Adventure - High/Low Ropes

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BHS Physical Education:  ADVENTURE

Adventure Review Sheet (pdf file - 464.7kb)

Adventure Curriculum Overview:

Students who participate in the Brockport High School Adventure program, do so for two activity blocks, back to back. 

The first block of Adventure Programming, (Adventure I)  is built around an introduction to Adventure Programming.  Students participate in a variety of individual, as well as small and large group challenges while emphasizing team work, cooperation, problem-solving, communication, leadership, followership, risk-taking and finally, personal challenge/goal setting.  Students who are enrolled in ADV I apply their skills in lead-up activities as well as complex problem solving activities such as low ropes elements (tire swings, traverse wall, wild woozy, triangular traverse, porthole, Mohawk walk etc.).

The second block of Adventure Programming, (Adventure II), builds on the foundations learned in Adventure I.  New skills are introduced that will allow students to participate in more advanced elements such as the rock climbing wall and high ropes course (Giants ladder, centipede, rope ladder, cargo net, vertical playpen, prussic ropes, trapeze jump, the flying squirrel and rappelling).  Prior to participation in these elements, students learn skills such as harness safety, climbing safety, climbing communication, elements of climbing gear, belay skills and more.

Adventure Skill Information

• The only kind that we use at BHS
• “Always screw down”
• Should look like a pear sitting on a table when it’s on someone
• Hand tighten and then go back ¼ turn
• Don’t over tighten
• “Scratch your belly – DON’T PICK YOUR NOSE!” 

ROPES:

• BELAY ROPES:  Brightly colored ropes used for climbing.  Have some elasticity.
• RAPPEL ROPES:  Simple colors (only two).  Does not have much elasticity.  Used for rappelling and flying squirrel.

BELAY SKILLS:

The Basics of Belaying:

• Belay team and climber are determined (a team of 4) *1 climber, 1 lead belay, 1 anchor & 1 back-up belay.
• Communication is a must for a belay person and climber.  Commands should ALL be the same throughout the program.
  • Climber:  “On Belay?”    Belayer:  “Belay On”
  • Climber:  “Climbing?”    Belayer:  “Climb On” 
• While the climber is climbing, other communication patterns need to be set; for example, the rope is too tight.
  • Climber:  “Slack Please”
  • Belayer:  “Take It”
• Final equipment checks should happen by both the climber and the belayer prior to starting.  This includes helmet, harness, knot, carabineer and belay system checks.

ADVENTURE VOCABULARY:

Problem Solving, Trust and Challenge Activities help promote a process of thinking about experiences that can assist participants to become responsible citizens.  Personal and Social Responsibility skills are essential to working with others to achieve a common goal.  Below are personal and social responsibility skills and personal living skills individuals need to possess in order to be productive members in society:

Altruism – Considerate, kind, unselfish.

Communication – Exchange of thoughts, ideas, and opinions verbally or non-verbally.

Compassion – Sympathy.

Cooperation – A willingness to work with others to produce a common goal.

Effort – Active energy to produce a result.

Follower ship – The capacity or willingness to follow a leader.

Goal Setting – Establishing realistic and measurable purpose.

Honesty – Free from fraud or deception.

Initiative – Making a start or a beginning.

Leadership – The capacity to lead to produce a result.

Participation – The state of being related to a larger whole.

Reflection – To think about.

Respect – To consider worthy of high regard.

Risk Taking – To take a chance.

Safety – Free from danger, injury or harm  (physical and/or emotional).

Trust – Confidence and reliance in one’s self or others.

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