This month Richard from NTS shared some of his mountain leader skills with the Junior rangers at Corehead Farm. We covered navigation, knots, and a few abseiling methods to be able to descend difficult terrain in an emergency.
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Knots! We learnt the over hand, double figure of eight and stopper knot |
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The South African Abseil |
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The south African abseil lets you lower your self down but requires a longer rope |
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A different kind of knot: this one requires you to trust your team members who lower you down | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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How low can you go! |
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We also completed the big butterfly count and recorded a ringlet and green veined white
Thanks Vanessa for taking all the piccies and Richard for leading a really great session :)
Ali Murfitt
Community and Education Officer
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