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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 […]

The University of Wales Air Squadron embarked on a canoeing trip on the Petawawa River in Algonquin Park, Canada. The aims of the trip were to accelerate the development of the University of Wales Air Squadron members by placing them in both physically and mentally demanding situations. Following the personal development theory of the Comfort,

Introduction In September of 2012 the participants of Exercise FIRE TIGER set out from Wyvern barracks in Exeter to Ascension Island in the South Atlantic with the aim of completing a demanding 2 week adventure training package. The team consisted of 10 Officer Cadets (OCdt’s) from Exeter University Officer Training Corps and two military dive

On the 15th of October twelve Cadets from Oxford University Officer Training Corps departed for a twelve day rock climbing and trekking expedition to the Ecrins National Park in the French Alps. The aim of the expedition was to introduce students already familiar with basic rock climbing to more advanced techniques, rope work and routes,

3 ROYAL WELSH were very fortunate in 2012 to have two OTXs; an Ex LION STAR to Cyprus in early August and in September, an Ex ROMAN STAR to Gemona in Friuli, Northern Italy. This latter ex placed the unit at the foot of the Dolomites close to the Slovenian border and again, the opportunity

In September 2012 HQ London District ran a Diving Expedition to the Canary Island of Fuerteventura off the coast of Morocco in the North Atlantic. Thanks go out to the Ulysses Trust who helped fund the exercise. Exercise Cockney Deep Blue as it was known was run for several reasons; to train and qualify divers

It was back in June 2012 whilst I was out climbing in the lake district with Capt Jon Evans that we decided to put together an expedition made up of mostly TA soldiers. Where to go and what to do was the next problem. After considering the amount of time TA soldiers will be required

152 Transport Regiment deployed on Exercise Ironpath Finn, the annual Adventurous Training expedition to Germany and Austria. When we arrived at Drei Mulhen lodge in the picturesque village of Wertach the troops quickly realised that the mountains of the Allgau Alps were a lot higher than those found in Northern Ireland. A busy 10 day

The team of ten Officer Cadets from the East Midlands Universities Officer Training Corps were en route to the Hohsaas lift, eagerly anticipating stepping onto an Alpine glacier for the first time clutching crampons and axes. The team arrived only a day before in Saas-Grund after successful completion of the first challenge of the trip,

On 30 August this year, a group of ten cadets and staff from South East London Army Cadet Force set off for Scotland to take part in an adventurous training challenge unlike anything we had done before, Exercise Cockney Peak Venturer. The challenge had two main aims; a) For the team to complete the 3

Just before dusk on Friday 24th August 2012 a contingent of excited and enthusiastic cadets, from Greater London South East Sector, and adults arrived at Capel Curig Training Camp for a week’s worth of challenging and adventurous activities. They arrived with the aims ‘to successfully complete a Summer Mountain Foundation course for Cadet Force Adult

Exercise Indian Tiger was the Army Mountaineering Association’s flagship 2012 expedition and significantly was also only the second time in 25 years that British and Indian Army soldiers had climbed together in India. The central theme of the expedition was to be ‘exploratory mountaineering’; we hoped to summit a previously unclimbed peak, in a little

Maple Tiger ended on the 12th August 2012, after an incredibly successful trip. Ten days previously, eleven students and three instructors left the UK to fly to Calgary for adventure training at Trails End Camp in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. Although on arrival the weather was 12 degrees and raining, it soon improved

This course was introduced four years ago to provide selected Cadet Force Adult Volunteer instructors and Senior Cadets (17+) the opportunity to utilise skills acquired on CCAT UK mountaineering and rock climbing courses and to give them experience in an Alpine mountain environment along with altitude. The aim is to develop and broaden participants mountaineering

The aims of Calypso Tiger 2012 were to introduce ten novice divers to scuba diving while progressing six current divers to their next BSAC qualifications. The exercise was carried out on the Maltese island of Gozo, a short ferry ride from the main island of Malta. Gozo provided a fantastic environment for every diver on

After almost a year of planning a group of thirty one Air Cadets and nine staff members from across South West Wales have recently returned from an extremely successful two week overseas adventurous training camp in the British colony of Gibraltar. The key activity during this camp was the open water Professional Association of Diving

In August 2012 a team of nine OCdts from East Midlands UOTC, led by OCdt Joe Holt ventured to Bolivia for Ex Illimani Sunrise, a demanding high-altitude expedition which aimed to develop the team’s alpine mountaineering skills, and climbed a series of peaks culminating with Nevado Illimani at 6350m the highest mountain in the Cordillera