Neil Newton Taylor
Neil has been a Swiftwater Rescue Instructor since 1998 and is the Rescue 3 Instructor Trainer responsible for Austria and Germany. He has also written the safety and rescue chapter of the Tyrolean Raft guide handbook and with his international rafting experience he runs guide training courses for the Tyrolean Rafting Association. Having started kayaking at the age of 12 he is now a member of the German AKC, the Alpine Kayak Club, and has paddled whitewater extensively in various parts of the world. Not being content with the flat countryside of south east England, he moved to Tirol in 1994, where he lives surrounded by the mountains and whitewater that is now his home. In the winters he spends his spare time skiing, snow boarding and ice climbing. On the rare occasions that he finds some warm water, he relaxes in it scuba diving.
Qualifications |
Whitewater Experience |
|---|---|
Swiftwater Rescue Instructor Trainer |
Ethiopia - Blue Nile Northern gorge |
| Australia - Gwyder, Nymbodia, Murry, Tully etc... | |
Austrian Raft Guide Licence |
Chile - Rio Bio Bio Royalflush Gorge |
| Germany - Loisach, Rissbach Klamm, Hohenlimburg | |
Wemsi Wilderness EMT |
Ecuador - Rio Misahualli, Quijos, Jatunyacu etc... |
| France - Durance, Guil, Guisane, Claree etc... | |
BCU L3 Kayak Coach |
UK - Dee, Dart, Etive,Tees, Tyne etc... |
| Honduras - Rio Cangrejal, Puringla etc... | |
BCU 5* Inland Kayak |
India - Ganges, Bagaratti & Alaknada |
| Italy - Noce | |
BCU L2 Canoe Coach |
Mexico - Rio Copalita |
| Nepal - Modi Kola, Marsyandi, Kanarli etc... | |
High Ropes Course Instructor Trainer |
Norway - Soja, Logan etc... |
| Austria - Inn, Sanna, Ötz, Venterache etc... | |
| Zambia - Zambezi Bakota Gorge | |
| Switzerland - Inn, Landquart, Glenner etc... | |
Rafting since 1991 |
Slowenien - Soca |
| Czech Republik - Vltava (Moldau) | |
| Turkey - Coruh & Barhal | |
| Uganda - White Nile | |
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