Everything Awesome

Always looking for ways to enhance the lives and interests of the wonderful people i get to share time with.
This young person was involved in an RTA many years ago, struggles to engage, struggles to find enthusiasm in life and has many long term physical restrictions, major and minor motor skills and more.

Today we set up a safe location for knife throwing. Yes, throwing knives.
Instantly most people imagine this to be dangerous, the knives are blunt, they stick due to weight.
So its taking something blunt and safe. And then throwing it away from you.
The risks are to others around, so choosing a safe location and managing this is the challenge.

He loved it, engaged in conversation for the first time in a long time, asking, is this like axe throwing? is it like archery?
He smiled while asking, maybe the first time i have seen him smile this year.

Today, i feel, in a small way, i made a positive impact on someones life.
That to me made today a winner.

• Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a motivational theory in psychology comprising a five-tier model of human needs, often depicted as hierarchical levels within a pyramid.
• The five levels of the hierarchy are physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, and self-actualization.
• Lower-level basic needs like food, water, and safety must be met first before higher needs can be fulfilled.
• Few people are believed to reach the level of self-actualization, but we can all have moments of peak experiences.
• The order of the levels is not completely fixed. For some, esteem outweighs love, while others may self-actualize despite poverty. Our behaviors are usually motivated by multiple needs simultaneously.
• Applications include workplace motivation, education, counseling, and nursing.

We can help with adaptive climbing, Wheelchair users, missing limbs etc. the setup allows for a 2 to 1 pulley system to be included in the standard climbing setup, a competent person can simply pull, and the climber can he hoisted up the wall in a safe and controlled manner.

• A          Backup.
• B          3 point rigging plate
  • C          Load point with Alpine Butterfly     
• D          Load point with Petzl Pulley
• E          Alpine Butterfly
• F          To the climber’s belay loop.
• G         To belayer

Images describing the rigging setup for assisting a climber with limited strength, or injuries that limit the use of arms/legs.

The Printroom, Hillsborough did a great job of embroidery, i now have my logo onto a Buffalo Systems Belay Jacket.

Really impressed with the job they did.

One day a week i get to work in this awesome clinic. a number of awesome clients utilising the FES bike as rehab post stroke.

A Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) bike is a stationary exercise bike that uses electrical pulses to help people with limited or no voluntary leg movement pedal: 

LDrehab colab climb with Everything Awesome.

A fantastic opportunity to network, develop trust and body management skills, both major and minor.

Lesley Dodson A Sheffield climbing instructor literally putting her life in my hands.

I got to spend part of the morning with this wonderful gent.

As a person with cerebral palsy he  has a group of disorders that affect his ability to move, balance, and maintain posture.
We work on these using a climbing wall as the tool.
He absolutely loves this. giggling, laughing out loud and asking to do it again.

Can you think of a client who could benefit from this?

Get in touch. We can make that happen.

Headway is the UK-wide charity that works to improve life after brain injury by providing vital support and information services, Today Headway Sheffield ran a networking event focusing on access to outdoor activities and sports.
It was a wonderful opportunity to meet some professionals, case managers, solicitors, OT’s etc, hand out a few business cards, shake hands, and start the process of forging new business relationships.

Everything Awesome can provide some fantastic specialist rehabilitation assistants.

At a time of day when most folk are either still laid in bed, or are eating their breakfast, or just generally getting ready for work. I am often on the road somewhere heading to a days work.

Sometimes I get to drive miles in the rain.

But then there are the days such as today where the thought of working in the outdoors just lifts my heart

Whether I am coaching, mountain biking, rock climbing, paddle, sports, skiing, snowboarding, or supporting people who have suffered life-changing injuries with their dreams of rebuilding a life with access to the outdoors, everyday is a pleasure.

I was once told, if you enjoy your job you will never work a day in your life.

So true.

www.everythingawesome.co.uk