Climbing Lessons - Inside Outdoor Education. By Pete McDonald. A book for outdoor educators.

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="6" color="#006633"><b><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="5">Climbing Lessons <br> Inside Outdoor Education</font></b></font></p> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><b><font color="#006633">By Pete McDonald. A book for outdoor educators.</font></b></font></font></p> <table width="563" border="0" cellpadding="3" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr> <td width="43"> <div align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#000000"><a href="../index.html">Home</a></font></b></font></div> </td> <td width="72"> <div align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#000000"><a href="oeb.htm">A grassroots account</a> </font></b></font></div> </td> <td width="72"> <div align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#000000"><a href="noframes/nfmailorder.htm">Mail-order</a></font></b></font></div> </td> <td width="92"> <div align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#000000"><a href="noframes/nfreviews.htm">Quotes from reviews</a></font></b></font></div> </td> <td width="81"> <div align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#000000"><a href="noframes/nfcomments.htm">Readers' comments</a> </font></b></font></div> </td> <td width="89"> <div align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#000000"><a href="noframes/nfauthor.htm">Contact the author</a></font></b></font></div> </td> <td width="56"> <div align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#000000"><a href="noframes/nfexcerpt.htm">Excerpt</a></font></b></font></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <table width="562" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="372" height="694" valign="top"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#006633"><b><font size="4">A grassroots account</font></b></font></font> <ul> <li><font size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A record of a period (late 1960searly 1990s).</font></li> <li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">A grassroots account of the job.</font></li> <li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">A celebration of traditional outdoor education.</font></li> </ul> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">I once taught at outdoor-pursuits centres, and in particular at Derbyshire County Councils White Hall, in northern England. <i>Climbing Lessons</i> describes that job and that life. The book is available my mail-order.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"> <i>Climbing Lessons</i> is accessible to casual, non-specialist readers as well as to outdoor professionals. It presents outdoor education in plain English. I turned somersaults to avoid the jargon of education. Some of the language comes bluntly off the crag. Risky sports dont always lend themselves to politeness, and I sought a down-to-earth realism, not a sanitised ideal. Holy shit!  is that a chequebook in your hand? Too right! Now, click on Mail-order and write that cheque, friend. Or, if youre an impoverished student, save your money for a couple of karabiners or some deodorant, and borrow the book from your library.</font></p> <hr width="300" size="4" noshade align="center"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">I loved it  it brought back so many happy memories  what an accomplishment   Dave Draper.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">A record of a period.<br> A grassroots account of the job.<br> A celebration of traditional outdoor education.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">ISBN 0-473-04870-1<br> 384 pages, A5, paperback.</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="../index.html">Home</a></font></p> </td> <td width="18"></td> <td width="172" valign="top"><img src="CyclingWeb6cm.gif" width="170" height="240"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="27" colspan="3" valign="top"> <hr size="4" noshade> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="14"></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <p> </p> </body>