Water Safety

A mostly practical day looking at managing river crossings

Provider

- Spike Green

Rescue 3 instructor and creator of the Water Safety for Expedition Leaders course. IML training staff at PyB.

Jon.green@pyb.co.uk

07752 309838

Workshop Details

Location :- Inside and Out

Duration :- Full Day (6 hr)

Equipment :- See Below

The following are ESSENTIAL! Please bring your own OR Beg/ Steal/ Borrow (can be borrowed from Plas y Brenin – contact jon.green@pyb.co.uk to arrange)

Drysuit.

Buoyancy aid/PFD

Helmet

Throwbag

Technical equipment – ropes/ krabs/ slings.

Walking poles

Please also bring with you the following…

Thermal layers for under the drysuit (including thick socks)

Gloves/Hat/Duvet jacket – to wear on the bank

Method for taking notes/pictures.

Wetsuit gloves (if you have any)

Neoprene skull cap (if you have one)

‘Expedition kit’…. A rucksack packed to approximate an expedition weight/size bag that can get (very) wet.

If you own a ‘DryRobe’ this is THE course to bring it along!

Flask.

If you have any items of equipment that you currently use on exped or think may be of interest to the context of this course then please bring them along to share the love! Examples might be…

Methods of waterproofing electronics

Types of rope

Technical equipment

Alternative PFDs.

The practical sessions will be long and potentially very cold at any time of the year!

Start

24/11/2024 09:00

End

24/11/2024 16:30

Total Days

1

Maximum Bookings

12

Venue

Royal Victoria Hotel

Town

Llanberis

County

Gwynedd

Postcode

LL55 4TY

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

53.11473

Longitude

-4.11712

Name

BAIML

Phone

01690720272

Email