It bothers me when climbing ropes need to be retired, especially when it still looks like it’s in great shape. It seems like such a waste to cut up a rope and send it to the dump. For safety reasons at my school, we retire our climbing equipment after five years of use, regardless of…
Category: Outdoor Education
Teaching the Art of Camp Cooking and Assembling Backpacking Meals – Tropical Edition
RECIPES AT THE END OF POST!
Horseshoe Crab Rescue and Research with the Nature Society of Singapore
A few months ago, I joined the Nature Society in Singapore.
Malaysian Adventures – Sea Kayaking in Kota Kinabalu And Climbing Mt. Kinabalu
In February, I was writing about how my students and I had been busily training for an impending trip to Sabah, East Malaysia (the west side of Borneo island) to climb Mt. Kinabalu.
Hiking At The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve/Training for Mt. Kinabalu
As we inch closer to our trip to Sabah, the students have been training for the trek by climbing plenty of stairs every week. As I’ve concluded in my last post, stairs are great for training legs and cardio for the ascent up Mt. Kinabalu, a 4,000m summit in East Malaysia.
Mt. Kinabalu And Stair Climbing – How To Successfully Put A Bunch of 15-Year-Olds On The 4000 Metre Summit?
“I’m tired.” “I don’t feel well.” “My feet hurt.” “I want to go home.” To hear this as a teacher? Not fun. So, if possible, avoidance of anything remotely resembling above is key to success, not to mention sanity! Unpredictable weather, injuries and Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) are just a few of the things that…
