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Please visit sportscentre.perse.co.uk to find out more about child or adult taster sessions and other courses on the climbing wall. For further details, contact 01223 403977 or sportscentre@perse.co.uk to three months of the year, I’m leading trips and expeditions in addition to term- time teaching. The OE team have a passion for the outdoors and broad experience of working and instructing in a wide variety of settings. We hope to pass our love for climbing and mountaineering to others.” in Ladakh, India, and has led climbing trips in Morocco, Bolivia, Vietnam and Romania, as well as canoeing excursions in Sweden. “I’m a former Perse student; I became a geography teacher after graduating from Girton College, Cambridge University. I’ve conducted training and trips across Europe, the Andes and the Himalayas, and I’m now an International Mountain Leader, climbing instructor and whitewater kayak leader. Up
SHARING PASSION The Perse School’s outdoors instructors are keen to instil a love for climbing and other adventure activities
thought was scary or impossible can be surmounted by building strategy and resilience to the challenges – it’s not just result-focused feedback.” Every year, the Perse Exploration Society (PES) in the OE department runs over 20 student expeditions to places like the Andes and Himalayas. The programme starts with overnight trips in year 7, which progress into longer-distance overseas residentials that last between eight and 18 days in year 11 and sixth form. “PES is a huge part of our OE programme, and a popular extracurricular activity,” says Ben, who just returned from a 16-day expedition
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