Evaluate the skills and techniques required to successfully perform in two different land-based outdoor and adventurous activities

Rock climbing and hiking requires particular skills and knowledge and techniques to be performed successfully and with pleasure rather than discomfort. What are the main reasons for these skills and techniques, why they are good and what could happen if you would not have them.

The advantages of effective planning and preparation is that you will be ready for most of the challenges you possible can face during the activities. It is not possible to prepare for everything, but you need to decrease the chances of getting in trouble as much as you can. Lack of preparation can result in poor performance and discomfort.

Correct use of equipment with appropriate techniques is very beneficial for effectiveness and safety during the activity because usually specialist equipment requires specific use for specific purposes and wrong usage can lead to injuries or danger. To avoid this it is important to receive appropriate training before hand and if you are still not confident, you could have practise session with instructors.

First aid skills are very useful and can and should be applied to every activity and not everybody can perform them as special training is required. Usually during activities instructors are qualified first aiders, so you don’t have to have these skills, but it would be very useful to have them as you could provide aid to other people independently. Otherwise you or your team will lack of experience and knowledge how to deal with injuries and this can cause even more damage. If there is no one in the group that can perform first aid the activity should not be done especially the ones that involve danger like rock climbing and decreased emergency response time like in hiking.

There are two types of risk