Location:
Friendsville MD / Lower Yough PA
Format:
One evening ‘classroom’ session at my home in Friendsville, MD and one FULL day on the Lower Yough
Class Size:
2 students
Dates (Mostly Firm – kind of):
* 07/25/10 - 3rd Annual House Warming Party at the Triple K Ranch and Weekend of the Upper Yough Race & Festival
* 08/22/10 - Yough Falls Festival
* 09/05/10 - Sunday of Labor Day
* 10/23/10 - Tentative Bill Gordon Trip
* 10/24/10 - Tentative Bill Gordon Trip
Other dates are possible with enough notice
Cost:
$70 / per student ($75 non-ACA member)
Topics Covered:
* Boofing (The Golden Stroke)
* Smearing
* Stroke Efficiency
* The differences between paddling a creek boat and a play boat
* Surfing holes
* Boat scouting
* Risk management
* Small class size allows for flexibility in the topics covered just let me know what you want to work on (don't get your hopes up that I can get you cartwheeling like Guy though)
Requirements:
* You must be comfortable on the Lower Yough. It’s important that you be able to focus on skills and technique more so then surviving the river.
* Some semblance of a creek boat (an RPM is not a creek boat – not even in Maine), paddle and whitewater helmet, pfd, and skirt
* Food, water, appropriate clothing, and whatever other trinkets and knick knacks you need for a FULL day on the river
To Register:
Email me (Dave Kessmann) at:
dave (dot) kessmann (at) fgwa (period) com
Please put "2010 Creeking Clinic" in the subject line
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Looking forward to it.