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Wuhan Evening News (Reporter Chen Xiaotong, Correspondent Peng Siyu Hao Qi) Wearing a helmet, throwing bean bags, and tethering buttons...skilled and done in one go, he climbed to the top of a 25-meter-high tree in less than 8 minutes.
On November 22, in Linzhong, a student of Hubei University, coach Lu Junpei gave a "tree climbing class" to 16 students from the Institute of Physical Education.
On the tree, the students shuttled up and down among the branches of Old Fengyang.
Under the tree, passing teachers and students stopped to watch.
"Tree Climbing Course" is a compulsory course for outdoor sports of the school's leisure sports major, which was opened in 2016.
Under the leadership of the coach, the students should use single rope and double rope techniques to climb the designated trees.
"The original intention of opening this course is to meet the needs of students to strengthen their physical fitness and get close to nature. At the same time, tree climbing is not simply climbing a tree. It requires rigorous judgment and agile response during the climbing process. It is a strong exercise for students’ comprehensive abilities." Hubei University outdoor sports teacher Lu Junpei is the main lecturer of this course. He has systematically studied tree climbing in Hong Kong, Guangdong and other places, and has reached the skills after three years of practice. Mature.
He introduced that tree climbing is similar to rock climbing. The course content includes training of movements such as ascending, descending, branch walking, and flying branch. The teaching of evaluating the environment around trees is much more professional than imagined.
From identifying what kind of tree can be climbed, judging which branch the main rope should be hung on, to doing gravity tests and learning to assemble tree climbing tools, it is a highly professional and challenging task that solves problems for students. The ability is a great exercise.
On the same day, Zhu Jinhan, a student majoring in recreational sports of the class of 2019, climbed up the trunk with the main rope and leaped smoothly to another tree, which caused a burst of exclamation from the onlookers.
Zhu Jinhan said that he grew up in Enshi where there are many mountains and trees, and he liked climbing trees when he was a child.
And tree climbing is not only a sports skill, but also can apply what he has learned. He once used the tree climbing skills learned in the course to assist the Wuhan Bird Watching Association to send the injured little owl back to the nest.
Zhang Jielong, a 2020 student with the same major, breaks through himself while climbing the tree.
"I used to be afraid of heights. The first time I went to the tree, my palms were sweaty. After studying this semester, I now enjoy the process of walking through the forest, and I can see the different beauty of the school."
According to reports, there are more than 100 tree climbers trained in professional systems in China, and there are 10 in Huda.
Relying on its strong faculty, Hubei University took the lead in launching tree-climbing elective courses among domestic colleges and universities in 2016, and won two golds and two silvers in the 2017 Hong Kong Tree Climbing Championships.
In 2018, this course became a compulsory course for outdoor sports in the leisure sports major of the School of Physical Education.
"The difficulty in applying for this course lies in the lack of professional equipment. The school has given me a lot of help, set up special development funds, and purchased 10 sets of professional tree climbing equipment from abroad." Lu Junpei said, in the past two years, more and more Students of foreign majors are eager to try climbing trees. Hubei University will increase the capacity of courses next year and offer public elective courses for climbing trees to allow more students to "climb".