Oxalis Staff SRT Training

Saturday 30th May

View of the river from the roof of Oxalis

Another hot day, and what better way to spend the morning than training some of the Oxalis guides in basic SRT (Single Rope Techniques).

Dzung, SRT barefoot style

A rope was rigged from the top of the Oxalis hotel and the guides, just three of them (plus one for abseil training only), assembled at the bottom of the building.

Bamboo, on his way down

First up was Bamboo, ok up to the top but struggled a bit with passing the knot. To be fair to him, we hadn't left quite enough slack rope above.

Binh, going up

Next up was Binh, and with the rope adjusted things went more smoothly.

Nearly there, how do I get off?

After Binh, Watto arrived to add his two-penny worth! Too many cooks?

Do it like this, no, like that, no, my way, no, MY way!

Finally, it was Dzung's turn and despite suffering from an overdose of instruction, he was as competent as the others.

Dzung, still smiling after all that instruction.

After all the prussiking practice, there was just time for Hanetta to have a practice abseil.

Hanetta, going down.

There is going to be another session tomorrow morning, but I won't be there as I'm off on another Tu Lan four day tour.

As a footnote to this entry, it's still unseasonably warm here with temperatures above 40°C (or so we're told), you know it's ridiculously hot when you have to cool your fridge with a fan.

Cool fridge