rock climbing

First tuition
on an indoor wall
(Birmingham Rock Face)

which should progress naturally,
to climbing on real crags
(Birchen Edge, Peak district)

Techniques

Have a look at the picture left,
for closer inspection of the set up used look again at the picture right

The system used is a "top rope"
this allows young people to be belayed from above - thus safely

Therefore three people are directly gaining experience in safe climbing techniques

You can also see (on the top picture) the rest of the group are at a safe distance from the rock face.

above
you will see two anchor points at the top
therefore allowing a back-up in the event of equipment failure

during my training everyone MUST wear a helmet and everything is double checked before use.

more pictures of training on climbing walls
main climbing section of this web

expedition training

cooking
on a two day
expedition,
Glencoe

also
in Glencoe,
practising
for a DoE Gold
expedition to Kenya

more pictures of expedition training

Glencoe and Kinder Scout

navigation training

reaching a check point,
on a general training
day with navigation
as a key stage

nearing the top
Bradgate park
in Leicestershire

follow the written
instructions !!

Yorkshire Dales

navigation index

Time
to leave them to it

and enjoy my pancakes

The afternoon was during early stages of preparation towards
a Special needs Expedition to Derbyshire
during August 2000

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