Outdoor Pursuits
Skill Instruction
| · White Water Kayaking |
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| · Down River Racing (Including
Grade 2 race certification) |
| · Eskimo Rolling |
| · River Safety & Rescue Workshops |
| · Rock climbing |
| · Abseiling |
| · Mountaineering |
| · Ice climbing |
| · Navigation |
| · Bushcraft |
| · Environmental Interpretation |
| · Rafting |
| · Outdoor Safety and Risk Management |
| · Outdoor Instructor Training |
Adventure Dynamics can offer training ranging from
experiential days through to instructor level. Don is an Assessor
for the New
Zealand Outdoor Instructor's Association in Rock,
Bush, Kayak, Alpine and Outdoor Safety Management, and so has
a firm grasp on the industry and current practice.
Adventure Dynamics can train and assess
NZQA
Unit Standards in the Outdoor Recreation
domain.
Get in touch for any more information on these.
River Safety and River Rescue
Don is approved by the New Zealand Recreational
Canoeing Association to run the River Safety and the River Rescue
courses.
River Safety
This course teaches about quick response to water
emergencies that could happen anywhere, anytime.
You don't have to be a great paddler to benefit
from a River Safety course. A trained victim will get him or herself
rescued more quickly, and more safely, if they know how to assist
their rescuer. The rescuer will be safer as well. A River Safety
course is also good training for people who are starting to lead
their own trips, or be responsible for less-skilled paddlers on
the river. Become a better buddy.
Summary of Course Content:
| Introduction and theory |
| · Personal equipment and rescue gear currently available
in NZ. |
| · Rescue organisation. |
| · Self-rescue. |
| · Summary - NZCA Safety video and/or Dr Throwbag. |
| |
| Day 1: Practical |
| · Knots: (Trucker's hitch, clove hitch, bowline, figure
8, roofrack tie-on). |
| · Throwbag design, rope types and rope throwing. |
| · Kayak design. |
| · Boat-based rescues on flat water; Rescuing paddle, boat
and victim (stern deck & front straddle), victim in boat (towlines).
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| · Disadvantages of various towline systems, rolling with
victim in kayak attached to towline. |
| · X-rescues with and without victim's assistance (emphasis
on airbags, teams of 3+ rescuers). |
| · Strong swimmer "reel and line" rescues. Kayak and line
rescues. |
| · Basic "Z-drags". |
| |
| Day 2: Practical on grade 2 water |
| · River crossings. |
| · Boat-based rescues as in Day 1. |
| · Combat swimming with victim, boat and paddle. |
| · Swimming on to strainers (logs) and how to effect upstream
rescues. |
| · Throwbag rescues and Tag lines. |
| · Simple boat pins using "10 boy scouts" and vector pulls
retrieval methods. |
| · Basic "Z-drags" |
River Rescue
River rescue is more about heavy-duty retrieval.
As a rescue scenario becomes more complex, more rope and rescue
skills are required. Here you can learn these horizontal and vertical
rope techniques, to enable equipment and people recovery in the
worst case scenario.
Summary of Course Content: River Rescue
| Day 1: Theory |
· Knots: Italian hitch, alpine butterfly, prussic knots,
and mariner's knot. Anchors: Z-pulley systems, Tyroleans and
Telfers.
Improvised harnesses using slings and ropes. |
· Practical
Abseiling: Classic, sling and karabiner, piton, figure-8 etc.
on dynamic and static ropes of different diameters.
Fixed ropes as in caving and mountaineering using re-belays
and specialised descenders. |
| |
| Day 2: Scenarios |
| · Improvised abseiling on river rescue gear. |
| · Boat and throwbag rescues on grade 3 water. |
| · Pre-protection of rapids. |
| · Rescues from holes using boats and throwbags. |
| · Z-drags, Tyroleans, Telfers. |
| · Vertical pins. |
| · Vertical hoists. |
| · Pro-active approach... removing obstacles from your local
rivers. |
Courses can be run by arrangement in your area.
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