Indoor climbing trip

14th February, 2011

On Sunday 13th February a group of Packwood boarders accompanied by Mr Rigby and Ms Gough went along to Plas Power Indoor Climbing Wall near Wrexham to test out their mountaineering skills. Mr Rigby writes:

This was our second visit to Plas Power and once again we were given a warm welcome and soon kitted out in our harnesses and ready to go. Our instructor, Kieran, gave the boys a thorough safety briefing, and showed them how to tie onto the rope correctly. They then split up into pairs with an adult and went off finding more and more challenging routes. Many of them loved to squirm up the corner, where a natural crack has been made, and others tried their hand at some of the overhanging climbs.

Big smiles and cries of “This is brilliant!” were in abundance, which made the trip really worthwhile. It was also great to see how well the boys encouraged each other and helped if someone got stuck on a route. You could see many of them grow in confidence and self belief as they conquered climbs they didn’t believe they were capable of.  It was a great trip and we look forward to visiting Plas Power again.