The course objectives are to strengthen the technical and safety knowledge acquired in the Novice-1 Course and hone your on-rope skills. Successful completion of this course will give you the skills and knowledge to safely tackle medium difficulty canyons with no water movement or complex rigging.
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
- Equipment II
- Individual equipment (II)
- Group equipment (II)
- Techniques & Safety
- Basic hydrology for canyoneers
- Descent preparation and topo map-interpretation
- Rigging anchors
- Rigging abseils and hand-lines (II)
- Risk management
- Basic self rescues
- Flash flood awareness & hydrology (II)
- Coordination and communication within the group
Day 1
- Registration and course presentation
- Transfer to the Argumedo Canyon
- Theoretical and practical workshop
- Review of basic techniques
- Rigging anchors
- Coordination and communication within the group
- Lunch
- Practical Workshop
- Risk management and basic self rescues
Day 2
- Trip to the Yera Canyon
- Theoretical Workshop
- Descent preparation
- Organisation of the group equipment
- Practical Workshop
- Tackling high vertical sections
- Basic rigging
- Rigging retrievable rappel systems and hand-lines
- We will then move to another section of the canyon
- Practical Workshop
- Water movement interpretation and assessment
- Swift water rope rescue techniques
- General overview, course evaluation and closure
- Back to the nor3 headquarters in Ramales