Trust and Responsibilty

One of the key learning points that can be achieved by visiting an outdoor education centre such as Blue Peris,  is that young people can be exposed to environments such as a rock face ( not an artificial wall ) and given real responsibility with real risk.

Attached to this risk is trust. It is very easy to make risk a word which implies young people should avoid it at all costs. However,  we feel is not the most effective direction when educating young people. At the centre we openly discuss risk , how to manage it and give our groups experiences to deal with real risk.

One way of achieving this, is letting young people take control of the ropes within a climbing session. In this way pupils can take responsibility and learn to trust their peers.  Obviously we are then on hand to oversee and mange this risk to an acceptable level.

Are they pointing to one of North Wales  talented outdoor education  instructors ?

The group controlling the ropes whilst others climb.