Weekend 1
ICO Basic Training Schedule Weekend 1 (Sat.)
Coloma to Lotus
7:00 Breakfast – Everybody up!
8:00 Instructor Meeting
Ø Overview
Ø Challenges
Ø Give boat assignments
8:10 Group meeting
Ø Name Game
Ø River signals
Ø Overview of day
Ø What needs to happen to leave camp
Ø Shuttle Drivers Meet
Ø Prepare to leave campsite
8:25 River Physics – Walk to river upstream of Site R (Depending on river stage – may have to do on Sunday)
9:15 Group Meeting–Shuttle Plan Announced
9:30 Arrive at Park–separate group and personal gear into two separate piles
9:40 Send all cars back to Lotus and bring back drivers
Students who are left assemble for sorting gear to proper stations
9:50 Shuttle Returns-overview of stations
10:00 Break into skills stations (3 groups) 30 minutes per station
Station 1: unroll and blow up one boat; top –off boats on land and rig each boat(Thwart bags & straps, throw bags) – At same time, 2 instructors inflate and rig one oar boat
Station 2: throw bag practice
Station 3: Figure 8 and other useful knots
11:30 Safety Talk & river signals
12:15 Lunch
1::00 Prepare for River–wetsuits on–put extra equipment & clothes back in vehicles
1:15 Instructors model Paddle Talk
1:30 Instructors model–guide and paddle strokes
Narrate the demonstration from shore while 3 trainers R-3 to demonstrate
Ø How to sit in boat: guide & paddlers
Ø Commands: forward, back paddle, etc.
Ø Sweep Strokes: forward and reverse
Ø Ferrying–setting and holding position
Ø Controlling boat speed
1:45 Students practice skills- in lake
Ø How to sit in boat: paddlers
Ø Commands: forward, back paddle, etc.
Ø Sweep Strokes: forward and reverse
Ø Ferrying–setting and holding position
Ø Controlling boat speed
2:30 Head down river-Identify; current, tongue, main channel, river hazards, obstacles
5:00 Take-out at Lotus: Instructors model take-out procedure
Ø Tilt Boats
Ø organize gear
Ø load trucks and boats on trucks
Ø change clothes
7:00 Dinner and finances
8:00 Bill Center – The Coloma Valley’s History – where we fit in
ICO Basic Training Schedule Weekend 1 (Sun.)
PLAN A Lotus to Salmon Falls
7:00 Breakfast – Everybody up!
8:00 Instructor meeting
Ø Overview
Ø Challenges
Ø Boat assignments
8:15 Group meeting
Ø Name Game
Ø River signals
Ø Overview of day
Ø What needs to happen to leave camp
Ø Shuttle drivers meet
Ø Prepare to leave campsite
8:45 Group Meeting–Shuttle plan announced
9:00 Shuttle leaves
Students prepare rafts & practice Safety Talk
10:30 Shuttle returns
INSTRUCTORS: Jon _____________________
Paddlers: H _____________________
10:40 Students practice skills–in Lotus eddy
Ø How to sit in boat: paddlers
Ø Commands: forward, back paddle, etc.
Ø Sweep Strokes: forward and reverse
Ø Ferrying–setting and holding angle to current
Ø Controlling boat speed
11:00 Head down river-Identify; current, tongue, main channel, river hazards
Ø Identify and demo avoiding an obstacle, demo multiple obsticles
Ø introduce eddys (if appropriate)
12:30 Lunch-at Greenwood Creek
· River physics after lunch
2:00 Class 3s (or the whole gorge?)– instructor narrates and guides
4:00 Arrive Salmon Falls Students handle take-out procedures (instructors monitor)
Ø Tilt Boats
Ø organize gear
Ø roll boats
Ø change clothes Weekend
4:30 Student and Instructor evaluations begin
5:30 Load trucks, circle up!
ICO Basic Training Schedule Weekend 1 (Sun.)
PLAN B Chili Bar to Henningsen
7:00 Breakfast – Everybody up!
8:00 Instructormeeting
Ø Overview
Ø Challenges
Ø Boat assignments
8:15 Group meeting
Ø Overview of day
Ø What needs to happen to leave camp
Ø Shuttle drivers meet
Ø Prepare to leave campsite
8:45 Group Meeting–Shuttle plan announced (Drop off cars at Henningsen)
9:30 Arrive at Chili Bar–unload gear
9:40 Send all cars back to Lotus and bring back drivers
Students prepare rafts & practice Safety Talk
INSTRUCTORS: _____________________
Paddlers: _____________________
10:40 Students practice skills–in Chili Bar eddy
Ø How to sit in boat: paddlers
Ø Commands: forward, back paddle, etc.
Ø Sweep Strokes: forward and reverse
Ø Ferrying–setting and holding angle to current
Ø Controlling boat speed
11:00 Instructors guide & model Meatgrinder & Race Horse Bend
Ø Head down river-Identify; current, tongue, main channel, river hazards
Ø Identify and demo avoiding an obstacle, demo multiple obsticles
Ø introduce eddys (if appropriate)
11:30 Race Horse Bend Eddy–Students take over
12:30 Lunch-at 2nd Threat
2:00 Troublemaker: Intro to scouting rapids
2:15 Instructors guide and model Troublemaker
4:00 Arrive Henningsen: Students handle take-out procedures (instructors monitor)
Ø Tilt Boats
Ø organize gear
Ø roll boats
Ø change clothes Weekend
4:00 Student and Instructor Evaluations Begin
5:00 Load trucks, circle up!