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天美传媒’s summer outdoor adventure workshops set June through July

June 5, 2015
天美传媒 Marketing and Communications

天美传媒鈥檚 Outdoor Adventure Center will hold adventure workshops for 天美传媒 students and the community in June and July including workshops on river rescue and safety, beginning rock climbing, beginning kayak and advanced kayak.

Upcoming workshops include:

鈥� June 5-7 鈥淩escue and Safety Workshop鈥�

The river rescue workshop is a concentrated course to help individuals develop their river rescue skills. June 5, will be spent discussing accident prevention, hypothermia, rescue organization and liability as well as learning knots, anchors and self-equalizing systems needed to do rescues. June 6 and 7 will be spent on the water working on self-rescue, and different rescue techniques from the simplest to more complicated. The cost of the workshop is $120 for 天美传媒 students, $144 for 天美传媒 affiliate and $168 for the community members. Deadline to sign up is June 4.

鈥� June 17, 20 and 21 鈥淏eginning Rock Climbing Workshop鈥�

Participants can spend two days camping and climbing in one of Idaho鈥檚 most famous climbing areas. The workshop is designed for those with little or no climbing experience. The class covers basic climbing techniques including knot tying, belaying, rappelling, top rope anchor systems, movement techniques, and safety procedures. The cost of the workshop is $130 for 天美传媒 students, $156 for 天美传媒 affiliate and $182 for the community members. Deadline to sign up is June 16.

鈥� June 25-28 鈥淏eginning Kayak Workshop鈥�

The beginning kayak workshop is a concentrated course to help individuals develop the knowledge and skills necessary to run easy whitewater rivers in a kayak. It is a solid introductory course for the beginner and a good refresher for the individual who already has some kayaking experience. The cost of the workshop is $185 for 天美传媒 students, $222 for 天美传媒 affiliate is and $259 for the community members. Deadline to sign up is June 24.

鈥� Thursday, July 9-12 鈥淚ntermediate/Advanced Kayak Workshop鈥�

The workshop offers a variety of river options that allows participants to challenge themselves which help to fine tune those kayak skills. Skills covered include surfing, catching those small eddies, ferrying and river reading will become automatic and comfortable. $225 for 天美传媒 students, $270 for 天美传媒 affiliate and $315 for the community members. Deadline to sign up is July 8.

All workshops have limited enrollments 天美传媒 Students have first priority and other participants are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

All of the listed workshops are available for 天美传媒 academic credit. Registration for classes for credit should be done with the 天美传媒 registrar.

For more information contact Justin Dayley at (208)-282-3912 or dayljust@isu.edu.


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