How to Carry your Raft for Whitewater Rafting

Video Transcript

"Carrying a raft is sort of problematic because they weigh about one hundred and fifty pounds. It's always better to have a little help, so we have Mike Porter here, he’s going to give us a hand. This raft has a handle on the side, if you’re transporting a raft you’re going to do a suitcase method where you just hold the handle, arms straight and you can just walk with it. It’s a little cumbersome, but it works. Put it down, if you want to pick up the raft, you have to do it smartly. So you want to coordinate that with the person that’s helping you and you want to lift with your legs and not with your back. So on three Mike, we’re going to lift, one, two, three. And that way you can transport the raft anywhere you need to, you’re not going to want to carry it a very long way. Put it down for a second, if you’re going to need to carry this thing a little further, you’re going to need a little extra help. Mike, you want to come to the back, there are handles on each side, so one method to move the boat around would be to suitcase the raft like this, this is pretty easy, you can do this for quite some time. We can put it down again, or you can lift it up and put it on your shoulder which helps a little bit on uneven terrain because it allows you to see where you’re walking and to move around a little bit. So let’s lift it up on our shoulders on three. One, two, three, okay, put it down. One, two, three. "