A good number of AR-ers attended this weekend’s flat water proficiency test at Emmarentia Dam on Saturday afternoon.
AR Club and Tshwane AR Club have been encouraging adventure racers to do their flat water proficiency test – ultimately you are responsible for your safety on water. The flate water test does not have an expiry date; and the next step is the river proficiency test, which means a trip down the Klip (for Gauties).
Thanks to Bill van der Walt (paddle coach and safety officer) for being so accommodating to our adventure racing crowd.
There’s a four-day WHITEWATER PROFICIENCY COURSE on the Vaal in December, under the curriculum of Adventure Standards Africa. Details:
DECEMBER 2010 COURSE DATES
Mon-Tue 13-14 December = Optional first aid course for the outdoor adventurers. R650.
Wed-Fri 15-17 December = River proficiency course under ASA curriculum
Sat 18 December = Practice day on river trip. (Total of four days of course R650).
Sun 19 December = Optional ASA River Proficiency Skills Test (R150).
You are required to be at the venue for the full duration of the river course and practice day. Camping R35 per night, self-catering.
Sessions begin at 06h00 and end 22h00.
There is leisure time to practice river skills, boating and ropework.
BOOKINGS: contact@asafrica.org or yeeha@riverman.co.za 084 245 2490 056 8181814
* Courses can be arranged for groups on other rivers and at other times.
In addition to the course, a four-day TRAINING EXPEDITION is also being held for those with prior river experience or who have attended a course. This is a downriver rafting/kayaking trip on the Tugela Canyon, between Colenso and Weenen in KwaZulu/Natal, from 12-17 January 2011. Inquire for details. yeeha@riverman.co.za.