MEMBER-ONLY EVENT CODE PF40u
Begin your 2024 with acquiring a new outdoor skill for your forest hikes. This roping course is a hands-on course intended to train and equip you with the knowledge on using ropes in your normal hikes - they are especially useful in hikes where you may encounter steep and challenging slopes that require ropes for safe ascend or descend; in some cases they can be applied to basic search and rescue situations.
Your trusty rope is the foundational tool; you will be introduced to the different types of ropes, their specific uses, and the right moments to bring them into play. Get ready to master a host of roping and relevant climbing knots along with picking up skills on affixing ropes to structures like trees. And by having just a single carabiner, this lightweight clip can be a lifesaver. Belaying is another crucial skill you will grasp. This technique allows you to safely secure someone (or even yourself) during a climb.
Please note that this is not a climbing course (read: technical climbing) that will involve many more things apart from above - this roping course is specially tailored to enable learners to quickly acquire the basic set of outdoor skills that they can easily deploy in all their hikes, minus the overwhelming volume of things to learn.
For this course to proceed, the required minimum participants are 8 with the maximum capped at 16 pax for it to be effective, which will allow everyone the opportunity to apply the skills learned in the forest environment. The course spreads over 2 separate days (on Sunday weekends) so that you have ample time in between to practise the knots. It is understood that you need to commit the dates (see below) - do consult your personal and work calendars as well as family schedule to avoid clashes. The course will be conducted in English.
Course
Time: 8:00 am till 2:00 pm
Trainer: Ms. Dee Lu (Corezone)
Refund info: There will be no refund as the course is designed at low cost for nonprofit community, and is geared towards a small group of people at any one time. If pulling out before 6th January 2024, you will be refunded back in full.
If more than 16 registered, they will be placed on waiting list in case anyone pulls out.
In case of weather change that forces the training to halt, we will find a suitable replacement day.
If you are ready to sign up for the course, please fill out the form below (and mark your calendar!) - in case you are signing up using your smartphone and you find trouble accessing the form below, you can try access the form here.
We adopt Leave No Trace (LNT) in all our outdoor activities.
Have an enquiry? Message @pathfindersmns (Telegram - preferred mode of communication), post in our Facebook or email pathfinders@mnsselangorbranch.org (note: 2 's')
