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WINTER TRAINING EVENT SUNDAY 27^TH JULY 2014 : WATER CROSSING AND SELF RESCUE.

The BMWMCCC club training team have put together a formidable course to equip you to handle water crossings the better way and to give useful tips and tools on self rescue in the outback’s.

Understanding the dynamics of water crossings is essential to the adventure out in our rural environment.

Understanding the dynamics of your bike and how to keep your adventure alive by using simple techniques and simple tools will enhance your outdoor experience.

Date                      : Sunday 27^th July 2014

Time                      : from 10H00 onwards to 14H00

Venue                  : The Mosselbank crossing , Mellish in Durbanville

 Not even 10 km from Durbanville

Come along with your bike or by car. Bring your family to enjoy watching.

Bring folding chairs to relax and hang your gear off.

You can actively participate with your bike, or you can just get invovled or even just attend and learn by watching.

The BMWMCCC social team will keep us fed with drinks and boerie rolls under the club gazebo -refreshments you can buy cash..

The crossing is closed to traffic due to the high water, so we will not be bothered by other road users.

Join one of three groups and rotate from session to session.

Some recovery items will be available for sale, cash only or EFT into club account.

Cost R100.00 per person

Items to be covered:

• River crossings with water currents
• Resurrecting a drowned bike.
• The correct way to draw a bike across a water obstacle
• Riding slowly, not fast through rivers
• Hard-points for towing- theory and practical
• Towing a bike – the dynamics, the Do’s, the Don’ts.
• Rigging gear – plain and simple- tow ropes and sacrificial crows feet.
• Securing a bike to a trailer the correct way – unsprung parts only.
• Self rescue techniques, essential spares and tools
• Self recovery using nature, basic principles of the lever and  rigging.

Register for the training by emailing your name, mobile phone number and email address to annamarie@bmwmccc.org.za

Payment to be made once you are on the list.

BMWMCCC

FNB

Acc No: 500600 98602

Code:  201709

Reference : Mosselbank + your name

Self rescue or wait one day for On Call??

Self rescue or abandon the bike???

Ride too fast---- drown the engine!!

.... and have to push the bike home!!!

Ride through the obstacle or ride round the obstacle?

120 kilometres from the nearest help is not the time to be stranded by a drowned engine.

stay sitting, drop the bike and it will drown

Or get training- ride slow, stand up, open up the legs and look into the middle distance

The rewards of self rescue keep the adventure alive, live to ride another day.

H's got a snorkel, he's rigged for water, he's riding sweet...

Knowing how to cross water makes your ride so much more adventurous

 Self rescue - keeping the trip alive.