A gentle week kayaking and ghyll scrambling on Coniston water with University students. After front loading the session with the appropriate facts and theories required of the course, we headed out into the lake and up Crocodile Creak… It was all hard work on Coniston Water as you can see from the video! Working …
Just completed 3 weeks training with apprentices from Wales, England, France and Germany who are employed by the aircraft manufacturer Airbus. These week long multi-cultural and team awareness courses saw individuals challenging themselves on the highest English mountain and the deepest English lake. Experiential learning in such inspiring locations, was clearly and confidently identified as …
A short descriptive video on a graduate development course over in Eskdale this weekend. https://vimeo.com/67672252
Working closely with a high performing team of international HSBC graduates over in the Eskdale and Wasdale valleys this week. Focusing on their own personal learning objectives following 2 weeks of theoretical input, they spent 4 very practical days of giving and receiving feedback, reflecting on experiences and undertaking a range of outdoor activities. Designed …
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A short video of energy sector graduates who were focusing on increasing their awareness of team support and meeting personal challenges in the challenging Netherbeck gorge. Contracted with the Outward Bound Trust this week. https://vimeo.com/65858419
https://vimeo.com/65178993 A video of the perfect weather had during 4 days of challenging Lakeland walking around Wasdale and Eskdale. Earthly Edge was chosen to provide opportunities for an organisation to challenge its people with mountain experiences that were new, inspiring and progressively more challenging. Where better to go than the Western fells, finishing with the views …
A cold ascent of Church Beck gorge today with lecturers from Trinity University, Leeds. Looking at the potential for students from University teams and courses to develop team and inter-personal skills through gorge scrambling and effective reviewing of what happens. A classic task that provides plenty of data for individuals to reflect upon. Full immersion jumps were …
The creek in question is actually the River Esk. The paddlers were from all around the country and working for Rolls-Royce. The paddles and canoes? Well they are from Outward Bound Eskdale, with whom I have been training teams in leadership and personal accountability for the last couple of weeks. A lot of experiences and reflection time that …
A stunning day in Wasdale with the snow line down to 200 metres on all of the mountains. After canoeing on Wastwater in the morning, two apprentice teams from Rolls-Royce took part in a mountain rescue exercise in the valley at the head of the lake. Used to develop an understanding and appreciation of leading tasks, teams …
