Great Lake's Rough Water Tripping Course - Paddle Canada Level 3 Skills Course.  

 

Join us this year on one of our Paddle Canada Level 3 skills courses. James Roberts will be leading this 5 day experience out of Byng Inlet. Dympna Hayes will be assisting.

Content:
This course will help the participant to develop practical application of leadership, risk assessment, decision-making, judgment, group management, and general seamanship, in the context of a multi-day trip.  Candidates will engage in a mulit-day journey that includes changing conditions and varying terrain.  In a small group of paddlers the participants will take it in turns to lead and be lead.  Depending on the conditions we encounter on the day the group will decide on the best trip route and then make decisions as conditions change.  The Island archipelagos of the east coast of Georgian Bay give us plenty of possible routes to paddle.  Shelter if we need it and exposure when we want it!  At the start and end of the trip we also have the opportunity to paddle in the Magnetawan River.  Here, if the Lake fails to provide us with the challenging conditions we are looking for we will have the chance to practice rescues, rolls and eddy turns.

Assessment:
Assessment is based on participants leadership skills, risk-assessment, decision-making, judgment and group management on our multi-day trip.  Well developed skills such as graceful forward paddling, effective bracing, flowing maneuvering strokes together, confidence in waves and current, rolling and towing are necessary at this level.

Instructors:
James Roberts - Level 3 Instructor, Level 4 Skills
Dympna Hayes - Level 2 Instructor, Level 3 Skills

Prerequisites: Paddle Canada Level 2 Skills or equivalent.

Dates: 

May 19th - 23rd 2011
Eight Spots Available (Only 2 Spots remaining on this course!)

or

October 5th - 9th 2011
Eight Spots Available (Only 3 Spots Remaining!!)

Location: Byng Inlet, Georgian Bay, Ontario

Cost: $650+ tax

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