Bouldering

 

 

Hi guys, how's life going for you?

Have you made the zip wire yet or in the making of it?

 

Today I'm going to share some tips and tell you all about Bouldering!

 

 1. So the first thing is, chose a certain colour... Normally the easiest is orange and yellow!

 

2.  when you're going up the wall to keep your bum in and try and keep it as close to the wall as possible.

 

3. Try and keep your leg straight and push up (by straight I mean when you are trying to reach a high hold!)

 

4. When you get to the last hold, hold it with two hands to show that you have reached your final destination!

 

 

I would say the hardest holds to go up the wall with are black white and wood!

 

I go to the Red Goat Bouldering Centre in York it is a really lovely place and I highly recommend it because everyone is so nice around there!

 

 

 

D.I.Y zip wire

Hi guys how are you all?
Today I wanted to teach you how to build a zip wire (yes the one with the rope and stick)
 

Materials list

• Two strong trees that are spaced apart from each other 

• 25m of wire cable 

• Climbing pulley

• A length of rope 

• A set of steps 

• Ratchet straps 

• A strong stick to sit on 

 

Fasten the pulley onto your 25m wire cable (if you don't do this before fastening the wire to the trees you won't be able to get it on!). Now fasten the cable to the starting point of what ever tree your going to set off from (please look at attached pictures for fixing instructions) Make sure the start point is higher then the end point otherwise you won't be able to slide down the wire. Now you have fixed the starting point you have to fix the end point, this is were you will need a ratchet strap (can be bought from local D.I.Y stores). First fix the cable around the middle of the ratchet strap, now loop the ratchet strap around your tree/trees (remember this is lower then your starting point). Now tighten your ratchet strap which will tighten the cable to allow you to slide down it. You need to go back to your pulley that should be hanging on your wire, now attach the piece of rope to the pulley then fix the stick to the right height so your not dragging on the floor when you set off or land. Please look at all my pictures to make sure you have fitted everything correctly before you jump off those steps! 

Enjoy! The indoor campsite xxx

BTW- all my materials apart from the trees and the pulley are all from Sam Turners, Northallerton

 

 

 

 

 

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Hello my name is Imo. I hope this blog inspires you to get outside and enjoy the fresh air, there's no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing.

Sunday19th July

Today when I woke up it was raining. I got up and went downstairs to find my little brother looking at a leach he found at Lake Gormire. We thought it looked hungry so my mum fed it some ham, but it didn't touch it. We all sat down and ate some breakfast then it was nearly time to set off on our trip. Luckily it looked like it was getting brighter outside and the rain had stopped. We got changed and got in the car. It was a long journey, but finally we arrived at Dalby Forest, were we met some of our family. We had brought lots of different games to play, cricket, tennis, badminton and a lot more. We parked the car and went to set up our gazebo just in case it rained again! Whilst the adults did the boring stuff me, Hattie and all the boys went on an adventure in the park. By the time we got back it was time for lunch, we were having a BBQ, our uncle was cooking it but I got to have a go! We all really enjoyed it, it was so good. After lunch we all got up and played with the parachute, we played cat and mouse I was the cat and my little cousin Archie was the mouse.... I caught him in seconds! When the grown ups started to get bored they left us to play so me and my older sister Hattie were sliding down the hill on it, it's actually really fun (I know it doesn't sound it but if you tried I think you would enjoy it) I got so hot I ended up tipping a whole bottle of water over my head! We played for hours and sooner or later it was time to go home, we said our goodbyes and we're off. When we arrived back at our house I was asked to walk the dogs.... But walking is boring, so I got out my bike went on that. After about 2 minutes my step dad Will came and joined me. He was showing me some cool tricks. A wheelie, how to do a bunny hop, how to go up a step and cycling with no hands (I will show you how to do these in a post later on). It was really cool. We cycled all the way to this massive pond were Will knowing will said "I would really like to buy a boat to go on there" ....... DREAMER! We did a big loop but by doing this we had to go through loads of nettles! We cycled home, and then really that was it..... Oh yeah and a thought of starting a blog. So here it is. Hope you enjoy.

The indoor campsite xxx