European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday. June 13, 1980 the stars and stripes Pago 9 run the rapids with Wayne Couto makes a fancy turn on the Loisch. Nothing to ii. Oops actually it s instructor Michael Douglas ripping his Craft to show How to get free of a kayak. As instructors Natch and Lisius on the Shore if programs offer Chance to be a capable kayaker Story and photos by j. King cart or staff writer Oak Misc. Germany is armed forces recreation centers Here and at Berchtesgaden to Leach different strokes to More folks this summer. The strokes Are part of Ai re s expanded kayaking programs at the two Alpine resorts. Couto. Kayaking coordinator Hie and his instructors Are offering three Levels of beginner through advanced to those win want to be up a Creek with a paddle. The program now under Way runs until sept. 10. Afke i Armish has bought a number of new kayaks to raise the number available to 46. Afke has even More for use in a similar daily kayaking program and in its combined hiking and kayaking Lour the Blueberry adventure. Kayaking participants must be at least 12 years uld and Good swimmers according to Couto. The one Day kayaking courses Cost Sio and this includes instruction and use of All necessary equipment. Each participant is outfitted with wetsuit helmet life jacket and paddle. A bus picks up kayaker at 8 . From the meeting place the billeting of it of. or fice and lakes them to the various areas where the program is held. Participants must bring a swimsuit a pair of shoes thai can get wet no sandals or thongs and a warm outer garment such As a Windbreak or plus Money for lunch. One Day courses for beginners Here Are offered sunday monday Friday and sat urday. Advanced classes Are held Only on thursday. Couto advises would be kayaker to re serve places ahead of time at the billeting office or by calling Garmisch military 2535 606. For reservations Contact the billeting office there at military 2538 613 or 623. The kayaking program Here has three Levels beginner i and 2, plus advanced. The first Lime you come Down no Mailer what you Tell us your experience has been you re going to have to go through beginner i. Upon completion you la gel a beginner i card. The next time you come Down simply present thai card and Well let you take the beginner 2 course. That consists of 11 Light Brush up in the Lake the nearby Mountain rimmed a Ibsch in the morning and then the rest of the time running the Loisch River says could. Those who finish that course arc issued a beginner 2 card that enables them to take the advanced course. Advanced course participants May elect to Fine tune their skills on the Nib Sec before moving to the Loisch and tackling Ever More difficult sections of its while water. The Loisch a site for International kayaking championships gets increasingly difficult the closer one gets to the austrian Border. The course for rank beginners starts at the . There they receive instruction on How to get in and out of the kayak and How to use the paddle. Everyone takes a swim test before venturing out onto the Lake in one of the agile kayaks. Then the instructors run through Basic strokes Maneu vers and skills. Lunch break lakes about half an hour and is followed by a Short film on River running plus explanation of what will be encountered on the Loisch in the afternoon. We then pile into the buses and go to run several places on the River. Normally we get on the River by 1 30 or 1 45 and we run the River until about 4 30, sometimes later says Couto. A 23-year-old sex Navy Man. Could has been involved in kayaking since i j78. Lie was a kayaking instructor and supervisor Here last year and has been on extended kayaking trips. He says that no Long kayaking Tours Are planned Here for this summer but that these Are a possibility for next year. Those who gel Billen by the kayaking Bug May want to buy one of the Ligh t Craft fur Independent River running. You pick up used Lor under sii10 without much problem a new one will run from s3vi to $ some Ier Man opera Lois also will Mil them out could is s there and Tine Ali usual Al Tibule a n i Lias balance is inc huk it via re a a mid i"1"1 skier Yuu la tic .1 i on ,1
