This is the manual endorsed by professional guides, instructors, and recreational river runners everywhere. With comprehensive step-by-step coverage starting with the first run, it includes tips from top guides, outfitters, and instructors, plus the most complete guide to Class V rafting techniques ever assembled. This is the completely revised and updated successor to Bennett's best-selling manual, Rafting!.
This is the manual endorsed by professional guides, instructors, and recreational river runners everywhere. With comprehensive step-by-step coverage starting with the first run, it includes tips from top guides, outfitters, and instructors, plus the most complete guide to Class V rafting techniques ever assembled. This is the completely revised and updated successor to Bennett's best-selling manual, Rafting!.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jeff Bennett (Portland, OR) is an avid snowboarder and the author of The Essential
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IntroductionThe First Splash About the Author A Little Help from My Friends What Are You Getting Yourself Into? How to Use This Book1. The Evolution of Rafting: From Powell to Paddle Cats The Fremont Expeditions John Wesley Powell Nathaniel Galloway The Post-World War II Era The Self-Bailing Generation The Russian Influence Looking Toward Tomorrow 2. Get Wet: Your First Rafting Adventure Outfitters Other Ways to Get Wet Clubs and Organizations Raft Rentals3. Equipment: From Oars to Floors, Helmets to Hi-Floats Basic Raft Anatomy Tubes Panels and Seams Valves Thwarts Floors Accessories Footcups Materials Base Fabrics Coatings Design Characteristics Length and Width Tube Size Symmetry Rise Waterline Floors Catarafts Types of Catarafts Cataraft Design Characteristics Rotocats and Plastic Cats Other Types of Rafts North American Rafts Plohts Purchasing a Raft Traditional Rafts Catarafts Used Rafts Frames Traditional Raft Frames Selecting a Frame Other Considerations Cataraft Frames Cooler Frames Oars Oar Construction Selecting Oars Oar Length Setting Up Oars Pins and Clips Oarlocks Fine Tuning Paddles Essential Riverwear Clothing Lifejackets HelmetsSaddle Up: Assembling Your Gear and Crew Inflating Your Raft Pumps Inflating the Raft Rigging the Frame Loading Accessories Spare Oars Spare Paddles Bowlines Handlines Bail Buckets Additional Gear Passengers in Oar Rafts Nonpaddlers Paddle Assists/ Paddle Teams A Solid Foundation Seating Arrangements Varying the Size of the Paddle Team5. River Morphology: The Dynamics of Running Water A Look Beneath the Surface Water Mechanics Laminar Flows Turbulent Flows Chaos Helical Currents Meanders River Characteristics Volume Gradient Surface Features Tongues Upstream Vs Standing Waves Diagonal Waves Haystacks Breaking Waves and Stoppers Pillows Undercuts Rooster Tails Boils Holes Lowhead Dams and Weirs Waterfalls Eddies The Big Picture The Rating Game The AWA River-Rating Scale Fine-Tuning the Scale6. Propulsion Basics: Different Strokes for Different Boats Oar Strokes Backrowing Portegee Turning Shipping Rowing Sweep Boats and Plohts Paddle Strokes Get a Grip Three Types of Paddle Strokes Basic Power Strokes Advanced Power Strokes Turning Strokes Bracing 7. Paddle Captaining: The Art of Whitewater Choreography The Pretrip Lecture Seating the Captain and Crew The Captain's Chair Seating the Crew Guiding Strokes The Strokes Experience Is the Key Paddle Commands Basic Commands Advanced Commands Fine-Tuning Handling Lag Time Handling Overstroking Your Voice The Seasoned Team 8. Whitewater: Running the Rapids Five Types of Maneuvers River Directions Staying Parallel with the Current Ferrying History Oar Rafts Paddle Rafts Apparent Versus Real Course Ferrying Around Bends Turns and Pivots Sideslips Eddy Maneuvers Putting on the Brakes Entering Eddies Staying in Eddies Exiting Eddies Capsizing Forces Heading Downriver Reading Rivers The Two Cs The SAFE System Scout Analyze Formulate Execute The Added Edge Bailing Highsiding Digging Lowering Your Center of Gravity Beaching Honing Your S
IntroductionThe First Splash About the Author A Little Help from My Friends What Are You Getting Yourself Into? How to Use This Book1. The Evolution of Rafting: From Powell to Paddle Cats The Fremont Expeditions John Wesley Powell Nathaniel Galloway The Post-World War II Era The Self-Bailing Generation The Russian Influence Looking Toward Tomorrow 2. Get Wet: Your First Rafting Adventure Outfitters Other Ways to Get Wet Clubs and Organizations Raft Rentals3. Equipment: From Oars to Floors, Helmets to Hi-Floats Basic Raft Anatomy Tubes Panels and Seams Valves Thwarts Floors Accessories Footcups Materials Base Fabrics Coatings Design Characteristics Length and Width Tube Size Symmetry Rise Waterline Floors Catarafts Types of Catarafts Cataraft Design Characteristics Rotocats and Plastic Cats Other Types of Rafts North American Rafts Plohts Purchasing a Raft Traditional Rafts Catarafts Used Rafts Frames Traditional Raft Frames Selecting a Frame Other Considerations Cataraft Frames Cooler Frames Oars Oar Construction Selecting Oars Oar Length Setting Up Oars Pins and Clips Oarlocks Fine Tuning Paddles Essential Riverwear Clothing Lifejackets HelmetsSaddle Up: Assembling Your Gear and Crew Inflating Your Raft Pumps Inflating the Raft Rigging the Frame Loading Accessories Spare Oars Spare Paddles Bowlines Handlines Bail Buckets Additional Gear Passengers in Oar Rafts Nonpaddlers Paddle Assists/ Paddle Teams A Solid Foundation Seating Arrangements Varying the Size of the Paddle Team5. River Morphology: The Dynamics of Running Water A Look Beneath the Surface Water Mechanics Laminar Flows Turbulent Flows Chaos Helical Currents Meanders River Characteristics Volume Gradient Surface Features Tongues Upstream Vs Standing Waves Diagonal Waves Haystacks Breaking Waves and Stoppers Pillows Undercuts Rooster Tails Boils Holes Lowhead Dams and Weirs Waterfalls Eddies The Big Picture The Rating Game The AWA River-Rating Scale Fine-Tuning the Scale6. Propulsion Basics: Different Strokes for Different Boats Oar Strokes Backrowing Portegee Turning Shipping Rowing Sweep Boats and Plohts Paddle Strokes Get a Grip Three Types of Paddle Strokes Basic Power Strokes Advanced Power Strokes Turning Strokes Bracing 7. Paddle Captaining: The Art of Whitewater Choreography The Pretrip Lecture Seating the Captain and Crew The Captain's Chair Seating the Crew Guiding Strokes The Strokes Experience Is the Key Paddle Commands Basic Commands Advanced Commands Fine-Tuning Handling Lag Time Handling Overstroking Your Voice The Seasoned Team 8. Whitewater: Running the Rapids Five Types of Maneuvers River Directions Staying Parallel with the Current Ferrying History Oar Rafts Paddle Rafts Apparent Versus Real Course Ferrying Around Bends Turns and Pivots Sideslips Eddy Maneuvers Putting on the Brakes Entering Eddies Staying in Eddies Exiting Eddies Capsizing Forces Heading Downriver Reading Rivers The Two Cs The SAFE System Scout Analyze Formulate Execute The Added Edge Bailing Highsiding Digging Lowering Your Center of Gravity Beaching Honing Your S
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