September 5, 2013
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The after school climbers were at Ratho EICA tonight. Laura cruised the Speed route after warming up on 5 easier routes and mixing – face, corner, bridging and overhanging – routes, this is the ‘coached’ method. Climbers last longer and … Continue reading
June 6, 2013
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Another warm evening for Outdoor Learning, tonight we were at Bennybeg, a small cliff at Muthil near crieff. Josh was learning some ropework- how to setup safety systems when running an abseil session. Quite complicated ropework – lots of Assessment … Continue reading
May 31, 2013
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Some learners enjoyed the sunny warm evening tonight, bit humid too, at Auchinstarry Sandstone Quarry. Some learners got a bit scared abseiling, they overcame their fears and achieved their first abseil.
December 4, 2012
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Ice Climbing trip 2012 Guest post by Laura Bates S3 (edited down by Mr T) Oh my God it’s the 2nd of December and yesterday I got back from Ice Climbing and it was actually amazing… We left on the … Continue reading
September 27, 2012
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We have moved on to a block of Climbing Sessions with the Outdoor learning class today. The weather is getting cooler, even indoors at www.eica-ratho.com where we climbed, it’s the biggest indoor climbing wall in the world. After kit issue and … Continue reading
June 27, 2012
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This little crag is 40mins drive away, near Crieff, but ideal as it has lots of routes at the right level. It also has lots of bolts, rated to 1500kg, so quick to setup and ideal for abseiling too. Abseiling … Continue reading
June 21, 2012
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We were indoors tonight to avoid the wet and windy weather, we have only had a few weeks outside this year, this pic is from April, taken at Rosyth Quarry, some climbers are getting a bit stressed about no climbing … Continue reading
June 12, 2012
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The annual S1 Outdoor Learning days progressed to climbing today. I was asked to help as I’m qualified to SPSA level. We had a great group, perfectly behaved, perfect positive attitudes and great weather. We were at Blackford Quarry, in … Continue reading
January 13, 2012
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Tomorrow we have some new pupils, from S5, going climbing. The weather forecast is very cold so we will head to the PEAK at Stirling as it has heating, unlike the RATHO wall. Miss L will run a short workshop … Continue reading
