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NEWS
& EVENTS
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photos from the Academy! Click
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Learn,
practice, or brush up on essential
adventure racing skills!
"Primal
Quest Certifications"
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"AAS
instructors are experts in their
field. Safety is always a priority and
maximum individual attention is our
goal. We train our clients to
standard. Not to time."
We will train you on the
following skills:
1) Ropes: Rappelling, Ascending &
Top Rope Climbing.
2) Orienteering & Map Reading.
3) Canoeing & Kayaking.
4) Expedition Mountain Biking.
5) Assessing & Managing Risk in
Expedition Racing
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"Team
NATURE CURE's Jason Snyder
gives instruction at the
adventure race
academy."
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"AAS
founder Doug Crytzer is a
certified mountaineering
instructor with more than 20
years experience."
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EXPEDITION
MOUNTAIN BIKING:
- Learn
how to properly select, maintain
& inspect your mountain
biking gear from our expert instructors.
- Learn wilderness
bike repair.
- Learn
how to ride technically....
learn to navigate obstacles, the
ready attack position, powering
through turns & more.
- Learn
proper climbing & ascending
technique.
- Learn
to push or tow a teammate for
maximum synergy.
- Learn
to navigate while riding.
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EXPEDITION PADDLING
- Learn
the characteristics of your boat,
paddle & personal flotation
device (PFD)
- Learn
wilderness boat repair
- Learn
how to properly read river
currents
- Learn
paddle strokes.... the power
stroke, sweep stroke, draw stroke
& back stroke
- Learn
proper river rescue techniques
& rescue throw line
applications
- Learn
to self rescue & boat recovery
- Learn
to aggressively swim in white
water
- Learn
to improve your paddling endurance
Learn all
of this & much more on the
beautiful Yough & Castleman
Rivers.
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"Race
Director Doug Crytzer
stands proudly with 2
recent academy graduates,
Shawn Hogan & James
King from Ohio.. after
they successfully
completed their 1st
adventure race, the Black
Beard in September in the
OBX, N.C."
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EXPEDITION
ROPES
- Learn to select, inspect,
wear & care for your
mountaineering gear.
- Learn to recognize proper rope
utilization & safety.
- Learn proper rappel technique from
hooking up to proper body position.
- Learn to perform self arrest, recovery,
self rescue.
- Learn proper ascending techniques
& fluid energy application.
- Learn to do a main line exchange
while ascending.
- Learn proper top rope bouldering/climbing
technique.
- Learn to select you climbing
route, proper commands, hand holds &
proper belay technique.
- Learn the bowline, figure 8,
prussic & square knot.
"Athlete's
& everyone traveling in the
wilderness should be fully
responsible for their own safety at
all times. Never entrust your safety
to anyone else, especially a
stranger. Take the time to properly
learn expedition racing & travel
techniques."
Doug Crytzer, Founder &
Director.... American Adventure
Sports, LLC
"Team Nature Cures Nathan Kile & JD Eskelson instructing at the race academy." |
"Scott Crytzer trains adventure racing academy students on swift water rescue training." |
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Dates |
Prices |
- 4-5-6
April
- 2-3-4
May
- 19-20-21
September
- Schedule
your own class
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- $550.00
per person, double occupancy, same
sex. 3 nights stay
- $620.00
per person, single occupancy.
- $400.00
per person, without lodging.
- Group/team
rates available for 2 or more
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Adventure Racing Academies will
be 3 days & 2 nights at the
beautiful Yough Plaza in Ohiopyle
Pennsylvania
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Questions
about the academy should be directed to Lance
Snow. His contact info is lance@americanadventuresports.com
or (412) 607-0152.
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