Thread: River walking. How?

Originally Posted by RUMPY

Yes, unless it's winter and dry boots are required for survival just walk through.

What Blip is referring to is ensuring you unclip your waist and chest straps so you can escape from your pack if it gets caught up on something and holds you under water.

A good pack liner keeps your gear dry if you arse up and makes your pack float like Tentman said.

Pack very nearly killed my wife in 2013, went tits up in the Okuku river after heavy rain (we shouldnt have been crossing it to begin with..) and the combination of panic, cold hands and the violent nature of the water meant she couldnt get it off, it floated, but was on her back and was forcing her under the water, I have never scrambled so hard in my life but managed to get a hold of it and drag her out, still dont know to this day how I managed that but it was just the begining of a complete fuck up that ended in getting dragged out of there by LandSAR