Forty cadets aged between 13 and 18 years from Greater London South East Sector, Army Cadet Force spend the half term break (28 May to 4 June 2022) in Snowdonia, North Wales as part of an adventurous training package aimed at challenging and developing the young people by encouraging them to try new experiences and […]
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EX IVERNA VENTURE 2022 In April 2022, 7 Rifles ran Exercise Iverna Venture; an alpine skiing adventurous training exercise to Val Thorens, in the French Alps. For many of our Riflemen this was the first time they would try the sport and training was divided into three qualifications: Ski Foundation 1, which took soldiers from
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On the 7th of April, the first detail from 151 regiment and paired unit 10 Regiment departed from the UK to take on the Three High Passes challenge in Nepal’s beautiful Himalayas. The second detail would arrive a day later to complete the 12 personnel from the paired units accompanied by two instructors. Service personal from
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East Midlands University Officers’ Training Corp conducted a foundation ski Adventurous Training event from 8-17 Apr 2022. The training took place in Val D’Isere and those attending were accommodated in UCPA Val D’Isere, which is a type of hostel funded by the French Government to promote alpine sports in the winter and mountaineering in the
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We are delighted to announce that our Chairman of Trustees, Air Vice-Marshal N J E Kurth has now raised £10,000 for The Ulysses Trust as a consequence of completing RideLondon 100 in 2018, 2019 and 2022. Nick said, “I am very grateful to all my sponsors and particular thanks go to several Vice Patrons who
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Ex TIGER AMA ISKLATRING22 Expedition Report – Ulysses Trust ID 2833 In Feb – Mar 22 the Army Mountaineering Association (AMA) conducted an Adventure Training (AT) expedition to Norway to climb frozen waterfalls. The aim of the expedition was simple – push people outside their comfort zone, develop individual resilience, teamwork, and of course have
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Our adventure started at 1105 (City of Winchester) Squadron HQ at Hillier Road ,Winchester, at 5 o’clock in the morning of Monday 11th April 2022 when 12 cadets and 2 adults departed for The Ullswater Trust Outward Bound centre in the Lake District in the trusty Squadron minibus. Our journey took 7 hours in total,
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On Saturday the 2nd of April, 30 Students, 6 instructors and 2 drivers set off from across the UK to Folkestone. Travelling form York, Leeds, Sheffield were the majority of the group, with additional team members coming from Manchester, Middle Wallop, and elsewhere. On arrival at Folkestone, those who needed to complete a Military Swim
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Our Chairman of Trustees, Air Vice-Marshal N J E Kurth completed the Ride London – Essex 100 on 29th May 2022 raising over £1,000 in sponsorship for the Trust. Nick has been in training since March and has been gradually building up the distances to get ready for the big event. Here’s his reaction to
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23May 2022 Some fantastic news from Mt Everest! We’ve been following Reservist Garth’s Miller’s journey to Everest and back. Here’s Garth’s latest post… “Thank you for following along on this adventure. On 20 May, for a few short minutes, I had the summit of Mount Everest to myself. 24 hrs later, I summited Lhotse (the
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After a long couple of years under various Covid-19 restrictions, 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment were finally able to deploy on Exercise EAGLE POWDER 22, the 2-week-long regimental skiing trip in March 2022. This AT expedition involved deploying 2 groups of service personnel, 47 in total, to Tignes France to partake in training in alpine skiing
Our Chairman of Trustees, Air Vice-Marshal N J E Kurth has got a smile on his face. After many weeks of early starts and cycling in sub-zero temperatures Nick has passed his target of £1,000 in sponsorship. Nick is raising money for The Ulysses Trust by cycling the Ride London – Essex 100 on 29th
Penal Company on the Falklands: A Memoir of the Parachute Regiment at War 1982 Our Vice Chairman, Phil Neame, has recently published his memoir about his time serving with the Parachute Regiment in the 1992 Falklands War . “One of the finest Falklands accounts, written by a man who was in the heart of the
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We are delighted to have two new recruits join our board of Trustees. Polly Marsh and Colonel Paul Edwards MBE have been volunteering for the Trust as members of our Grants Applications Committee in Spring 2021 and have recently accepted the invitation to join our Board of Trustees. Polly is passionate about young people being
14 May 2022 “I Leave Base Camp tonight. Plan below. Weather looks to turn unsettled from 20th so this is it!” 15 May: Camp 2 (6,400m) 16 May: Camp 3 (7,300m) 17 May: South Col leave for the summit at 10pm that night 18 May: Summit Everest (8,848.86 m) and back to Camp 4 19
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14 May 2022 Back at Base Camp following what for me was a tough 4 day acclimatisation rotation beyond Camp 2. Photo 1. The first ladder in the Icefall. As Pasang stepped off the other end it pinged off and disappeared from view, left hanging out of sight by a single rope. We hauled it
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FANY (PRVC) Ex. MANX ODYSSEY April 2022 – Ulysses Trust ID 2828 Ex MANX ODYSSEY was a four day adventurous training exercise on the Isle of Man, by kind permission of our Commanding Officer, based at her home on the Island. The exercise was designed to promote teamwork and reward our volunteers for their work
Ex COCKNEY WESTMINSTER 22 – Ulysses Trust Report By Major Steve Higgs REME Ulysses Trust ID 2840 Exercise COCKNEY WESTMINSTER 22, 11 – 27 March 2022, Flaine, France. HQ London District The 2022 winter season drew much attention for those working within Headquarters London District (a hybrid Regular and Volunteer Reserve organisation), having spent the
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