Run by School of Human and Behavioural Sciences

10.000 Credits or 5.000 ECTS Credits

To acquire the skills and knowledge associated with the use of the rope during a variety of land-based adventure activities. To understand how the quality of preparation and reflective follow-up affects the safety and learning outcomes of group-based adventure activities. To develop the ability to contribute positively to a group and to make safe, sustainable decisions in relation to the varied outdoor environments in which they are operating.

The specific activity skills and knowledge taught will include: • Environment specific hazards • Activity specific equipment • Anchor selection • Combining Anchors • Lowering • Belaying • Abseiling • Leading • Route Choice • Rescue • Multi-pitch climbing • Roped scrambling There is an ability in this module to tailor learning to individual specific needs with regards to use of the rope. Requests welcomed.

NB. Practical sessions are compulsory. If they are missed without mitigating circumstances then you may fail the module.

excellent

To be awarded A- or above, students must demonstrate that they consistently make very effective, positive contributions to their group’s experience during participation in a range of land-based activities. At this level, students can, with accuracy and insight, assess and analyse their own development needs using advanced and/or novel reflection techniques with respect to one land-based activity in which the rope is used. In-text citations and reference list formatting is to departmental guidelines without errors or omissions.

good

To be awarded B- or above, students must be able to demonstrate that they make regular and effective contributions to their group’s experience during participation in a range of land-based activities. Students at this level can, with a good degree of accuracy, assess their own development needs using simple reflection techniques with respect to one land-based activity in which the rope is used. In-text citations and reference list formatting is to departmental guidelines with some errors or omissions.

threshold

To be awarded a pass mark D- students must be able to demonstrate, that they can sometimes contribute positively, at a basic level, to their group’s experience during participation in a range of land-based activities. At the threshold level, students can perform a rudimentary assessment of their own development needs in respect of one land-based activity in which the rope is used. In-text citations and reference list formatting is not to departmental guidelines with multiple errors or omissions.

NB. Practical sessions are compulsory. If they are missed without mitigating circumstances then you may fail the module.

1. Demonstrate core rope skills required when setting up a climb and abseiling.

2. Identify, understand and react appropriately to the environmentally sensitive and technically demanding situations encountered while undertaking roped adventurous land-based activities.

3. Contribute positively to a group, while roped scrambling, outdoor rock-climbing and sea level traversing.

4. Accurately assess their own development needs with respect to a land-based adventure activity involving the use of the rope.

		Hours
Private study	To keep personal logs, reflect on practical sessions and follow up reading and preparing for assessments.	40
Seminar	Contact time - theory	10
Practical classes and workshops	Acquiring the rope skills associated with safe, land-based, adventure activities.	50

• Literacy - Proficiency in reading and writing through a variety of media
• Exploring - Able to investigate, research and consider alternatives
• Inter-personal - Able to question, actively listen, examine given answers and interact sentistevely with others
• Critical analysis & Problem Solving - Able to deconstruct and analyse problems or complex situations. To find solutions to problems through analyses and exploration of all possibilities using appropriate methods, rescources and creativity.
• Safety-Consciousness - Having an awareness of your immediate environment, and confidence in adhering to health and safety regulations
• Teamwork - Able to constructively cooperate with others on a common task, and/or be part of a day-to-day working team
• Mentoring - Able to support, help, guide, inspire and/or coach others
• Self-awareness & Reflectivity - Having an awareness of your own strengths, weaknesses, aims and objectives. Able to regularly review, evaluate and reflect upon the performance of yourself and others
• Leadership - Able to lead and manage, develop action plans and objectives, offer guidance and direction to others, and cope with the related pressures such authority can result in

• describe, synthesise, interpret, analyse and evaluate information and data relevant to a professional or vocational context
• apply knowledge to the solution of familiar and unfamiliar problems
• demonstrate effective written and/or oral communication and presentation skills
• work effectively independently and with others
• self-appraise and reflect on practice
• plan and design practical activities using appropriate techniques and procedures whilst demonstrating high levels of relevant skills
• undertake fieldwork with continuous regard for safety and risk assessment.
• develop transferable skills of relevance to careers outside of sport, health and exercise sciences.
• communicate succinctly at a level appropriate to different audiences.

Talis Reading list

http://readinglists.bangor.ac.uk/modules/jxh-2063.html

Reading list

• Navigation. Carlo Forte 2012. UKMTB. ISBN-10: 0954151151 • Weather for Hillwalkers and Climbers. Malcolm Thomas 1997. Leisure Interests. ISBN: 0750910801

• Hillwalking. Steve Long April 2003. UKMTB. ISBN: 0954151100

• Rock Climbing Essential Skills & Techniques Libby Peter 2011. 2nd Revised edition. UKMTB ISBN-10: 095415116X

• Mountaincraft and Leadership. Eric Langmuir 2004 Sports Scotland. Revised Third Edition. ISBN:1850602956

• Handbook of Climbing. 2nd edition. Fyffe/Peters 1997. Pelham Books. ISBN: 0720720540

• Indoor Climbing. Peter Hill 2009. Cicerone Press. ISBN-10: 1852845848

Reflection and reviewing

• http://reviewing.co.uk/ this website is from a famous author Roger Greenaway and is based around reflective thinking and personal development in the outdoors, amongst other things.

Practical skills based books

• MLTB -Mountaincraft and Leadership - Revised Third Edition (Eric Langmuir, 2004) ISBN:1850602956 • Pelham Books – Handbook of Climbing (Fyffe/Peters, 1997) ISBN: 0720720540 Menasha Ridge Press – • Mountain Navigation (Peter Cliff, 1991) ISBN: 1871890551 Sutton Publishing • Weather for Hillwalkers and Climbers (Nick Banks, 1995) ISBN: 0750910801 • Mountain Leader Training UK - Hillwalking (Steve Long, April 2003) ISBN: 0954151100 • Mountain Leader Training UK - Rock Climbing, Essential Skills & Techniques (Libby Peters 2004) ISBN: 0954151119

Background reading

• Totem Pole (Paul Pritchard),ISBN-10: 0898866960, Mountaineers Books (April 2000) • Deep Play: A Climber's Odyssey from Llanberis to the Big Walls (Paul Pritchard), ISBN-10: 0898865654, Mountaineers Books (January 1998) • The White Spider(Heinrich Harrer), ISBN-10: 0007197845, HarperPerennial; New Ed edition (January 17, 2005) • Games Climbers Play (Ken Wilson) Sierra Club Paperback Library, ISBN-10: 0871563010, Random House, Inc. (June 12, 1982) • Touching the Void (Joe Simpson), ISBN-10: 0060730552, Harper Paperbacks; Revised edition (January 2004) • Life and Limb (Jamie Andrew), ISBN-10: 0749950528, Portrait; New Ed edition (February 24, 2005)