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| Learning jump techniques on Day 1 |
Instructors - Paul Norris & John Hynes
Day 1:
We began the day by going through some theory in the class room. This was mainly to learn about the organisation behind coasteering which is called the IACP (Irish Association of Coasteering Professionals). After this we got suited and booted and went down to the water. Here we learned the basic skills of coasteering which included proper jump technique, swimming techniques and entries. We also learned how to measure jumps and also determine if a site is suitable or not for coasteering.
After a while of playing in the swell and jumping in from different spots we did the 200m swim. Being able to confidently swim this distance is a requirement when being assessed for the instructorship. It's a lot harder to swim any distance when wearing a buoyancy aid.
To finish the Day we went back into the class room and went over the skills we had done and how to teach others those skills. We also went through some of the rescue equipment involved and the different rescues that are used in coasteering. This was to give us an idea of what we were going to be doing on day 2.
Day 2:
To start this day we went to a small island out from Star Outdoors Adventure Centre to practice some throwing techniques with the throw bags. This was great as it gave us a really good idea of what its like. We then learned how to rescue someone by towing them with our zambeezi belts. These belts had both a through rope as well as tow rope on them. Here we had to swim out 100m to someone, get them to turn over onto their backs, hook the tow rope around their buoyancy aids and tow them back 100m. This was really tough to begin with but after a few times we got the hang of it. We then went back to the classroom and had a de-breif about the course. We were also told about instructor courses and how to go about getting on them. This wasn't very straight forward though as all the courses were full up until february.
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| Happy Out :) |
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