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The Aberdyfi Weekend: a glossary


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"High Impact" events

These are events that the trained staff at Aberdyfi supervise. They involve doing things that look scary but are actually perfectly safe.
People usually start by feeling apprehensive of the task in hand but as soon as one brave soul has a go the others follow with much good humoured encouragement.
Do you remember the first time you went on a swing? The excitement and excited laughter? Of course, like all the other events of the weekend there is no compulsion, you don't have to do things you are really unhappy to try. But we do encourage you to surprise yourself. A description of the high ropes, trapeze, Jacob's ladder should follow.
Pictures should be included here.

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"Low Impact" events

These are events that the trained staff at Aberdyfi supervise. They involve doing things that don't look as scary and are of course, still perfectly safe.
These events usually involve getting a little physical, maybe even a little muddy. There is usually a challenge faced by you all as a group. This involves some clever thinking, communication, planning and execution by you all.
Laughter is usually guaranteed.
A description of the low ropes, the skis and ropes... Mark can you remind me of what the others are? Pictures should be included here.

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MTA Kits

At first sight MTA ( short for what? ) kits look like giant lego, a kid's toy but very large.
It's surprising how serious and involved people get with exercises that are centered around the MTA kits. The concentration of serious play when people are learning a lot..
Mark, have we got any pictures?
We can describe the exercises here in a way that doesn't give away the important "secret" intent.
Do you want to have a go at this Mark? Maybe Rosemary might consider helping us here busy as she is. I can remember one when Rosemary and I did one together where they all took it so seriously it nearly ended in a punch up. Pictures should be included here.


If you have any difficulties with the above, or have any suggestions to make on how things can be improved, please do not hesitate to email me.

Mark Ratcliffe
Last modified: Sep 4 2001