Sixteen members from the National Reserve Headquarters Royal Artillery (NRHQ RA) took part in Exercise COCKNEY RATTLESNAKE 22 in September 2022, an overseas adventurous training expedition to the Lake Tahoe region of California and Nevada, USA. The aim was to complete the 172-mile Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT) around the Lake Tahoe basin rim (not shore […]
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Following months of planning and training, Ex Squamish Rocks has been a huge milestone in my rock-climbing journey. The expedition was an all-round resounding success, meeting its aims of proving both novice and instructor climbers with three weeks to develop and practice their skills on some of the best accessible rock climbs in North America.
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Who?8 RAFMA adventurers from across the UK. What?The northern portion of the Grande Randonnée (GR) 20, widely considered Europe’s toughest trek. A total of 105km trekked and 8,100m climbed over 9 days, starting in Calenzana and finishing in Vivvazona. When?8-20 September 2022 – the tail end of the summer season on Corsica. Delayed from 2021
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DAY 1:We had an early start travelling from Edinburgh to Oban. Once we got to the boats, we got kitted up and learnt about the boat and sailing fundamentals. After we set off, we went through some rough sailing. We practiced knot tying and attempted our first mooring at Lochaline. We finished the day with
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“Embrace Tiger Return to Mountain” Over the end of the university summer holidays 30 Officer Cadets from Exeter UOTC, 9 instructors, 2 chefs and 1 admin driver were lucky enough to find themselves on EX DELAGO TIGER. The Exercise was a level 3 Alpine Mountaineering Adventure Leadership Resilience Training expedition to the Dolomites Mountains Italy
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Friday 16th – Sunday 18th September Poole Sea Cadets is a large Sea Cadet unit of 60 cadets, each year we aim to get as much of the unit away for a weekend of adventurous training, team building and enjoying what Dorset has to offer. This year thanks to this grant we were able to
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Arco, Northern Italy “The instructors were very encouraging and supportive so I felt like I really improved my climbing. I also gained a lot of other skills from the exped as we were continually pushing ourselves outside our comfort zones. I also really enjoyed the location and the team work involved in ensuring everything went
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Expedition Dragon Trident, organised by Kyle Munt and Logan Roots, was a 12-day adventurous training exercise where 10 Officer Cadets from East Midlands University Officer Training Corps – completed a sailing trip. The main aim of the expedition was to provide OCdts with sailing experience, that they could take forward in their logbooks for future
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This summer RAF Air Cadets staff & cadets from 1019 (City of Stirling) Squadron, 2284 Dunblane Squadron , 1145 Dunfermline Squadron and 161 – 1st Highland Squadron set off on the adventure of a lifetime onboard Ocean Youth Trust Scotland’s Alba Explorer. The 3 staff and 9 cadets spent 12 days on the boat completing
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After a long journey by air and road cadets initially established themselves at the camp site in Rjukan before their first full day. The day dawned bright and warm as the cadets initially went on an acclimatisation walk to stretch their legs and test their kit as they followed the steep zig-zag path under the
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The Yukon – A land of never-ending mountains, endless forests and swarms of mosquitoes. The above statement sums up how the twenty-one participants on Ex DRAGON MAPLE will remember much of the Yukon. The journey from Whitehorse to the base location at Kluane Lake took two and three-quarter hours but the Alaska Highway seemed to
After 2 years of extremely restricted cadet activity Bristol ACF was finally able to deploy its cadets and a few adult instructors on Adventure Training Activities during the summer of 2022. The County has not deployed on its annual camp for 2 years and there has been a marked drop in morale for its personnel
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From the 14th to the 28th of August 2022, 10 students and 4 staff from Cambridge University Officer Training Corps took part in a hiking expedition, aiming to complete the famous Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB). Although in the end an outbreak of D & V among the team forced us to restructure our plans,
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20 members of ULOTC recently took part in Ex Cockney Cragsman 22; OCdts achieved the Summer Mountaineering Foundation qualification by completing training on the Karwendel High Trail in Austria. These Officer Cadets, some of which were new to mountaineering, developed transferrable skills vital to both the Army and wider life such as leadership, problem solving,
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Expedition Dragon Nessie’s Triad, organised by OCdts Madeleine Messenger and Ellen Bayne, consisted of a two-week Adventurous training exercise for 20 Officer Cadets at East Midlands University Officer Training Corps – a 5 day Mountain Bike Foundation (MBF) course and a 5-day Kayak Foundation course (K2F). The expedition had the main challenge of pushing Officer
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Medical Operation Support Group: 3-11 September 2022. DOLOMITI OWL was an Army Reserve Adventurous Training expedition in the Italian Dolomites. A self-supported, lightweight 8-person team from the Medical Operational Support Unit (MOSU) completed the alpine Alta Via 1 route – 120km and 21,600 feet of ascent – over a challenging 6 days, using mountain huts.
Cambridge UOTC We arrived at our campsite in Corsica after a long thirty hour journey. Everyone was tired and already struggling with the intense heat, but we got cracking with the work quickly. Kit needed unloading from the vans and all the tents had to be unpacked before anyone could even think about relaxing or
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August 2022 | Bristol University Air Squadron (BUAS) “Across 4 years on BUAS, this expedition stretched me the most.” Introduction In 2021, A/Plt Off O’Boyle devised an adventurous training (AT) expedition plan to Norway to re-trace the footsteps of a daring WW2 Norwegian Commando mission, Op GUNNERSIDE, inspired by the hit film, The Heroes of
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