Outdoor Pursuits & Adventure Leadership at Edinburgh College

Outdoor Pursuits & Adventure Leadership at Edinburgh College

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OPAL=Outdoor Pursuits & Adventure Leadership πŸš²πŸ›ΆπŸŽΏπŸ§—β€β™€οΈ What do we do? Climbing, Moun Stay tuned! πŸ’ͺ #OPAL #heyPAL

What does OPAL mean? πŸ§—πŸ»β€πŸš΅πŸΌβ€πŸš£πŸ½β€β›·β€ π™Šπ™‹π˜Όπ™‡ = π™Šπ™ͺ𝙩𝙙𝙀𝙀𝙧 𝙋π™ͺ𝙧𝙨π™ͺπ™žπ™©π™¨ 𝙖𝙣𝙙 π˜Όπ™™π™«π™šπ™£π™©π™ͺπ™§π™š π™‡π™šπ™–π™™π™šπ™§π™¨π™π™žπ™₯! It’s a practical course designed to develop a deeper skillset required to work in the Outdoor Pursuits Industry. ❓ What do we do? Climbing, Mountain Biking, Paddle Sports, Skiing, Orienteering… and most importantly we have fun! This is the ideal course for those looking for a career in an exciting, varied and developing industry!
πŸ€” Are you curious?

Photos from Outdoor Pursuits & Adventure Leadership at Edinburgh College's post 02/11/2022

Yesterday was a great day! Navigation / Mountain Biking / Shelter Building with some of our Armed Forces preparation cohort.

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It’s been a busy week on the water for our first and second years!

15/10/2022

Thank you so much to our friends for allowing us to use their pool for Safety & Rescue training this week.

16/09/2022

A perfect morning for our Primary Paddlesports Programme in conjunction with Craiglockhart Primary School.

Photos from Outdoor Pursuits & Adventure Leadership at Edinburgh College's post 03/09/2022

Welcome aboard to our new UOPAL students! After a week of team-building and problem solving tasks… the adventure starts Monday!

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A perfect day for coasteering with some of the second years.

Photos from Outdoor Pursuits & Adventure Leadership at Edinburgh College's post 02/06/2021

πŸƒ It is important that we all do our part to keep water and land as glorious as possible, for us and for future generations 🚣🏼🚣🏻 This morning our students did their part by organising a canal cleaning event on the Union Canal, look what they found in just 2 hours! 😱
☘️ Responsible tourism is a way of travelling with the aim of protecting the landscape, culture and biodiversity of the area. Help keep special! πŸ’ͺ

Photos from Outdoor Pursuits & Adventure Leadership at Edinburgh College's post 27/05/2021

πŸ† A big well done to the OPAL students who have passed their Explore Award Assessment at Willowgate Activity Centre! πŸš£πŸ»β€β™€οΈπŸ›ΆπŸš£πŸΌ The weather wasn't on their side but their passion is much stronger than the storm! 🌧️ πŸ’ͺ

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🌧️ The rain never stops us from having fun! πŸ›Ά During the last rainy lesson we reviewed all the techniques we experimented with last semester, with a special instructor in training πŸ’ͺ Are you curious? Stay Tuned! πŸ€”

Photos from Outdoor Pursuits & Adventure Leadership at Edinburgh College's post 10/05/2021

Such a perfect day to plan a tour πŸ˜‚ Our OPAL heroes walked from Hillend to Bonaly πŸ₯ΎπŸ₯Ύ around 7 km, part of our program πŸ€” Are you curious? Stay Tuned! πŸ’ͺ

Photos from Outdoor Pursuits & Adventure Leadership at Edinburgh College's post 03/05/2021

Another day of 🎿 Today we practiced moving backward and balancing... Stay tuned! πŸ’ͺ

Photos from Outdoor Pursuits & Adventure Leadership at Edinburgh College's post 29/04/2021

1️⃣st lesson for the January course πŸš£πŸ»β€β™€οΈ Being back with college mates, open-air, it's such a relief! Do you prefer or ? We are finding it out... πŸ€” Are you curious? Stay tuned! πŸ’ͺ

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23-25April is 'sVirtualKiltwalk πŸ₯Ύ Do you know that if you walk 30 mins every day for 6 days you'd have walked up to the summit of Ben Macdui? πŸŒ„ We are studying , a subject that a allow us to improve our skills and immerse ourselves in nature πŸ€” Are you curious? Stay tuned! πŸ’ͺ

Timeline photos 29/03/2021

You will find everything you need to know about studying at Edinburgh College in our new prospectus for session 2021/22. Learn more:https://doc.edinburghcollege.ac.uk/courses/prospectus/edinburgh%20college%20prospectus.pdf

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πŸŽ‰ We really enjoyed being back at College for one open-air lesson! ⛷️ As snow sports centres are closed due to COVID-19 restrictions, we are experimenting with something new in Roller Skiing! 🎿 Roller Ski technique is a very close approximation to Cross-Country Skiing on snow but practised on tarmac.
πŸ€” Are you curious? Stay tuned! πŸ’ͺ

18/06/2020

Discovered an appreciation of all things outdoors during lock-down? Why not check out our Outdoor Pursuits & Adventure Leadership courses beginning this September!

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