RAFTING ESSENTIALS KIT

Johan Karlsson

 
People turn to different activities in the search for an adrenaline rush. Among them is white water rafting. The catalyst for adrenaline is danger and high risk: if there was no danger, there would be no white water rafting. Because of this safety is a big issue when rafting.

One week before I made a rafting trip in Peru, four tourists died in an accident in the same rapids. Did this make me reconsider if I was going to take the trip? No, I accepted the danger and looked forward to the trip.

Wanting to do an outdoors item for my exam project, I decided to make an essentials kit for white water rafters, addressing safety and survival. Through surveys I explored the needs of a rafter and the issues people wanted me to focus on. The first and most important was how to carry the kit in a manner that
would not compromise the safety of the rafter. The surveys also helped me to compile a list of kit essentials.

The kit consists of a belt with a bag for a throwbag (lifeline), pouches for carabiners, a knife to attach to a life vest or belt, whistle, watertight bag for essentials and the items to put in it; water purifying tablets, emergency water container, compass, pulleys, flashlight, emergency blanket and first-aid bandage. 

 

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MA degree project 2008  

 

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