ACA Canyon Leader / Guide Course

PRICE $380. Sopt not guaranteed without a deposit.

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Successful completion of the Canyon Leader-Guide Course, Level I is required for recognition as a Canyon Leader I and for professional Fixed Site / Single Pitch Canyon Guide certification.

More Information:

• ACA Canyon Leader Training Program (http://www.canyoneering.net/canyon-leader/)

• Arizona Rock & Canyon Adventures (http://www.azrockandcanyon.com/aboutazrockandcanyon/#about-us)

• Instructors: Tom Seeley & Jeremy Beltran

Not solely for professional guides; leadership skills are essential for clubs and youth program volunteers, and are extremely useful for anyone who descends canyons with less experienced partners.

The Canyon Leader/Guide Course combines technical and experiential learning. The course represents the industry standard of training both for aspiring guides and for practitioners of adventure-based and experiential education. Participants will have opportunities to enhance and hone skills, experience personal growth and develop leadership abilities.

Topics covered include:

• Problem-solving and decision-making methodologies, group dynamics and facilitation, situational adaptation of leadership styles

• The importance of both objective (technical) and subjective (human) leadership skills

• Hazard identification, risk assessment and management, avoiding heuristic traps in decision-making

• Site management and transition safety systems (moving and stationary sites, low-risk and high-risk), appropriate leader positions for optimal group management

• Advanced sequencing strategies, bump-and-go vs leap-froging

• Contextual selection of appropriate belay systems - top rope, bottom, self-belay, twin rope self-belay, running belay, 2:1 belay

• Static and dynamic courtesy rigging for difficult rappel starts

• Pre-rigging and stacked rappels, single rope and twin rope tandem rappels

• Twin rope, yo-yo, 2:1, and other specialized rigging systems and techniques for efficiently moving a group through challenging terrain

Prerequisites: This course is intended for active experienced canyoneers who already possess a good foundation of anchor, rigging and on-rope skills.