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| Rock Climbing Our most popular activity, which conflicts power with stealth and balance, dare-devilment with responsibility, fear with fulfilment, total dependence on one's partner with independence of action. Venues Include: Higgovale Quarry - Silvermine Nature Reserve - Peer's Cave Lakeside Pinnacle, Lion's Head Granite, Indoor Climbing Centre |
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| Abseiling Short and long abseils; sliding down a rope, totally dependant on your hands and equipment, in control of your own destiny; mastering your own nerves. Venues Include: same as for rock climbing with spectacular abseils at Peer's Cave and Silvermine Main Crag |
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| Ropework Jumaring, Prussiking, pulley systems, aid climbing, and rescue. All of the skills of climbing up, down, and with, ropes; an exercise in being organized. Venues Include: same as for rock climbing |
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| Orienteering The 'art of getting properly lost' - using a map and compass to find a trail, or clues (and even edible 'treasure'....); trusting ones knowledge. Venues Used Rhodes Memorial, Lion's Head, Silvermine Wolwekop |
| Caving grovelling through narrow passages, gaping at huge halls, finding one's way through the dark tunnels....often an exercise in conquering natural fear of dark and claustrophobia. Venues include: Kalk Bay Caves - Echo Valley |
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| Bridge Jumping launching oneself into space on the end of a very thin looking rope challenges the spirit, forcing commitment - no turning back once you've gone! Venue: Wynberg Pedestrian Bridge |
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| Other activities Canoeing at Lakeside; basic snorkeling; zip-line slides, Learning some fist aid: like how to handle hypothermia and snakebite or storms and other emergencies in the hills; watching climbing videos; quizzes; the occasional game of Laser Quest and much more.... Other venues used include: Milnerton Lagoon, Porter Estate (Tokia), Scouts Climbing Gym, UCT climbing wall, Blouberg and Muizenberg Beaches |