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Wilderness First Aid
Ever wondered what to do with blisters, burns and twisted ankles on a canoe trip outside the 911 calling area? Here you will practise how to avoid bad things from happening and how to deal with emergencies if they happened. The course is all weekend, provided through Canadian Wilderness Medical Training ( Jill Baxter), will most likely take place at the Dunrobin Bonnenfant Y Camp - and costs $ 175 plus GST. This course is a prerequisite for the Advanced Wilderness First Course the following weekend. Deposit $ 50 required.
March 20-21.
Advanced Wilderness First Aid
Learn how to help yourself and others outside the 911 calling area. Prerequisite is the Wilderness First Aid course the weekend before. You will practise how to stabilize broken joints, identify someone with hypothermia, and be challenged with a scenario where several people need assisitance at different locations with only limited resources. A good course to be prepared for the upcoming paddling and camping season !
Cost is $150 plus GST, location is most likely the Bonnenfant Camp in Dunrobin. March 27-28.
Wilderness & Canoe Navigation
Objective: Provides a foundation for beginners, more confidence to trip leaders and a review for experienced trip leaders on the use of map and compass and GPS land navigation.
Duration:
- Map & compass: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM 13 and 15 April, all day 18 April
- GPS: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM 20 and 22 April, all day 25 AprilCost: $25 for one, $50 for both
Description: Two classroom sessions followed by a day in the field doing practical work
.Of interest to: Those who venture more than one portage in.
Prerequisites: No theoretical background required. Must have own compass and/or GPS.
River Rescue
Objective: Practical safety awareness in a river environment to minimize accidents and improve rescue response. Successful completion gains an Rescue 3 Whitewater Rescue Technician Certificate.
Duration: One weekend. Date TBA. September is likely.
Cost: TBA. Usually about $150 plus camping and travel.
Description: Learn and practice river reading, self-rescue technique, rope rescue, shallow water rescue and more complex procedures involving haul systems and support ropes. Practice skills through practical rescue scenarios.
Of interest to: Any level of paddler. Strongly encouraged for all whitewater paddlers but also recommended for tripping on rivers with whitewater sections, even if you have no intention of running any rapids.
Prerequisite: Comfortable paddling flatwater in both bow and stern.
Introductory Canoe Tripping
Objective: Introduction to canoe tripping for those with little or no tripping experience. Emphasis on wilderness canoe camping skills and safety. Provides standard national certification of competence for canoe tripping. Basic competency in flatwater paddling is assumed.
Duration: Three evenings, one of which is a pool session, plus a weekend trip.
- Tuesday 8 & 15 June 2010, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Thursday 24 June 8:15 – 10:00 PM (pool).
- Trip 26-27 June (departs Friday 25 June, 5:00 PM).
Cost: $80 course fee, $98 with boat rental, plus camping and travel. Plan on an additional $60-80.
Description: Safety: Swimming and treading water, retrieving a swamped canoe, canoe-over-canoe rescue, self rescue, line toss and rescue and communications; Theory: Canoeing heritage, canoe design and construction, trip planning, canoe tripping gear, clothing and personal gear, tools and repair kits, canoeing first aid, weather interpretation, environmental practices and concerns, and canoeing resources; Skills: Canoeing, food and menu planning, packing, navigation, campsites and shelters, fires and stoves, knots and lashings, portaging and a canoe trip.
Of interest to: Club members interested in improving their tripping skills. Prerequisite: Basic-level tandem and solo paddling skills at the discretion of the course director (Paddle Canada Lake Water Introduction or ORCKA ABC). Candidates may need to demonstrate their paddling skills on the water before being accepted into this course.
Knots Night
Objective: Use of ropes so that canoes stay on cars, painters stay on boats and the knot can be untied afterwards.
Duration: 2 hours, 7:00-9:00 PM, Thursday 6 May
Cost: Free
Description: This evening will be practical work on the knots most useful in a canoeing and camping environment including: the figure-8 family of knots, trucker’s hitch, bowline, alpine butterfly, prussic loop, tautline hitch). Differences between types of rope will be discussed as will rope care and feeding. Of interest to: anyone who uses ropes and who needs a little practice.
