River Crossing Course
This is a one day river crossing course.
River crossing course
Completing a one-day river crossing course with OENZ is a great way to up skill and ensure your safety before you head on your next big adventure. Rivers are one of the greatest hazards in the New Zealand outdoors and claim lives every year! They are dynamic and pose a serious risk to the untrained.
“There are on average, about four river crossing deaths each year. Of these accidents, 80% occur in flooded rivers or side streams.” (Bush craft Manual Fourth edition. Mountain Safety Council, 2006)
Course includes
- Hazards
- River characteristics
- River crossing principles
- Decision Making
- River crossing methods
- Recovery
Prerequisites
- Participants must be fit to travel for
approximately one to four - hours, (depending on location) across a rough surface (boulder riverbed), with a full pack
- Be a minimum of 18 years of age (or a minimum of 14 if their attendance is agreed to by the course director and a parent/guardian)
Equipment Requirements
If you do not have your own equipment you can hire everything you need to attend this course, from us.
- Sturdy boots or shoes
- Thermals/merino
- Beanie/warm hat
- Full change of clothing
- Tramping/hiking pack or day bag
- Towel
Notes
The ability to swim confidently is not a pre-requisite of this course, however, if participants are not confident swimmers they should advise their instructors of this on registration.
*A minimum of 4 participants are required for the course to run.
When is the next course?
Visit our COURSE CALENDAR for course dates
Cost $ 199.00*
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* price displayed is for early bird bookings.
“I feel we had good time to go through everything and feel much more confident in crossing rivers” – Clare Ross
” An excellent river course, exactly what I was looking” – John Andrews
“My Wife and I have done two courses and it has been really helpful. We’ve done the two day navigation course and the River Crossing Course. Both courses have been customised To our needs so we couldn’t have asked for better service. We will be well prepared for our adventures to come. Highly recommend them. And thank you in advance for saving our lives crossing dangerous rivers”
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