ABOUT US

Our mission: To be the number one company in the southeast providing high quality leadership and team development programs utilizing adventure based activities.PTE has a competitive edge by being one of the few companies in the entire U.S. to provide programs that focus on developing tested leadership and team development curriculums and teaching these curriculums using challenging outdoor activities. This type of program is different from most outdoor leadership companies who utilize only man-made structures or outdoor games as their primary teaching tools. Other outdoor leadership companies teach primarily wilderness survival or orienteering which does lead to some leadership and team development. However, PTE very intentionally teaches leadership and team development concepts which can be used every day in the workplace or in the boardroom.

Many outdoor leadership organizations only offer programs within an 8+ day format, whereas PTE offers a variety of 1-5 day programs to match the time constraints of most of today’s corporate executives and organizational leaders. 

Making us truly unique, Past The Edge, as our name signifies, can provide programs that intentionally and consistenly place groups outside their comfort zone...even challenge them past their individual capabilities in order to teach them how to succeed as a team when faced with seemingly insurmountable tasks. This type of program may represent the most realistic scenario for success in life. Finally we offer our programs at a more affordable price than most other premier leadership development companies in the U.S.

Most good training outsourcing companies with leadership/team development programs do teach solid leadership and team building principles, but do so mostly in a classroom setting with few chances for experiential learning. PTE not only increases memorization of principles through challenging experiential learning, but does so with unique and exciting outdoor activities that by themselves are not soon to be forgotten.

PTE Staff
Mr. Bobby Adams - President and Founder
Mr. Adams has worked as the owner and primary operator of a small proprietorship Adams Rock Climbing for the six years. He made this small endeavor profitable and developed a number of strategic partnerships with outdoor recreation companies. Each year for six years he also traveled to Indonesia and Malaysia to help start community and university led outdoor adventure projects along with his son, Robert Adams. Prior to this Mr. Adams worked as the Director of Training with the Challenge Rock Climbing School of Atlanta where he helped to improve the overall profit margin of the only such school in Georgia. Also Mr. Adams previously owned and operated his own truck driving business for an overall period of 8 years. He is an official member of the American Mountain Guides Association. He was officially certified as a rock climbing instructor and guide by the Challenge Rock Climbing School over 10 years ago. He is also certified by the Red Cross as an instructor of First Aid and CPR while also receiving Red Cross certification in Wilderness First Aid. He passed away from cancer at the age of 56 on July 28, 2008. His influence lives on in the other members of the PTE family, the training that is provided, and the very heart of this wonderful thing he created which we call a business, but he would have called a lifestyle.

Mr. Robert Adams - Founder and Lead Instructor
Mr. Adams has lived overseas in both Indonesia and Malaysia for seven years where he successfully started cultural exchange and adventure based leadership programs in both countries. In Malaysia the program involved three different universities including the largest university system in the country as well as several leading American universities. Mr. Adams co-hosted a 13 episode outdoor adventure show in Malaysia in 2006 and has conducted speaking tours to several large universities and youth events throughout the U.S. each year. Prior to moving overseas in 1999 Robert worked as a financial analyst for the chief executive’s team at Rollins Inc. out of Atlanta, GA. There he helped to implement and report new sales and compensation initiatives which increased the overall sales revenue and profit margin of Rollins segments such as Orkin Pest Control.

Mr. Beau Russell - Founder and Lead Instructor
Mr. Russell graduated from Georgia College and State University with a degree in Recreational Education. He worked side by side with Robert Adams on various projects related to Past The Edge Malaysia. He designed and built a low ropes course in conjunction with the largest university in Sarawak, Malaysia. Beau also worked as lead facilitator and program designer for Project Adventure.

Mrs. Thelma Adams - Administrator
Mrs. Adams has worked alongside her husband, Bob Adams, to manage all aspects of the Adams Rock Climbing business including administration, sales, and daily operation making this proprietorship a profitable endeavor. She, too, was a certified rock climbing instructor with the Challenge Rock Climbing School of Atlanta for 2 years.

Caleb Nelms - Lead Instructor

Bill Johnson - Instructor

Bobby Oliver - Instructor