Feedback

Jane Scarborough, Head Teacher, Pitfour School, Mintlaw:

Our pupils very much enjoyed their day on the climbing wall and we would
thoroughly recommend this to any organization and would be happy to speak
to anyone who wanted any verbal feedback from someone who had used the
Facility.

Judy Forster, HR Director, Forster Roofing Services Ltd:

We first saw Summit Climbing Wall displayed at the Countryside Festival at Glamis Castle in September 2005, and thought immediately it was a fresh new activity, which would appeal to our employees to have a go at. Both the Chairman and his 7-year-old son had a go at climbing the wall and loved it!

Following this, we spoke to Paul and Mark from Summit on the telephone and put forward a provisional idea of what we were looking for in terms of activity for our staff, and this was fine tuned through email, and the first booking was made. It couldn’t have been easier!

On 16th December Summit arrived at our premises in Brechin and set up quickly outside in the yard. We had originally hoped that the wall would fit in the warehouse, but found it worked much better outside.

It was cold and there was snow on the ground but 22 of our staff all had a go and found it excellent fun and challenging. We had both individual and team races, some of which were done blindfolded, and the fastest climb was recorded at 54 seconds to get to the top with a blindfold on. One of the managers was heard to say that it made a refreshing change to ‘climb’ the wall rather than be ‘driven up it’ by the staff!

This activity was then so successful that it was repeated for our staff who live in the Central belt.

On 24th February 2006 the wall arrived at our depot in Livingston, where 7 teams of 4 people all had an opportunity to learn how to climb. It was a bleak day, with light showers but this just made the wall more interesting to climb! Our teams all had a couple of goes, and amazingly there was a tie with two teams recording the fastest climb. There then followed a ‘climb-off’ blindfolded and the winner recorded an amazing time of 44 seconds.

We are always looking for new ideas to let our employees have a fun activity each year. This ticked all the boxes in terms of interest, challenge, healthy competitiveness, teamwork and individual competence and was great fun. It was easy to organise, nothing was too much trouble for Summit and they greatly assisted us in designing a bespoke activity to fit in with our requirements for the day.
They brought the activity to us, and proved excellent value for money as well as raising staff morale in a time when bad weather and short working days are common. We would have no hesitation in recommending them.

Sean Snow, Course Director, Outward Bound Professional:

Thought I'd reply and give you some feedback material from my viewpoint after we worked together in East Kilbride with Rolls-Royce.
Specifically; I thought that you and Paul came across as very professional in your approach to both myself and the client we were working with.
You took the time and attitude to find out what Outward Bound Professional is and does in terms of style and practise. You were obviously keen to match our requirements in terms of experiential learning, although it can be difficult to do on a one-day activity programme.
I appreciated your commitment to be in the right place at the right time and after our initial conversations before the programme and our subsequent meeting I felt very confident in your abilities and that is invaluable to someone like me who relies on that level of 'promise' to ensure a smooth event.
Generally; I would recommend you to anyone who was looking for a committed and professional team to deliver the service you provide, and the great attitude that you both have, its always a pleasure to work with good people.
I hope that your business empire grows to enormous proportion Mark, and hope to work with you and Paul again if the chance ever arose.

Moira Stewart, Organiser, Scottish Traditional Boat festival:

The Summit Climbing Wall was a great success at the Scottish Traditional Boat Festival and my only comment would be remember to put us in the diary for next year