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Outdoor Adventure Education Courses

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Getting Ahead

NCFE Level 3 Diploma/Extended Diploma in Outdoor Adventure Education at South Downs Campus

Welcome to Outdoor Adventure Education. This work will help you gain an understanding of the different disciplines of rock climbing, the equipment used and some of the skills that are required when taking part in the activity.

Please send your completed Getting Ahead work to – Gettingahead-Outdooradventuresd@hsdc.ac.uk

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Create a poster (preferably digitally) that explains the different disciplines of climbing listed below:

  • Bouldering
  • Top/Bottom Rope Climbing
  • Sport Climbing
  • Traditional Climbing
  • Soloing

Please include pictures to help illustrate the different equipment, skills and techniques you would need for each type of climbing. You will then need to bring this along to your first taught lesson where the lecturer will be going through them in detail.

*This is a representation of your learning space and may not be the exact room you will be using

Resources

Meet your Lecturers

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    Lucy Howell

  • outdoor adventure lecturer neil furlonger

    Neil Furlonger

  • Paul Munnion

We look forward to seeing you soon!

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