EF Academy Torbay Impact Magazine November 2013 | Page 7

COASTEERING AND ROCK
CLIMBING
by Vilde Christine Hermansen

On Thursday the 24th of October, four
students from EF Academy went out to
go coasteering. Yes, we asked the exact
same question as you – what is that? As
far as I know, nobody had ever heard of
coasteering before.

And that was pretty much what we did.
Before getting started, we got wetsuits
to protect us from the cold water and
the rocks, shoes, gloves for those who
wanted, life vests and helmets. The
weather had been very “British” the prior
few days, which in this case meant a lot
of wind. With the tide high, this provided
According to Wikipedia, coasteering is:
A physical activity that encompasses us with a lot of huge waves that smashed
movement along the seashore of a rocky into the rock walls besides us. But we did
coastline on foot or by swimming, without survive, and had one hell of a day.
the aid of boats, surf boards or other
People might think that it was nothing, but
craft.”
it’s amazing how much you can learn for
life just by doing sports. You have to trust

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