This is an expedition-based course, with skills taught through a real, continuous journey rather than isolated sessions at a single venue. You will carry everything needed in or attached to your packraft, camp along the route and make decisions in changing open-water, river and expedition environments.

Across both locations, the course covers:

• Packraft preparation, packing, loading and overnight expedition systems

• Comparing packrafts, paddles, buoyancy aids and storage options

• Flat-water, open-water and introductory moving-water paddling

• Reading wind, waves, river flow, hazards and obstacles

• Group communication, positioning, route choice and journey management

• Capsize recovery, river swimming, throwline use, simple rescues and portaging

• Campcraft, water purification, food planning, fishing and responsible foraging

• Packraft maintenance, repair kits and field repairs

• Expedition first aid, cold-water incidents and emergency scenarios

• Emergency communication, evacuation planning and changing plans in response to conditions