Tower Hamlets Canoe Club

Hi All,

 

I am thinking it would be good to organise a quick course on rope resuce techniques.   I am thinking it would cover the following areas and would be done over a couple of nights.   Before I put any effort into this would people be interested?

 

I would cover most things that would be useful on a river, some of the topics are covered in the WWSR but other areas I will go into more detail.

 

Would be combination of Theory and Practical excercises.   May have to wait for our Day lights hours to be extended...

 

Note:  I have no formal qualifications to teach this!!!!!

 

 

1. Equipment
1. Carabineers
2. Ropes, Slings and Cord & Throw lines
3. Pulleys
4. Belay Devices
5. Kilo-Newtons, a bit of physics ;-)

 

1. Anchors
1. Choosing Natural Anchors
2. Equalisation
3. Common Mistakes

 

1. Knots
1. Figure of Eights
2. Hitches  (clove & Italian)
3. Prussiks, lots of varietes

 

1. Simple Systems
1. Belaying & Simple hauling
2. C-Pulleys
3. Z-Drag
4. Overview of System failure

 

1. Complex Systems
1. Piggy back rigs
2. 4:1
3. Tyrolean traverses (at the very least it could be used to set up a clothes line ;-))

 

1. Self Rescue
1. Ascending using Prussiks
2. Assisted Hauling?

 

Me, me, me!

But I'm very slow with rope stuff, so you'll have to be patient

I'm assuming it won't cost too much (excluding beer)?

What a good idea young man!

Geoff,

Thanks for suggesting this, seems like a great idea, I'm definitely up for it!

 

 

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Equipment Officer

I never swim!
Sometimes, however, I choose to not "wear" my kayak

Hi Goeff,

great idea, count me in!

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Dimitris

Kate:

Me, me, me!

But I'm very slow with rope stuff, so you'll have to be patient

I'm assuming it won't cost too much (excluding beer)?

What a good idea young man!

It would not cost anything and the beer is optional.. (I have forgottern what beer tastes like....)

 

Hey Sober Geoff

I'm knot very good, I mean I'm a bit ropey, I mean my skills could do with tightening.... sorry, these puns are so bad I should probly hang myself with a....

I'm in.

 

 

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Polo Rep

I would be interested.

I'm interested, if i'm free.

Doh!  Danger beat me to it with all the best puns.

I'm in. I reckon we could do most of it from the pub - maybe absail down the stairs for more beer every once in a while?

H

It looks like there is interest so I will prepare a course and will then arrange some dates.

Cheers,

Geoff

I'm up for playing with ropes as well

Sarah

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Love many, trust few and always paddle your own canoe

Crikey!

Count me in too.

I'm interested.

Great idea, Geoff. I'm sure you've got more than enough practical experience on this (anyone who hasn't seen the crazy photos of Geoff hanging off a cliff, check out his profile )

 

yep i am interested, i was only telling a friend the other day i need to do a rope course or somthing.