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TOUR PREPARATION

MINIMAL EQUIPMENT Recommended additional equipment Brancard, signal smoke, O2, pain killers as Minimal, personal equipment pills, spare knife, water purification tablets, (client & guide) respiratory mask, signal flares, antiserum · W etsuite (full covered) against specific wildife · Neopren socks · Harness · potential client medication SAFER · Alpine helmet · Abseiling device (8) Before the tour · two lanyards · Guide equipment is already prepared · firm,closed shoes before meeting the clients · Client equipment is ready (always one Guide (additional equipment) spare set of equipment) · Valdotain · First aid checked and refilled · Shunt · W eather + Topo (printed) · from CIC recommended knife · Known water level · 5 HMS-screwgate carabiner · Altnernative canyon planned · 1 Quickdraw-set with T ibloc · CIC guide card + insurance documents (screwgates) always available · W orking rope in backpack · Mobile phone charged · Whistle · Radios charged · Third partie informed In aquatic canyons: · Coordination with colleagues · Throwing bag · Confirmation of meeting point, group · Diving mask size and time · Appropriate insurance in case of Safety equipment accident · Pulleys · Rope protection De-Briefing after canyoning tour · W ebbings www.cic-canyoning.org · Hand drill set (8 sets) (after the canyon is already before the · Bivouac equipment canyon) · Mobile phone · Reached own targets ? · Rescue rope (seperate backpack, · What was done very well ? length of highest waterfall) · What should be optimized for the next · Leatherman or pliers trip · A valanche probe · Critics still in canyon are taken better · We want to become better First Aid Box: · Marketing Minimal equipment · Create a positive feeling Duck-Tape, 2 Sam-Splints Bandage material Safety blanket (per client and guide) Bivouac bag Lighter/matches + candles Headlamp (spare batteries) Emergency nutrition

To communicate the multitude of the necessary briefing points ef fective and ideal, we recommend to do the briefings at dif ferent times. Each briefing part should not last longer then 5-7 Minutes. The success of communication has to be proven. W e recommend to take out the card at each briefing and to read of f demonstratively, so that nothing can be forgotten and that the briefing can be reproduced. Part of the briefing is also the conscious use of non-verbal, verbal and periverbal communica-

SAFER tion without appearing incongruent, so that the information will be communicated in an ideal way.

Professional welcome Technical brieﬁng in the canyon · Eye contact (no sun glasses) (Brieﬁng for all clients at the spot, correction/controll, · Strong neutral handshake transparent communication. Present risks, positive · T ime for small talk warning)

Overview over planned activity W alking · Introduce team (educational level of · Handposition guides, professional association) · 50 % of walking safety ist mental · Present canyon (driving, ascents, · Soil conditions (size of rocks, colour) duration, infrastructure) · Centre of gravity and traversing · W eather/water/difficulties · Ball-bearing ef fect · Canyoning and safety : risk of drowning, · A void standing water sections alpine dangers. 100% safety only by not · Small / big rocks taking part ! · Only little steps · Swimming, contact lenses, jewelry · V isability in the water · Health (accidents, heart, asthma, dia- · How to place feet on the rock betes, joints, epilepsi, allergical reactions, · A void wood diving, medicines, fears), h i g h e s t m e d i c a l · Foot position in current d e g r e e · Use rocks showing out of the water · Briefing of the equipment (Exclusion) www.cic-canyoning.org · Car keys Rappelling/Abseiling · Body position, technic · Active bottom belay Before ascent · Clear autority - safety and fun (“Invitation · Sources of danger for discussion”) · Nature/Environment (“Goose pace”) Jump · Always take care of person behind you · Always install/of fer alternative way · Chinese whisper” · Selection of 3 jumping technics · Hands are free · Drop spot, body position · 100% hit rate + use technic ! · Check after impact Before entering the canyon · Exponation, risk appetite · Give sign back (OK etc.) (moving in danger zone) · Restrictions/Prohibition (Jump) Slide · No one goes into dangerous area · Body tension, feet first · Explain sign language · All joints a little bent Stop, faster, slower, OK, Problem, · Arms straight, parallel close to the body Directions, give/take rope, depth of pools, · Back towards the rock X, obstacle, slippery, tobogan, jump, abseil Rope railling · Both lanyards clipped in · Screw gate away from the rock · Always close screw gate · Only one person between anchor points