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Trip Description: |
 The
School
You will start with one day of classroom, warehouse
and commissary instruction. This will include
rigging a boat, knot tying, cooler packing, safety
procedures, equipment maintenance, river rescue
techniques and many other facets.
In the evening of day 1, drive from the Moab office
to the put in at Loma, Colorado, where you will
assist in rigging the actual boats you will take
down river for the next four days.
The following morning, the four-day “on the water”
portion begins. On the water you will learn such
things as techniques of rowing and paddle
captaining, river signals, river safety, reading
whitewater and they’ll teach you history and geology
of the river corridor. You will also do hikes,
safety talks, flip drills, z-drag set-ups, throw bag
usage and swimming in whitewater. In camp you will
learn kitchen set-up, groover set-up and placement,
camp talks, entertaining guests and the general camp
scene.
The trip itself starts in Horsethief and Ruby
Canyons on the Colorado River for two days of
“warming up”. Then on day 3, enter Westwater Canyon
and you’ll get your first taste of real whitewater.
Day 4 brings the intrepid rapids with names like Big
Hummer, Funnel Falls, Surprise and the infamous
Skull prior to the take-out near the ghost town of
Cisco, Utah.
The last day will be spent de-briefing the previous
five days with your instructors and a final chance
to ask any questions you may have with the staff.
The Ratio
The instructor to student ratio is never more than
one to four. This way, they can give students with
different abilities individualized attention.
The Instructors
All of the instructors are licensed by the State of
Utah as professional river guides, they have
extensive first aid training either as a First
Responder or Wilderness First Responder along with
CPR. All have been trained in whitewater river
rescue and safety and have taken “train the trainer”
classes. The instructor’s have years of experience
as boatman and trip leaders. Many have worked
throughout the United States and some have worked in
exotic locales, such as Africa and South America.
They are TRUE PROFESSIONALS. |
