2 Day Course
"Tuition was excellent....I now feel more confident in assessing stretches of water..."
Finally, White Water Course for Packrafters - written and delivered by Packrafters!.
This Course is designed to give you the skills and judgement to begin to undertake appropriate White Water River Trips on water up to Grade 2. Building on your existing sound knowledge of packrafting, your ability will be assessed through your good judgement, planning and paddling skills on a wide range of river environments.
This Course should be viewed as a solid base from which you will be able to independently develop your WW Packrafting skills and experience, ultimately providing a good foundation from which to begin to progress into remote environments and gain the skills to progress on to the White water expedition course.
The Course will be run over 2 days and throughout you will be led by our team of experienced and knowledgeable Packraft Coaches. We also keep groups small ensuring you'll get lots of personalised coaching and so you'll soon be running those rapids to the max.
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White Water Packrafter
"Loved it!... Excellent instruction"
Content
The course is jam packed with information and techniques!
Here's a few of the key elements that the syllabus covers:
• Raft Types, Set up and Repair.
• Clothing, Equipment selection and Safety/ Rescue Kit.
• White Water Paddling Skills and Tactics including:
• Breaking in and out of Flow, S and C Turns & Ferries.
• Hydrology, Water features and Hazards.
• Risk Management and Group Paddling considerations.
• Safety Considerations.
• Incident Management.
• Planning Access and Environmental Considerations.
• Group Considerations
The Course is both mentally and physically demanding and participants should be both physically fit and able swimmers. Candidates should ideally already possess a good level of open water packrafting experience to get the maximum benefit from this course. We'll provide you with full information in our comprehensive Booking Pack-Up, but feel free to ask if you would like to know more.
Equipment
A full equipment list is provided in our Booking Pack-Up. If there's something you don't have, don't despair, we have a wide selection of White Water Specific Packrafts, paddles and rescue gear etc for you to use. Drysuits can be hired at a discounted rate
"Very supportive... made me feel very safe and encouraged me along the way..."
Booking - 2 Days
£210
- 22-23 Jun 24 *FULL*
- 16-17 Nov 24
*What's Included*
• Use of Packrafting Equipment
• 2 days intense WW Coaching in a small ratio group.
• Extremely experienced WW Packrafting Coaches.
*Not Included*
• Paddle-suits - can be hired at a discounted rate
• Accommodation. We have a range of recommended places to stay on our website.
• Food and snacks.
• Transport
Full and Half Coaching days also available.
Please enquire.
Want to do this with your own group?
Talk to us to arrange your course.
Payment
You can pay by Bank Transfer or if you wish to pay by card let us know and we'll send you all the details.
"Developed my understanding and risks of moving water...safely got me out of my comfort zone..!"
