The Cadet Centre for Adventurous Training planned, organised and executed a huge logistical undertaking to move its entire sea kayaking fleet and equipment overland from Capel Curig, North Wales to a base in the Lofoten Islands, Northern Norway. An advance party of three travelled overland for three and a half days across Europe and up […]
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Tayforth Universities Officers’ Training Corps (Tayforth UOTC) part in exercise NORTHERN FOX CADET 19, a Level 3 adventurous training exercise in Bavaria, Germany. Tayforth UOTC trains potential officers who are undertaking studies at St Andrews, Dundee, Abertay and Stirling Universities. The team of 45 flew from Edinburgh to Memmingen Airport 20 Aug 19. Upon arrival
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Ex Northern Enduro is a Level 3 mountain bike adventurous training expedition to Morzine/Les Gets in the French Alps. The Aim was to allow 18 Officer Cadets (OCdt) from Northumbrian Officer Training Corps (NUOTC) the chance to participate in challenging pursuits. This was to encourage Leadership and development, whilst out of our comfort zone in
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Exercise Planner: “Antoine, are the guides concerned about the two deaths on the Matterhorn on 24 Jul?” Antoine: “I was there ………! I watched the rock and them fall past me, still roped together. They were already dead as they fell out of sight!” Background As the dust settled on the successes of the
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Cadets from London Wing RAF Air Cadet squadrons travelled to South Wales for an action packed adventure training camp. The main aims were to complete various sections of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme (a nationally recognised award that covers various disciplines and skill based areas) and undertake adventure based activities. The summer period
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Exercise Magma Fox ; 15,786ft descended, 15,626ft climbed, 170km ridden, 7 riders, 6 days, 1 Iceland. Iceland’s Volcanoes, synonymous with destruction, danger and death – all three narrowly avoided thanks to sound instruction, a great guide and a smidge of good luck! (oh, and a strategically located man catching tree). Team Fox pushed themselves to
On 7 Jun 19, 8 members of the AGC(ETS) deployed on a 9-day expedition to climb Mt Blanc in France. The aim of the expedition was to summit Mt Blanc, develop the next generation of AGC(ETS) mountaineers to participate in large-scale Army/Joint mountaineering expeditions in the future, and to highlight the opportunities available in the
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 Underrrothorn. The expedition was organised by West Mercian Wing of the Air Training Corps to provide a challenging
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Upon disembarking the plane in the early afternoon, the first thing that hit us was the heat. Ljubljana Airport was basking in the middle of an Adriatic summer, thirty-two degrees and glorious sunshine. Quite the change from the cloudy, overcast Cambridge we’d left only a few hours earlier. Standing on the staircase at the back
In July and August 2019, fourteen cadets and six staff from across Wales and the South West, embarked on the trip of a lifetime in Banff National Park, Canada. We set out with the aim of completing a six-day unsupported expedition, as well as experiencing the best that the Rockies had to offer in terms
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Thanks to a very generous grant from the Ulysses Trust, this summer 18 members of Oxford University Officer Training Corps were able to participate in EXERCISE BLUE BLANC. EXERCISE BLUE BLANC was a 13-day expedition from 29th July 2019 to 10th August 2019 to complete the famous Tour du Mont Blanc trek over 10 days.
HMS WILDFIRE wanted to offer an Adventurous Training (AT) opportunity to members of its ships company where they could be introduced to mountaineering whilst being in a safe environment, and at the same time resulting in a sense of achievement. The Three Peaks is a widely known challenge on well navigated paths, but with a
Ex Cockney Sailor XVIII was a 14-day sailing expedition were we took two yachts sailing the west coast of Scotland. We mainly traveled at night so we could experience the islands during the day. The last 4 days were spent transiting back to the yachts’ base in Belfast over series of offshore legs. The last
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In August 2019, 15 members of 207 Field Hospital travelled from Manchester to the Dolomite mountains, Italy. With the grant from Ulysses Trust, the option to participate was open to all members of the unit, encouraging junior ranks to take part. A group of three mountain leader instructors, a physio, chef, driver and 9
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Exercise BAVARIAN CASTLE 2019 was a fantastic two week level three Adventure Training exercise conducted by the City of Edinburgh UOTC over the period 24 July to 04 August 2019, for 34 members of the unit. The aim of this exercise was to continue with the leadership and development of those attending, working on areas
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In mid-July, a party of ten cadets from Budmouth College CCF departed for the High Andes and Amazon of Ecuador. The advice to ‘be ready for the unexpected’ was barely delivered before it became apparent that two packs had somehow gone missing in transit. Unfortunately, at 3000m with night time temperatures close to freezing, Quito
Background Over the period of the 29 June 2019 to the 05 July 2019 Cadets from the following schools: Viewforth High School Broxburn Academy Govan Highschool Moffat Academy Kilwinning Academy conducted Belief Beyond Challenge 2019 part 1, a sailing voyage with the Cirdan Trust aboard the Faramir sailing out of Hartlepool. 1.2. Lt Col
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With the UK set to break weather records for the highest temperatures seen in around 40 years, we set off for the Menai Straights and Indefatigable for what promised to be an exciting, sunny and unseasonably hot weekend. As we crossed the Britannia Bridge into Anglesey, the sun disappeared leaving us surrounded by an overcast
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