Quite often EBO climbing students ask us which is the correct way to belay. Belaying is an extremely important aspect of climbing and is most often one of the first aspects of the techechical elements of rock climbing and wall climbing that beginners will learn. Following is some information all budding climbers will find useful. [...]
Each year here at EBO we have become amazed at how many families are now going on adventure holidays. Whether it is scuba diving in Eqypt or an outdoor activity break in the UK, it seems UK families are now looking for something a bit different. For the health conscious it is the ideal way [...]
Here at EBO we strive to do everything we can to improve the safety of individuals undertaking outdoor activities, below are some climbing and abseiling posters that encourage just that! MLTE has been working with the British Mountaineering Council to produce three posters for climbing walls to promote safe belaying and abseiling. The posters are [...]
This week we have run our popular SLSA NARS (National Aquatic Rescue Standard) Lifeguard Training Course in Cornwall. The course lasts 6 days, with the lifeguard exam to be held in St Agnes, Cornwall on the Saturday. The training is a pre requisite for outdoor instructors as well as of course lifeguards. Many students [...]
Here at EBO we have 2 dedicated routes for Coasteering in Devon. The most popular coasteering venue in Devon is across the North Devon Coast is Watermouth Cove, near Ilfarcombe. We aslo conduct Coasteering at Baggy Point, Croyde. These locations are ideal for stag and hen groups, school groups as well as friends and family [...]
Newquay Adventure Centre is an outdoor activity centre based in Newquay (funny old thing!) The Adventure Centre has been operating for nearly 6 years now and offers exciting outdoor activities to all types of groups such as military personnel visiting RAF St Mawgan, as well as schools, colleges and universities visiting Newquay. The centre is [...]
More and more Stag and Hen groups visited Newquay in Cornwall during 2009 than ever before. 2010 is again looking to break all the records. Increasingly popular is the mixture of other activities such as surfing or climbing with coasteering,which allow the stag or hen group to get the perfect fun based adventure. The activities [...]
If you haven’t heard of coasteering, where have you been? It is an exciting mix of swimming climbing, traversing and jumps into the ocean. Usually the instructors are qualifies beach lifeguards and when required (the climbing elements are in scope for Mountain Instructor Award) possess climbing qualifications such as the Mountain Instructor Award or Mountain [...]
The team have been out reccying new mountain bike routes accross the UK. As the customer base has grown we have realised we needed more routes to suite everyone. This year we have literally been inundated with mountain bike enquiries. Why so popular in 2010? Who knows. www.penhaleadventure.com
Want to see if you enjoy kitesurfing? why not try one of our 1 day kitesurfing lessons on Penhale beach near Perranporth. If you like it you can always go for more days! www.kitesurfingcornwall.com