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Outdoor Activities Instructor Training Journey
United Kingdom
Приєднався 3 жов 2017
Hey I’m Jon Davies. I started working at a high ropes course at the beginning of 2017 and enjoyed it so much I decided to change careers and retrain as a Outdoors Activity Instructor.
I planned to record my change of career from the very beginning with a video blog series to update and entertain family and friends, but also for others as an entertaining and informative insight into my retraining journey. Unfortunately I struggled getting my action cameras to work so the footage improves with each video!
While I tied up the loose ends of my old life I joined the excellent Phoenix Canoe Club as kayaking and canoeing were about the only activities I could get stuck into before I relocated - there aren’t many mountains in Barnet! So my first videos focus on kayaking and canoeing.
Join me as I develop in my retraining as an outdoor activities instructor. Hope you enjoy it, would love your support
Huge thanks to Sam Kowalczyk, without whom this project would just be an idea.
Jon
I planned to record my change of career from the very beginning with a video blog series to update and entertain family and friends, but also for others as an entertaining and informative insight into my retraining journey. Unfortunately I struggled getting my action cameras to work so the footage improves with each video!
While I tied up the loose ends of my old life I joined the excellent Phoenix Canoe Club as kayaking and canoeing were about the only activities I could get stuck into before I relocated - there aren’t many mountains in Barnet! So my first videos focus on kayaking and canoeing.
Join me as I develop in my retraining as an outdoor activities instructor. Hope you enjoy it, would love your support
Huge thanks to Sam Kowalczyk, without whom this project would just be an idea.
Jon
Morpheus VDIFF 216ft Avon Gorge Bristol UK
Morpheus VDIFF 216ft Avon Gorge Bristol UK
Rockfax Description:
A long and popular trip that has masses of interesting climbing punctuated with good belay ledges. The climbing is fairly tough in places but these sections are well-protected. Begin at a short wall just right of the thin crack at the start of Gronk.
1) 4a, 28m. Boulder up the short steep wall to a big ledge and a good nut runner. Wander right to an easy-angled blocky corner. Follow the corner for a couple of moves until easy-angled slabs and short walls lead back leftwards to a belay in a little bay at a tall white-stained flake.
2) 16m. Layback up to the top of the flake and move right and up. Continue up short walls slightly right until a move left gains easy ground and a block covered belay ledge which is below a corner with an intermittent wide crack in it.
3) 10m. Climb the corner to an old peg and overcome the next section of the corner by moving right and up. Continue to a good stance on the right. Climbing the corner and wide crack direct is much harder.
4) 12m. Move up to below a small bush and then climb diagonally right to a ledge and the top. © Rockfax
M Rhodes 1956
My first go at video editing, I only had a very small amount of footage. I had a few issues on the day; I was crapping my pants at the height as it was my first multi-pitch climb! I didn't have space to sort my tripod and pan head out half way up a cliff face funny enough and I haven't got a PZ-E1 for my camera yet so the zooming in and out isn't good. Still a useful exercise in familiarising myself with editing software.
Featuring George Combe and Luke Barnes
Rockfax Description:
A long and popular trip that has masses of interesting climbing punctuated with good belay ledges. The climbing is fairly tough in places but these sections are well-protected. Begin at a short wall just right of the thin crack at the start of Gronk.
1) 4a, 28m. Boulder up the short steep wall to a big ledge and a good nut runner. Wander right to an easy-angled blocky corner. Follow the corner for a couple of moves until easy-angled slabs and short walls lead back leftwards to a belay in a little bay at a tall white-stained flake.
2) 16m. Layback up to the top of the flake and move right and up. Continue up short walls slightly right until a move left gains easy ground and a block covered belay ledge which is below a corner with an intermittent wide crack in it.
3) 10m. Climb the corner to an old peg and overcome the next section of the corner by moving right and up. Continue to a good stance on the right. Climbing the corner and wide crack direct is much harder.
4) 12m. Move up to below a small bush and then climb diagonally right to a ledge and the top. © Rockfax
M Rhodes 1956
My first go at video editing, I only had a very small amount of footage. I had a few issues on the day; I was crapping my pants at the height as it was my first multi-pitch climb! I didn't have space to sort my tripod and pan head out half way up a cliff face funny enough and I haven't got a PZ-E1 for my camera yet so the zooming in and out isn't good. Still a useful exercise in familiarising myself with editing software.
Featuring George Combe and Luke Barnes
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clicked this to see what it was and it’s youuuuuu
Tell ya what that Legacy course looks pathetic from the banks but it's no joke lol, that's a tough bit of water.
Nice one Jon Jon!
cracking
More videos pls
Nice one John!
This is the best thing I have ever watched in my life
Well done mate 🖒🖒🖒🌊🛶🌊🛶