Recently, the first Sino-French Mountain Partnership Joint Outdoor Leaders Public Welfare Training, hosted by the world’s top outdoor brand Salomon, was successfully concluded at the Golden Rooster Valley Outdoor Sports Base in Pingle Town, Chengdu.
Participants learning
The training on the final afternoon focused on practical skills such as building rope bridges by hand and setting up zip lines. Instructors combined lectures with hands-on practice, guiding participants to independently complete the construction of both the rope bridge and the zip line. As the last participant safely zipped down the rope line built entirely by the team, the public welfare training program for outdoor leaders also concluded successfully.
Mr. Gaoning, the overall planner of this training, a renowned French mountaineer and Deputy Consul General of France in Chengdu, said in an interview with reporters: “China has vast and continuous mountain ranges, which provide excellent resources for mountain outdoor sports. With the improvement of people’s living standards, outdoor sports in China have entered a period of rapid development, but the resulting increase in accidents has made outdoor safety training more urgent than ever. The French Alpine Mountaineering Association and China have maintained close cooperation since the 1980s, dedicated to standardizing and guiding the development of mountain sports in China. This public welfare outdoor leaders training, sponsored by the French outdoor brand Salomon, is not only a concrete manifestation of Sino-French cooperation in mountain sports safety, but also a strong fulfillment of the corporate responsibility of an outdoor brand. Salomon, as a global top-tier outdoor brand, advocated for, organized, and sponsored this public welfare leaders training program.”
“Salomon’s products are designed for freedom, yet freedom is inseparable from safety. The safety of mountain sports concerns every outdoor enthusiast, and advocating for safe outdoor activities is the undeniable responsibility of every outdoor brand. As a global top-tier outdoor brand, Salomon takes it as its mission to ‘enable people to enjoy safer outdoor sports.’ From printing and distributing free mountain safety manuals to outdoor enthusiasts, to now organizing and sponsoring outdoor leaders training, Salomon hopes that people can truly achieve safe, enjoyable, and free outdoor experiences,” said Mr. Chen Shaoli, General Manager of the Outdoor Division of Amer Sports China.
It is reported that the global top-tier outdoor brand Salomon will continue to focus on mountain safety in China and hopes to promote the concept of mountain safety more comprehensively and in detail to every outdoor enthusiast.