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Mar 29, 2022

The Training team discuss;

- What is a challenge course?

- What's in a name? Challenge, high, ropes?

- The history of challenge courses

- Our memories of our 1st ever challenge course experiences.


Mar 22, 2022

Madeline Brooks (Executive Director - OnBelay) joins Phil to discuss;

- Her introduction to the world of adventure education

- How to create safe and trusting environments for those impacted by cancer

- The work of OnBelay and how you are able to support that work

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Mar 15, 2022

Andrew Florence (Director of Experiential Learning at Crossnore Communities for Children) joins Phil to discuss;

- Holiday Traditions and how he entered this industry

- Trauma Informed Facilitation and the bringing adventure and experiential programming to Crossnore

- The alchemy of facilitation and trying to find your...


Mar 8, 2022

In this episode, the Training team discuss;

- Training and preparing your participants to belay

- Your role during this process

- Advice on ensuring you and your participants are ready to belay

How to contact us:

Phil Brown - pbrown@high5adventure.org OR @verticalplaypen on Instagram

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Mar 1, 2022

The Training Team gather to discuss;

- What is Belaying?

- What does the word mean?

- What are the foundational principles of good belay?

- The recommended method of belaying?

- Trainer tips that help improve belayers techniques

Reach out the training team for more information on how to belay.

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