Survival Bracelets

Paracord survival bracelet | Zen Quest Adventures

If you found this page you are probably wondering how can this peace of woven parachute cord (paracord) help me survive in an emergency situation?

The reason is that with some string you can make many things and fix even more. Paracord is tested to hold a load of 249kg (550 lb.) This makes it strong enough for holding very heavy weights but at the same time is light and portable. The cord can be taken apart and the thin fibres inside used independently. Each Zen Quest survival bracelet contains at least 2.4m of full strength military grade paracord.

Power cord survival bracelet boot laces, Zen Quest

Replacing a broken boot lace

Imagine you are on a trek in Nepal 3 days from the nearest town. Your boot lace from your favourite well trodden-in boots brakes and you have far to go. No problem! Unravel your paracord and thread it into your boot replacing the old broken lace.

Power cord survival bracelet bivi, Zen Quest

Shelter

Nearly all improvised shelter construction requires some form of string and knot tying. Now you have some of the best string ever designed with you at all times.

Power cord survival bracelet bow string, Zen Quest

Survival Bow and Arrows

Its possible to make bows and arrows out of wood and use the paracord for flights and the bow string.

Power cord survival bracelet fire saw, Zen Quest

Make A Fire

This is quite advanced and you would need extremely dry wood and a knife to make this work but providing you have the skills you can make a fire bow with your paracord and make a fire.

And many many more

Splint
You can use the cord to hold a splint in place or even the whole bracelet as a splint.

Fishing Line
The thin fibres in side the cord can be pulled out and used as fishing line.

Unscrewing nuts and bolts!
Wrapping the cord around a tight nut with a loose end on each side, yank it back and forth to break the nut loose.

Trekking in Shigu, 400m winter morning, mountains, trees and sky

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Eben (艾彬)

Crack climbing on the Island of Sky, Eben Farnworth

Eben, on China Climbing at White Mountain, Yangshuo, China

Eben, Kayaking, Scotland, kayak, paddle, white water

Eben rock climbing, egg, Yangshuo, China, rock, grass and ground

Climbing competition, finalists, Eben and 2 other people

Eben, photoshoot, porter ledge, sky, Liming, China

Media support, China, vertical access, climbing, equipment, setup

Owner Director

Eben's interests and skills are spread across a wide range of areas from canoeing and rock climbing to web design and the study of Chinese. Eben is from the UK and graduated from the University of Central Lancashire in 2005 with an Honours degree in Outdoor Leadership.

In 2006 Eben visited China for the first time as an Employee of a small outdoor company in Hong Kong. By 2008 Eben had moved to China full time to run a small Rock Climbing company in Yangshuo South China. In the spring of 2010 Eben went freelance so he could have more time for travelling and going on expeditions. Since then Eben has become one of the founders of Zen Quest - a pioneering outdoor company set to change the face of outdoor education in Asia.

Eben's skills include: the instruction and facilitation of: Rock climbing, Kayaking, Canoeing, Trekking, mountaineering skills, advanced rigging for group abseils, tyrolleans and access work and route development.

Logistics and expeditions management in China.

Web Design and IT: Arch Linux, OSX, Drupal CMS.

Hobbies include: Photography, Travel, 3D printing, Drones.

Visit Eben's own Website: https://coloursofdiscovery.com/ for more information about Eben.

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Media Support, Access & Research

We support media teams, expeditions and researchers

As part of our consultancy and professional services we offer journalists, scientists, film makers, and media teams logistical and technical support throughout China and the Asia Pacific region.

Experience

Man V Wild

Assist, Discovery Channels, Man V Wild, Hainan island, China.

Shishapangma, trekking, 4000m, media team, teaching altitudes sickness techniques

Likasheng Foundation

Guided a film crew along with university students to Shishapangma basecamp at over 5000m in altitude and remaind their an entire one month, exploring, climbing and guiding.

On the road to Daocheng, expeditions, media support, 4x4 people mountains, sky at over 400m

Tibetan border 4x4

Travelled extensively in wild areas across China from giant caves in Guangxi to desert's in inner Mongolia and China's far north west regions.

Yangshuo Cave

Accessed some of the worlds largest natural arch formations in Guizhou and Hunan and hidden sandstone wonders in Yunnan.

Liming in spring

We supply rock climbing and adventure sports publications like Rock and Ice Magazine and Action Asia with updates and even some of our own photos and media.

No matter if you are a one man band looking for help accessing a wild flower meadow in Yunnan, or a full size media production team heading to this side of the world, give us a shout and let us help you access the inaccessible.

Expeditions, dekking, yaks, tibet, sky and mountains, media support

Expedition planning

Let us help you with expedition logistics, no matter how challenging your location. From caving in the jungles of Guangxi or climbing a mountain in the southern Himalayas. This can be from simple advice, to actual assistance with guiding and looking after your team in the environment your planning to work in. We can arrange horses, yaks, and porters. We understand how to package and handle delicate equipment in the mountains, we have extensive local knowledge and networks to help you get the shots you need or gather research.

Porter ledge setup and photoshoot in Liming, China

Vertical access

Need a camera somewhere high? Done!
We are very experienced rock climbers, and we have quite a few expert rope access technicians we can call on to get a camera almost anywhere high, or even teach and guide your own camera operator in the vertical. Be that the side of a building, cliff, or bridge in most weather conditions, from 30 plus degrees sunshine to the snowy sided north face of a far away mountain. We can get your team or a camera to almost any vertical location you require (providing that their are no local access issues).

Drones

We offer flying for inspection and research, so if your planning to film in a location far away and google earth and other sources of geo data do not have enough information you can send us in ahead of time. We can visit, fly for you and deliver the media as photos, videos or crude 3D models using photogrammetry to help you plan for your project. During these visitations we can also help with other forms of enquiry and data collection too, contact us for more information.

China

China makes news and peeks peoples curiosity every day around the world. Join us and we can help you get the access to that far away location your team has been talking about for years. Check out our locations page for an idea of the kinds of places we operate.

Outdoor Education in China

Professional analysis

Yangshuo, treasure cave, Tyrollean traverse, Karsts, China

What is Outdoor Education?

From Dr. Roger Greenaway:
“Outdoor Learning is a broad term that includes: outdoor play in the early years, school grounds projects, environmental education, recreational and adventure activities, personal and social development programmes, expeditions, team building, leadership training, management development, education for sustainability, adventure therapy and more. Outdoor Learning does not have a clearly defined boundary but it does have a common core.”

We believe in the power of outdoor education in China, and aim to exceed the highest industry standards when it comes to bringing these experiences to life.

night time search and rescue training, Shangrila, Niru, 4000m

Definition

Outdoor education China -

Put simply, its “organised learning that takes place in the outdoors”.

This could include:

Canoeing
Rock Climbing
Trekking

“Outdoor education draws upon the philosophy, theory, and practices of experiential education and environmental education.”

We have a wide range of activities in China that vary based on the location of your choice.

When & Where?

When did western style outdoor education first arrive in China?
Probably the first arrival of an outdoor education training centre was Hong Kong Outward Bound in 1970.

What locations are good for outdoor education in China?
China is a vast country with a wide range of landscapes and topography’s, from the humid subtropic’s in the south to the Taklamakan desert in the north west, from the soaring peaks of the Himalaya to the rice fields of central china there is a wealth of outdoor environments to choose from. Programs close to home and far a field are possible with great locations within a few hours drive from Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Hong Kong and many other cities. Visit our locations page to learn more about our outdoor education in China.

Why Outdoor Education?

Young people growing up in this part of the world have a high pressure school system with an emphasis on classroom learning and exams. Although the classroom is and always will be the backbone of school education, its critical to engage students with real world experiences to build well-rounded members of society. As we discussed above, our outdoor education in China is a term covering many types of adventure and outdoor provision.

Many people are familiar with the terms experiential education, and environmental education. Experiential education as defined by the Association for Experiential Education is:
“a philosophy that informs many methodologies in which educators purposefully engage with learners in direct experience and focused reflection in order to increase knowledge, develop skills, clarify values, and develop people's capacity to contribute to their communities.” www.aee.org

The best environments for experiential learning often involve venturing outside the walls of the classroom and using the wilderness to provide some of the most memorable and stimulating learning opportunities for students.

Environmental Education (as its name implies) aims to educate people about our natural environments. This again ties in perfectly with outdoor education; where learning about the environment is the goal and conducting structured learning in the outdoors (outdoor education) provide the necessary catalyst tying facts to real world experiences.

But why stop there? Let's tie the outdoors, education and experiential education together with the beautiful natural landscapes available in China.

At Zen Quest Adventures we like to refer to this as holistic outdoor education or 'holistic education', a truly multifarious approach. We strive to get students involved in programs before they arrive by putting them in touch directly with local people to arrange their service projects. We also do our best to ensure follow up on their learning when they return to school.

For Outdoor Education China, contact Zen Quest Adventures today!

Our holistic education philosophy

Personal development and Leadership

Youth Development

Education

Global Issues

Microcampus Outdoor education

Micro Campus (Microcampus) setup in China

Studying wild flower in Niru Village, Yunnan, China

Don’t just visit, stay and change your students' global perspectives.

The Microcampusing idea comes from Craig Tafel, a teacher from Shanghai American School (SAS) who uses a luxury mana house retreat ‘The Linden Centre’ near Dali to run microcampusing for SAS students. Our vision for microcampuses see’s many schools across China making use of multiple locations for running extended microcampus programmes.

Trekking, Yunnan, China, yellow back packs covers on a narrow mountain path

Why take a year group away for just a few days or a few weeks? Why not take them away into the countryside for an extended period of time, so they can feel like a true part of the local community? After all, students these days all have laptop computers. They can make use of distance learning resources to give them access to most of the research materials they have in school.

Summer camp, fruit picking, students, grass, trees

Let Zen Quest Adventures China experts help your school establish and run Microcampuses in the most interesting and far flung corners of the Middle Kingdom. Our multi-lingual staff team and experiential education experts are here to help you every step of the way. We have a fantastic location in Shaxi Yunnan which is primed and ready to go. However Shaxi serves only as a window into many colourful possibilities. Perhaps your school is located in the Guangdong province and wants to keep costs down by travelling overland? Then Danxia Mountain range might be just the place for you. Maybe your school is from Beijing and wants to escape the smoggy and overcrowded city landscape? How about Shengnongjia forest, which boasts some of the highest biodiversity in the world?

Your future classroom awaits

Fill in the form and see how Zen Quest can help your school to setup unique Microcampus opportunities in China.

For many years, a lot of schools define their outdoor activity week as 'week without walls'. A week without walls in its broadest sense, is a week where students can participate in activities outside the school classroom 'walls'. This could include activities such as; service learning, trekking, rock climbing, canoeing, camping and much more. Here at Zen Quest Adventures we strive to make your WWW in China a week your students will remember, where they'll learn and grow as individuals.

Your desired learning outcomes are important to us. We will collaborate with you to create the perfect trip, no matter what it takes. We design our WWW programs with overarching themes, so the whole trip maintains consistent, logical, and progressive themes. Request a sample program today.

A good example of this is our servant leadership program which aims to:

1. Help students learn specific knowledge and skills related to leadership.
2. Enable students to understand the history, values and beliefs of society.
3. Facilitate the development of individual strengths and leadership styles.
4. Facilitate the development of ethics, values and ethical reasoning.
5. Promote awareness, understanding, and tolerance of other people, cultures and societies.
6. Embody high expectations of, confidence in, and respect for the teens served.

An alternative to our WWW, is the micro campus model. Rather than a week, this is an extended period of time the students are away from school, however they can participate in standard classroom activities as well as experiential, outdoor and community based pursuits.

Students and cut grass, animal feeding in Shaxi, China

China’s Leading Outdoor Education

especially for IB, IGCSE, & A-Level Schools

We create truly unforgettable lessons in some of the most breath-taking locations China has to offer.

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We have 15 years' experience providing specialised outdoor education, field studies, and team building. Throughout this time we have developed comprehensive trip strategies and risk assessments, so you can rest assured knowing that every detail is taken care of.