Climbing Assessment
For the entire week I’ve been counting on the heat wave holding out at least just for this weekend. Not only did it hold out but also the heat became even more intense as the weekend went on. With the company of Michel and Paul we made our way to Corby Crag on Saturday morning to begin the assessment for our single pitch climbing award. This assessment, lasting 2 days was to show that as individuals, we could set up safe and practical outdoor rock climbs while also being able to demonstrate some grope management skills.
On Saturday afternoon the sun and hard works was beating the incentive out of everyone, so by 3:00pm the assessors declared it a day. Everyone made their way home apart from Nathan and I who decided to stay and do some lead climbing until dark fell.
It may have been productive to camp out on the crag as the journey was to be made to Corby once again this morning. Shortly after 9:30, the following part of the assessment got underway, group management. To test these skills, a rather large scout group from Rothbury joined us at the crag. With so many people and so much going on, the only chance i had to get a spot of climbing in for myself was during the 1 hour luch break.
