Moab, UT - Canyon Rescue Course (ACE-L4)

CANYON RESCUE COURSE (ACE-L4)

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Train Hard, Plan Well, Be Safe ... but accidents still happen.

Boost your confidence and fill your mental toolbox with skills to handle technical emergencies.

This Canyon Rescue Course (ACE-L4) by Uber Adventures teaches the skills necessary to perform immediate, in-canyon self-rescues, partner rescues, and how to assist with group emergencies ... all with your groups' normal rack-and-pack (the minimal gear you should carry on your harnesses and in your packs.)

This course not only teaches you the skills and methods necessary to execute a variety of rescue procedures, but it provides the impetus for critical thinking through an emergency. How would you help a canyoneer stuck on a rope? How would you help an unconscious canyoneer stuck on a rope? How quickly could you figure out how to convert a static block to a lowering system? Could you haul a rappeller back to the top of a drop by yourself? Have you ever been in a canyon, assessing a fictional problem and felt helpless? Are your responsibilities in a canyoneering event greater because you're the leader/organizer? Would you like to be a more valuable team member? This course is vital for not only canyoneering leaders, but also for conscientious recreational canyoneers who value their own safety and the safety of their party.

With the technical skills presented in this course, you could prevent the need for calling in an expensive Search and Rescue team, avoid putting rescuers at risk, avoid spending the night in a canyon, and continue a canyon descent with a non-critically injured teammate.

Skills covered include:
• Advanced Friction Options
• Knots, Rope Grabs & Progress Capture Methods
• Anchors, Rigging & Friction Dynamics for Rescue
• Mechanical Advantage and Haul Systems
• Converting Static Rigging to Haul or Lower
• Assisted Rappel & Tandem Rappel Techniques
• Hero Rescue, Balancier Lift
• Rappelling on a Tensioned Rope
• Guide Ropes, Tag Lines, Belays
• Cut-and-Lower Procedures
• Special Ascending Techniques for Rescue
• Pick-Off Procedures Scenario (X2)
• Considerations for musculoskeletal injuries

Prerequisites: Since this course builds upon the skills and techniques presented in our Technical Canyoneering Course (ACE-L1), our Advanced Canyoneering Course (ACE-L2), AND our Canyon Leader Course (ACE-L3), we recommend that you've either taken two or three of those courses or have significant relevant personal experience before taking this class (please inquire if you're unsure if this is the correct course for your current skill set).

This course is not only a great time to up your recreational canyoneering skills to an admirable level, but it presents the remaining skills for Certification as a Professional Canyon Guide (ACE-L5) with ACE (Association for Canyoneering Education)! Check out the benefits of ACE certification. They're pretty dang awesome: http://ACEcanyoneering.com.

For a full list of our course offerings and locations, go to https://UberAdventures.net

Instructor: Jasmine King

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