In order to enrich the leisure activities of students, and to cultivate students to build a healthy university life, Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) organized the “Have Fun with MPI│Summer Outdoor Activities” in July. In order to let students develop a spirit towards challenges and the courage to push their personal limits, students tried rock climbing at the Chon Cheng Activity Centre. This activity also enabled postgraduate students to enjoy a meaningful and pleasant summer vacation under the normalized anti-epidemic measures.

Under the guidance of instructors, students learnt how to climb bare-handed by using the climbing equipment. A doctoral student surnamed Lam, majoring in Computer Applied Technology, mentioned that this first rock-climbing attempt was beyond her capability, but she felt so happy that she managed to climb to half of the height of the wall with her classmates’ encouragement. She felt that the activity not only strengthened her physical fitness, but also enhanced the relationship between classmates. Moreover, she could also communicate with students from all over the world. She hoped that MPI would hold more activities like this in the future. Silvino Pinho, a student from the International Chinese Language Education Programme, shared that though it was his first time to try rock climbing, he could fully experience the pleasure it brought. The requirements of physical fitness and physical coordination made him feel so challenged, and the sense of personal achievement was so great when he climbed to the top. If the activity were to be organized again in the future, he would definitely join.

MPI has always been committed to working for youngsters’ cultivation, and continuously developing projects to foster students’ mental, physical and all-round wellbeing. The rock climbing activity is just one of the items in the “Have Fun with MPI│Summer Outdoor Activities”, through which it is aimed to let students challenge their own physical limits, cultivate their spirit of self-improvement towards adversity, promote their courage to face difficulties and push their own boundaries to create infinite possibilities in the future.

MPI students learnt how to use the climbing equipment under the guidance of instructors

MPI students developed a spirit towards challenges by rock climbing activity