Waves
**River Features**
· Eddies

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