Charlie Walbridge describes his career of river safety education, his work with the AW Accident Database, and recent conservation efforts involving Big Sandy Creek.

A missed roll leads to an upside down run over a waterfall, directly onto a rock. We'll discuss management of multi-system trauma in the wilderness, plus a bonus story from Jeff Snyder describing one his best screw-ups on Big Sandy Creek, from his early days of cutting edge paddling.

A successful live-bait rescue and resuscitation on the Green River Narrows.

Returning to the rivers of Western NC after Hurricane Helene.

A close call in an undercut rock on the Russell Fork Gorge, plus some history of the race and the annual river rendezvous.

A cold water immersion and entrapment on California's Royal Gorge.

A high water swim on the North Fork of the Payette

Exploring the issue of paddleboard leash entanglement. Cover photo by Paul Clark.