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Whitewater Rescue Technician (WRT): 4 days
WRT-Bridge (upgrade from WWR to WRT): 2 days
WRT-Recert: 2 days
Wilderness First Aid and First Responder: 2–8 days
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RIVERSIGNALS
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DAVID HUGHES Hughes sought the world’s best stomping grounds for his students as the director of the Patagonia Study Abroad program. Read his profile of Chile’s first descent icon, Kurt Casey (page 34). “For river information, everyone seems to say, ‘Ask Kurt.’ He quickly became a resource, guide and friend of the program,” Hughes says. In 2009, Hughes opened the doors of his Trancura riverside hosteria, creating the Pucon Kayak Hostel where he currently resides (www.puconkay-
akhostel.com).
SIERRA STINSON Stinson, an Ottawa Valley native, currently lives in Winnipeg, Mani- toba. “I went rafting down the Main Channel of the Ottawa for the first time when I was 13,” she recalls, “and after that I was hooked on whitewater.” After becoming close to the current Canadian raft- ing team while guiding, she followed them to the 2012 World Cup in Jonquiere, Quebec, last fall to get an insider look at competitive rafting (page 28).
MATT CUCCARO
When we asked him to write a technique article on safe swimming (page 36), Cuccaro wasn’t sure if he should take it as a compliment. “Well, it is true, I do swim a lot,” jokes the 20-year veteran raft guide and newly minted member of the national freestyle team in Open Canoe. “I hope all you kayakers out there learn something from this humble open boater.”
KAYDI PYETTE Rapid’s new managing editor would spend every summer on north- ern rivers if she could. Having recently moved from Toronto to the banks of the Madawaska, she’s getting closer. “It was exciting to put together so many great destinations and events,” Pyette says of Your Dream Year (page 62). “But it definitely heightened my already critical case of wanderlust.”
12 RAPID SPRING 2013
PHOTOS COURTESY: DAVID HUGHES, SIERRA STINSON, MATT CUCCARRO, KAYDI PYETTE
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