Contents of a Pin or Safety Kit (4:3:2:1:1) | Ep. 78

I like to carry a zig rig system in a day bag also. I also like to have some safety gear on my person and distributed among a few passengers. It makes them feel good/confident and can prove handy in a rescue situation. When you give capable passengers a pulley and or a carabiner you are telling them in a very physical and physiological way that they are expected to be a helpful participant in a rescue situation.

Last year on a river trip (open canoe) with two friends, one of my friends got swept under an overhanging tree jamming his canoe under it. Luckily he got out ok. Ended up ik the tree though. The canoe was turned and caught on submerged branches and the current. As most experienced paddler I carried two pulleys, 3 carabiners, a sling (anchor) and a throw bag. We set up a z-drag and were able to pull it loose. Had some adrenalin fueled laughs after it, but it was a close call.

Love the videos! Firefighter/water rescue from Iowa.

Thanks for all the great info!

love it. Fishing guide from Chile Thanks

The Astral Greenjacket has a hidden chest pocket meant for their little square throw bag that is the perfect place to stash your flip line. Stays put, quick access, out of the way and not an entrapment hazard around the waist.

Great idea, good video very helpful

i was in the same dilemma about screw gate locking carabiners vs the auto lockers, i decided for screw gates, not because they are cheaper, hell, i think they are kind of inferior to some well made DMM auto lockers but considering my kayaking friends in high pressure scenario, and when you only have one hand free to unlock the carabiner, i decided for simple screw gates btw, its super easy and convenient to replace a pulley prusik combo with a petzl micro-traxion, or even better CT rollnlock i like CT rollnlock more because it doesnt damage the rope as much as micro-traxion does with teeth its almost like comparing a grigri device to a jumar ascender

As always digging the videos. I now have a SuperGuideGear bag myself. Listening to interview with Brett right now, and I am looking forward to your Illinois video :P

Great video Zack. It would be great to see a video on the improvised pig rig ????

Cool video

man its crazy matching your face to your voice in the podcast. Awesome stuff dude

Feeling the stoke for 2021 it's funny round your channel and commented pretty much what's in this video. I don't know if you have a video going over rope diameters and friction hitch or prusi k diameters and how they work together i like your videos.

Placing all this gear in your PFD, Would not that decrease the buoyancy of the PFD? If your PFD is rated for 17 LBS. Then your gear is 10 lbs added in your vest. That adds up to 10 lbs of buoyancy . I'm with having a on board kit that's strapped on for boat recovery.

the side pockets on pfds is a really nice idea. I am wondering how easy /fast is to pull out stuff from those while being on water. Anyone has experience / seen video about it?

Great video Zach! Could you recommend a length and size of rope that I could use as a bowline but convert to a z-rig if necessary? This is for a 13’ day boat

How do you like the watershed bag? The "zip" on it looks like it would get clogged with dirt, or wear down over time. Is it still around, 4 years later?

When I go with my friends we each carry, 1 piece of webbing, 1 throw bag, 1 pulley, 2 carbineers, and 1 prussick. Nobody has to carry everything, and the gear is distributed so no matter who needs help two others can set up a 3:1 system. I usually carry a second pulley and prussick so I could do it myself.

Hi Zack, really enjoy your "fun little internet show"! Do you have any knowledge or a best guess on how much weight the glue/material holding the D-rings on a raft will take before failing? Thanks!

Hey Zack, what do you suggest for kayakers? The only option I see is keeping the items on your person