Facilitator's Corner - All Comments

re: Maintenance in between your yearly inspections.

akddrgroup — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:09:53 GMT

Once again Chris, you've done the industry well, very. It's too easy to get complacent with our daily routine of pulling off meaningful facilitation and one of the most important tools of our trade -the rope challenge course and associated low elements-is taken granted for. Hey, it's up, it's being used so it must be in good shape right? In this case false is the correct answer-again. We just recently completed some in-house rescue training and part of this years training was some "off site observation" of OPE (other peoples equipment). While the training was successful, I'd be less than truthful if I said there were no concerns about the overall condition of the course. Suffice it to say that the devil is in the details and a courses' condition fits the "first impression" rule. Right, wrong or indifferent it is what it is.

In any event, thanks again Chris for your insight. Your advice is greatly appreciated!

re: Maintenance in between your yearly inspections.

Jay Roberts — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:03:14 GMT

Chris:

These blog posts are great- keep them coming! I plan to have my staff read them, too.

re: Welcome to the Facilitator's corner

The Adventure Center — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:19:33 GMT

Chris,

Thanks for your commitment to adventure and willingness to share from your expertise and experience. I'll be checking regularly for more posts from you to help improve my own facilitation at the Adventure Center. Also thanks for the comments on the Slinky Traverse on the High5 newsletter. Going from point to point is hard. I like the way you tweaked it.

Tom

re: Welcome to the Facilitator's corner

Chris Ortiz — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:29:29 GMT

I really appreciate the comment. My first post of substance to come soon, I hope. Busy season in the challenge course training world.

~Chris

re: Welcome to the Facilitator's corner

akddrgroup — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:53:02 GMT

Hey folks,

I must be missing something here. This guy is the bomb and there are no threads relating to his blog.

Guess I'll just have to start something. For anyone who knows Chris, he is a very talented jack of all trades and knows a little about facilitating too. My group and I have been very lucky to been recipients of his skilled profession. I look forward to reading more about his work and the work or should I say passion of other practitioners.