Teresa Gryder, the LCCC Safety Chair, shares what is and isn’t required to coordinate a club trip. Spoiler alert - it’s likely less involved than you think!

Here’s a list of 16 common errors that people make when scouting whitewater rivers and rapids.

A quiz + discussion about indicators to help determine whether it is time to “step it up.”

LCCC members paddle the “kindler and gentler” section of the East Fork Lewis (Bryan’s Landing to Daybreak Park).

Sage Donnelly shares the techniques she uses to break down scary rapids and how you can too.

This article is about swimming in, and rescuing people from, holes. It is also partly a warning about the danger involved in rescues, because rescue unfortunately isn’t always possible.

The hunt is on for the river with the right amount of water on the right day. The relative safety of any river on a given day depends on how much water is moving through the riverbed.  

Guides on the Chattooga river use ropes and signals as a key part of their shore-based safety plan. And for good reason. Learn how to use these tools in your own paddling.

Here’s an excerpt from Nouria Newman’s talk on gender dynamics in paddlesports, the concept of fear, and what it feels like when you land a 100 foot waterfall for the first time.

Free and open to the public, the LCCC is offering a new five-part River Safety series. Learn from experienced guides, instructors and subject matter experts about managing the risks of being on the water.