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During a middle of the year during a quiet period I sat twiddling my fingers and realized that Gwent and Powys ACF required some qualified Adventure trainers, the people were there and just needed a bit of a nudge in the right direction to become a team capable of running an adventure without any expensive

In August a team of nine OCdts led by 2Lt Sam Potts RE set out on an ambitious expedition to climb Huascaran Sur 6746m – Peru’s highest mountain. In addition to AML’s Major John Tolan and Captain David Stanley, the team also hired two local UIAGM guides – William Cordero and Cesar Vargas for the

Exercise Black Viking took place in, what the Norwegians describe as, the ‘Magic Islands’ just above the Arctic Circle. The three islands, better known as the Lofoten Islands, Vagan, Vestagoya and Moseknesoya provided an unforgettable place for our Summer Mountaineering exercise which tackled peaks on each of the islands. Twelve soldiers from the 4th Battalion

During August cadets aged from 14 to 17 years and 3 adult volunteer staff from 46F (Kensington) Air Training Corps traveled to the Highlands of Scotland for a week of multi activity adventure training. As part of the fund raising efforts, the cadets packed bags at the checkouts at the Cromwell Road Sainsburys store. They

Air Cadets have successfully completed an overseas expedition in the Swiss Alps. The challenging trek saw all members of the group complete part of the Chamonix to Zermatt Haute route and culminating in the ascent of Oberrothorn. The expedition was organised by West Mercian Wing of the Air Training Corps to provide a challenging physical

Over two weeks in August 4 staff and 25 Air Cadets from Norfolk and Suffolk Wing embarked on a two week expedition to Whistler, Canada, on the Sea to Sky highway to witness the human impact on the environment. Day 1: We land in Vancouver, play team building games on the beach and prepare for

On Monday 15th July 2013, a group of 46 staff and cadets from Number 3 Welsh Wing left Gatwick airport heading out to the British overseas territory of Gibraltar to take part in Operation Red Dragon, a two week expedition which was the culmination of many months of planning and training. Situated at the meeting

Kinlochewe ~ Dundonnell, NW Highlands. On the weekend of 10th ~ 12th May RM Cadets from all over North West Area attended Rochdale unit for the selection process to become a member of this years expedition team. Between 12th ~ 16th July the RM cadets and instructors from Bravo Company walked from Kinlochewe to Dundonnell

After months of hard planning, with emails flashing across cyberspace, we finally gain permission for an expedition to Ardres, on the Opal Coast in France. And so it was that 41 cadets and 6 staff gathered in Rotherham to board a coach. The purpose of the expedition was to gain leadership and teamwork skills and

For our 4th annual visit to the Alps with the 1034 (Surbiton) Squadron Air Training Corps, we chose to go to Arolla in the Vallenois Alps. This is a well known, although remote high mountain centre with the campsite at 1970 metres above sea level. This year we had none of the luxuries of lifts,

On Sunday 23rd June 2013, the Royal Naval Cadets from Selly Oak Trust School started our journey to Portsmouth to take part in The Tall Ships Expedition. Selly Oak Trust School is a school for pupils with moderate learning difficulties and it is the biggest school of its kind in the UK and also rumoured

Every year the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Army League (COMAL) invite cadets and officers from the Combined Cadet Force contingent at Lordswood Boys’ School to join them on their ‘Junior Cadet Leadership Challenge’ held at the US Army’s Fort Devens outside Boston. At the camp they join with 19 other high schools from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and

Local cadets from South East London had the exceptional opportunity to partake in a week-long adventure training camp in Wales, during the May school holiday. The cadets moved into Capel Curig Training Camp, nestled in the heart of Snowdonia, to push themselves with rewarding, challenging and exciting activities that many of them would never have

On the 25th May 2013, 15 Ulstermen and women set off from Belfast City to Malaga to partake in Exercise Green Finn. Some of us had just finished our Recruits course or returned from Afghanistan. The activities consisted of a combination of hill walking and mountain biking. We didn’t really know what to expect, just

For the cadets and student PIs of Gloucestershire College’s Army Cadet Force Company, the end of May is the highlight of the year. Over the past 5 years, this has become the time for the traditional year-ending expedition to the Pyrenees in the south of France. This is a 12-day expedition providing the culmination of

In June 2013 all eight climbers of an Army Mountaineering Association team successfully summited Denali via the West Buttress route. The team comprised four regulars and four reservists who had been selected from an army-wide trawl and subsequent training weeks in JSMTC Ballachulish, Scotland, and an exercise rehearsal in Saas Fee, Switzerland. This trawl looked

It wasn’t always like this. When Capt Mervyn Jones, Platoon Commander, Rossett Platoon, Clwyd and Gwynedd Army Cadet Force first took his Cadets to the Somme in 2006 he could never have envisaged becoming involved in vital site clearance work. The Lochnagar Crater was an obvious site for the Cadets to parade. The Crater is

This adventure training diving expedition promised to be both challenging and unusual for the members of 4YORKS taking part. The Warriors were (unusually) led by an all female Sub-Aqua Diving Supervisor (SADs) and Deputy SADs team, Sophie Rennie and Lynn Forsyth, who between them had 2500+ dives experience and previous Gibraltar diving site local knowledge.

Oakham School CCF cadets have taken part in the first-ever Duke of Edinburgh expedition to the Falkland Islands. After two years of planning and the co-operation of Commander, BFSAI, alongside the valuable support of the Ulysses Trust, nine cadets took part in the once-in-a-lifetime trip to successfully complete their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award on

Having waited for nine months for the trip to go ahead, 3 staff and 30 cadets made it to the Ogwen Valley during the week of 25 – 30 November 2012. There was bad weather forecast for the first four days and floods and snow predicted! With a packed program ahead the cadets were put

Monkton Combe School CCF went to GOZO during the period 20th – 31st October 2012 to carry out adventure training, with diving as the primary activity. In total 10 cadets and 2 members of staff participated in the trip. The aim of PADI ADVENTURE 2012 was to introduce cadets to Scuba diving, qualify cadets in

After many months of research and planning, 9 Cadets and 3 Adults departed Manchester Terminal 3, on Friday 19th October 2012 on the start of an Adventurous Training Expedition, that was to test the cadets as they retraced the footsteps of ‘downed allied airman’ as they crossed the Pyrenees to freedom. The route is known

Saturday 27th October: It is a typical October morning, but nothing can dampen the spirits of the Coventry cadets and staff setting off to Gosport for a week of offshore power training on TS Jack Petchey. None of the cadets have even been offshore previously, so this will be a completely new experience for them

Dragon Berber was a trekking expedition held in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco over the 13th – 21st October 2012. Twelve members of the 37th Signal Regiment (Volunteers) took part. The main aim was to reach the summit of Mount Mgoun (4068m) over a six day trek. On arrival in Marrakesh we met our local

In October 2012, a tri-service group of cadets from Calday Grange CCF travelled to Gibraltar to take part in Exercise Caldian Rock. The aims of the exercise were: To undertake a range of adventurous-training activitiesTo learn about Gibraltar and its historical significanceTo work with cadets from other sections of the CCF The trip started early,

Captain Jonathan Slegg and Colour Sergeant Dipak Kaucha (ex Royal Gurkha Rifles) recently organised and undertook a High Altitude Army Expedition to the Everest region. The aim was to conduct a Summer Mountain Foundation course, providing soldiers from the 3rd BN Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment exposure to, and an understanding of, a foreign culture

Following nine months of intensive preparation, eight cadets and two instructors from Durham Army Cadet Force set off for a challenging Gold Duke of Edinburgh Expedition in the Pyrenees. The project was initially conceived to stretch the planning and organisational skills of a group of senior cadets all working towards their Gold Award. As well

On 21st September 2012, fourteen members of Southampton University Officer Training Corps (SUOTC) embarked upon Exercise TIGER TRAIL, an adventurous training expedition mountain biking in northern France. The aim was to develop leadership, navigation and ground appreciation skills in an unfamiliar environment whilst conducting arduous physical activity and the Normandy region presented plenty of opportunity

On the 3rd September 2012, 36 individuals from the 2nd Medical Brigade took part in a 5-day sailing exercise around the Solent. The group was made up of volunteer Doctors, Dentists, Nurses, Paramedics, Environmental Health Officers, Drivers and other vital trades that are key to running a field hospital in theatre i.e. the hospital facility

256 (City of London) Field Hospital (Volunteers) deployed a group of 14 officers, SNCOs and JNCOs on its annual summer mountaineering expedition. The aim was to develop leadership skills, foster teamwork and gain experience in long distance trekking especially as the trek was to be completed in 9 days instead of the usual 11. The