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1 | NZ Canyoning Festival 2018 - Program for Saturday (click other sheets below for other days) | |||||||||||||
2 | PROGRAM IS OPEN | |||||||||||||
3 | Add your name to trips/workshops of your choosing (other days are on the other sheets). First in first served. Don't be a dick and delete other names. | |||||||||||||
4 | More info on the canyons here. | |||||||||||||
5 | Trip | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
6 | Type | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + Canyon trip | Workshop + Canyon trip | Workshop + Canyon trip | Canyon trip | Canyon trip | Canyon trip | Canyon trip | Canyon trip | |
7 | Time | Morning | Afternoon | Morning | Afternoon | Full day | Full day | Full day | Full day | Full day | Full day | Full day | Full day | |
8 | Name / location | Swift water / canyon aquatic skills @ Buller River | Swift water / canyon aquatic skills @ Buller River | Intermediate vertical rope skills @ lake outlet bridge | Intermediate vertical rope skills @ lake outlet bridge | Intro to canyon progression/rigging @ St Ronan's Well (v2a3III*) | Intro to canyon progression/rigging @ Hope River (v4a2II**) | Rigging efficiency and teamwork @ Lower Chandler Creek (v3a3II**) | Ellis Creek (v4a2II*) + Hope River (v4a2II**) | Lower Chandler Creek (v3a3II**) + Lower Barefoot Burn (v4a2II*) | Lower Barefoot Burn (v4a2II*) + Lower Chandler Creek (v3a3II**) | Barefoot Burn, whole canyon (v4a2III*) | Shift Creek (v4a3IV**) | |
9 | Description | Swift water skills taught by river gurus. With a canyoning focus. Caters for a large group which will probably be split into smaller groups on the day (perhaps catering to experience level). Both JV and Keith are experienced kayakers, canyoners and swift water rescue experts. Ideally match this workshop up with an afternoon ropes workshop. | Swift water skills taught by river gurus. With a canyoning focus. Caters for a large group which will probably be split into smaller groups on the day (perhaps catering to experience level). Both JV and Keith are experienced kayakers, canyoners and swift water rescue experts. Ideally match this workshop up with a morning ropes workshop. | Cut aways, breaking into the system (to haul) etc. Toine is the owner of Abel Tasman Canyons and the NZ Canyon School. Ideally match this workshop up with an afternoon swift water workshop. | Cut aways, breaking into the system (to haul) etc. Toine is the owner of Abel Tasman Canyons and the NZ Canyon School. Ideally match this workshop up with a morning swift water workshop. | How to efficiently rig and move down a canyon with a series of rappels. St Ronan's Well is a very short, repeatable canyoning trip. Medium volume, very enclosed and scenic. Short rappels. Grant is a former canyon company owner/guide and is one of the most experienced rescue/rigging instructors in the country. | How to efficiently rig and move down a canyon with a series of rappels. Will cover how to plan for a trip and make use of topos. Will workshop rigging etc as you move down the canyon. Hope is another great beginners/intermediate trip with easy access and reasonably short time in the canyon. Low flow, predominantly vertical in nature.Maarten is a canyon guide from Belgium. | Combo of some dry land tuition (around Coldwater Hut) then two laps of Chandler: (one of tuition, and another to put everything into practice). Suitable for people who know how to confidently rig releaseable/retreivable abseils, who want to become more efficient team members and trip leaders. Lower Chandler is probably the best bang for your buck trip in the region. Quite short but of high quality. Dan is an NZOIA 2 guide and author of the Canyoning in NZ guidebook. | Ellis in the morning. Hope in the afternoon (lower section only if you run out of time). Ellis is a short, pretty canyon with some nice slides and beautiful waterfalls. Hope is another great beginners/intermediate trip with easy access and reasonably short time in the canyon. Low flow, predominantly vertical in nature. Paul is an experienced canyoner and caver from Auckland. | Lower Chandler in the morning, Lower Barefoot in the afternoon if time allows. Lower Chandler is probably the best bang for your buck trip in the region. Quite short but of high quality: continuous, beautiful and enclosed. Some good jumps. Lower Barefoot is a medium flow canyon with mostly beautiful steep, clean abseils. James is an experienced recreational canyoner from Chch. | Lower Barefoot in the morning, Lower Chandler in the afternoon if time allows. Lower Barefoot is a medium flow canyon with mostly beautiful steep, clean abseils. Lower Chandler is probably the best bang for your buck trip in the region. Quite short but of high quality: continuous, beautiful and enclosed. Some good jumps. James is an experienced recreational canyoner from Nelson and owner of the local climbing gym. | Medium flow canyon with mostly beautiful steep, clean abseils. Mark is a canyon guide with Abel Tasman Canyons. | Arguably the best intermediate-level canyoning trip in the Top of the South, although will have to bypass the slot section at the end due to slip :( Recommend having done Lower Chandler or other a3 canyons previously. Lee is an experienced canyon guide (NZOIA Canyon 2) with Abel Tasman Canyons. | |
10 | Access | 45m drive | 45m drive | 15m drive | 15m drive | 1h drive + 5m walk | 20m drive + 1h walk | Water taxi + 15m walk | 1h drive + 1.5h walk, 20m drive + 1h walk | Water taxi + 15m walk, 1.5 walk | Water taxi + 30m walk, 1h walk | Water taxi + 1h walk | Water taxi + 1.5h walk | |
11 | Gear required | Personal canyoning gear. PFD if you have one (not mandatory) | Personal canyoning gear. PFD if you have one (not mandatory) | Personal canyoning gear incl rope if you have it. Bring your ascenders and any other rescue gear you take on trips with you. | Personal canyoning gear incl rope if you have it. Bring your ascenders and any other rescue gear you take on trips with you. | Personal canyoning gear incl rope if you have it | Personal canyoning gear incl rope if you have it | Personal canyoning gear incl rope if you have it | Personal canyoning gear incl rope if you have it | Personal canyoning gear incl rope if you have it | Personal canyoning gear incl rope if you have it | Personal canyoning gear incl rope if you have it | Personal canyoning gear incl rope if you have it | |
12 | Trip leader | Justin Venable | Keith Riley | Toine Houtenbos | Toine Houtenbos | Grant Prattley | Maarten Haenen | Daniel Clearwater | Paul Rowe | James Abbott | James Scoltock | Mark Parfitt | Lee Den Haan | |
13 | Assistant trip leader | Keith Riley | Justin Venable | Richard Bramley | Richard Bramley | Nola Collie | Warren Fitzgerald | Shanan Fraser | Kyle Macdonald | Oli Polson | Neill Molloy | Luis Goncalves | Pete Smith | |
14 | Participant 1 | Florian | Gabriela Scheufele | Kirra Solterbeck | Jantje | Yogeeta naidoov | Rhonda Mill | Tony Church | Alex Motyka | Paul Allum | Doug Fraser | mark norman | ||
15 | Participant 2 | Jantje | Lucy | Gabriela Scheufele | Florian | Gort Stephen | David Mason | joel penson | Emily Butcher | Hannah Allum | Dom Colville | ben thomas | ||
16 | Participant 3 | Megan Sety | Keith Chatterton | Lucy | Megan Sety | Karthik Madhavan | Christie Hagen | Andrew Banks | Ciara Smart | Rowan Munchenberg | Marjon DeBoer | [Add name here] | jemma vernon | |
17 | Participant 4 | Marcus Swift | [Add name here] | Keith Chatterton | Marcus Swift | Dave Hammond | Noemie Valenza | Jacinda Boully | Craig Stanfield | Andrew Munchenberg | Elias Love | [Add name here] | david-stephen myles | |
18 | Participant 5 | Patrick Timm | [Add name here] | [Add name here] | Patrick Timm | Cathy Hammond | Bodhi Bettjeman | Benjamin Power | James Reeves | Dan Ford | [Add name here] | Karl Burt | ||
19 | Participant 6 | Anthony O'Hern | [Add name here] | [Add name here] | Anthony O'Hern | Chelsea Pasutto | Marama Mayrick | Philip Beech | Shane Miller | Damon Anderson | Rosie Hadfield | [Add name here] | Melissa Workman | |
20 | Participant 7 | Callum McLean | [Add name here] | Callum McLean | Victor Mendes | Scott Barker | ||||||||
21 | Participant 8 | Ant Alford | [Add name here] | [Add name here] | Ant Alford | Alex Motyka | ||||||||
22 | Participant 9 | Justin Hall | Justin Hall | |||||||||||
23 | Participant 10 | |||||||||||||
24 | Participant 11 | |||||||||||||
25 | Participant 12 | |||||||||||||
26 | CLICK THE SHEETS BELOW FOR PROGRAMS ON THE OTHER DAYS |