Neil Newton Taylor
Neil has been a Swiftwater Rescue Instructor since 1997 and is the Rescue 3 Instructor Trainer responsible for Austria and Germany. He also wrote several chapters of the Tyrolean Raft guide handbook and as an IRF Assessor he runs guide training courses for the International Rafting Federation. 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 ski touring, 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... | |
IRF Instructor / Assessor |
Chile - Rio Bio Bio Royalflush Gorge |
| Germany - Loisach, Rissbach Klamm, Hohenlimburg | |
Qualified Canyoning Guide |
Ecuador - Rio Misahualli, Quijos, Jatunyacu etc... |
| France - Durance, Guil, Guisane, Claree etc... | |
First Aid - Wilderness EMT / WFR |
UK - Dee, Dart, Etive,Tees, Tyne etc... |
| Honduras - Rio Cangrejal, Puringla etc... | |
BCU L3 Kayak Coach |
India - Ganges, Bagaratti & Alaknada |
| Italy - Noce | |
BCU 5* Inland Kayak |
Mexico - Rio Copalita |
| Nepal - Modi Kola, Marsyandi, Kanarli etc... | |
BCU L2 Canoe Coach |
Norway - Soja, Logan etc... |
| Austria - Inn, Sanna, Ötz, Venterache etc... | |
ERCA Ropes Course Instructor Trainer |
Zambia - Zambezi Bakota Gorge |
| Switzerland - Inn, Landquart, Glenner, Lütschine etc... | |
Safety Director Adidas Sickline Race |
Slowenien - Soca |
| Czech Republik - Vltava (Moldau) | |
Qualifed Ski & Snowboard Instructor |
Turkey - Coruh, Barhal & Tortum |
| Uganda - White Nile | |
Rafting since 1991 |
USA - The Grand Canyon |
| Kayaking since 1982 | |
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