Outdoor and Rec Athletics 0124 - Beginning Kayaking, #2
Spring
2015
1
0.00
Glenna Alderson
06:30PM-07:30PM W;12:30PM-06:00PM F
Hampshire College
316921
Robert Crown Center POOL;Robert Crown Center RIVER
gaCC@hampshire.edu
This course is for students who want to learn how to whitewater kayak. No Previous experience is required, though participants must be able to swim and be comfortable in the water. Topics covered will include: a variety of strokes, basic self-rescue and safety knowledge, eddy turns, ferrying, 'river reading' and rolling the boat. This course is the same as OPRA 0123. The class will meet Wednesdays in the pool from January till March. After spring break the class will also go outside on Fridays from March until May. 5-College students will be graded pass/fail.
Meets at Pool: Jan. 21st - March 13th Meets in River: March 23rd - May 1st
0-2 credits
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.
This course has unspecified prerequisite(s) - please see the instructor.