The objective of this course is that the student acquires the technical knowledge and basic safety skills to independently and safely undertake easy canyoning activities.
140€ per participant
Combine Novice(I) and Novice(II) for only 240€
Dates and Times
2 consecutive days 9:00 to 18:00 – All year round
Details
Minimum number of students: 2
Ratio: 6 students per instructor
The instructor is certified
- Certified instructors
- Course Materials
- Technical Materials
- 2-piece wetsuit (5mm), neoprene gloves and socks
- Transportation from our headquarters at nor3
- Photos and videos
- Accident insurance and third-party liability insurance
- Introduction
- Introduction to canyoning
- Basic concepts
- Equipment I
- Individual equipment (I)
- Group equipment (I)
- Techniques & Safety
- Horizontal progression and downclimbing
- Jumps and slides
- Basic knots
- Abseiling with figure 8
- Rigging abseils and hand-lines (I)
- Belaying abseils
- Flash flood awareness & hydrology (I)
- Creative problem solving & emergency techniques
Day 1
- Registration and course presentation
- Transfer to the Calera Gorge
- Theoretical and practical workshop
- Introduction, basic concepts and equipment
- Abseiling with figure 8, rigging abseils and hand-lines
- Lunch
- Practical Workshop
- Belaying abseils
- Horizontal progression and downclimbing
Day 2
- Trip to the Aján Canyon
- Theoretical Workshop
- Planning a descent, map-reading and topography
- Flash flood awareness & hydrology
- Practical Workshop
- Jumps and slides
- Hydrology
- Lunch
- Practical Workshop
- Rigging abseils and hand-lines
- Creative problem solving & emergency techniques
- General overview, course evaluation and closure
- Back to the nor3 headquarters in Ramales