Expedition Reports

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 […]

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

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

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

Exercise Viking Trek took place in Southern Norway near the Hardangerjokulen glacier from the 14th to the 19th August 2012. The group consisted of six cadets, aged 14-15, and two adult instructors. For the cadets the first two days would count as their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Bronze expedition. The first thing that we had

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

This August 2012 saw Sea Cadets, Royal Marines Cadets and their staff from London Area travel to Bavaria in Southern Germany to take part in Exercise Alpine Rock. The aim of the exercise was to give cadets and staff the chance to take part in a multi activity adventurous training package outside of the normal

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

The expedition aim was to provide a group of Air Cadets from West Mercian Wing with the environment to develop personal and team skills. It was envisaged that the team would run much of the expedition themselves, the ultimate goal being the summiting of Stok Kangri (6130m). This would be mentally and physically challenging and,

The West Coast Challenge offshore sailing expedition left the port of Oban on the 6th August 2012 for a demanding seven days sail-training in the waters around Scotland’s Western Isles on board the Ocean Youth Trust Scotland 72′ Challenge yacht, Alba Endeavour. The crew was comprised of senior cadets, all aged 18 years or above,

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

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

On 8th August 2012 12 members of Thunderer Squadron, 3 members of Typhoon Squadron and 1 external Southampton University air squadron instructor met bright and early at 4am ready to depart for a two week rock climbing and via Ferrata expedition. The expedition aims were to enhance leadership, teamwork, provide an introduction to rock climbing

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

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

In mid August 2012 after many exciting training days, a group of 8 enthusiastic cadets prepared to embark on what would prove to be one of the toughest and challenging weeks ever. The training days took place on what seemed like tame tracks around Hereford, before heading up to the area of Maibe in southwest

At 9 o clock we met at our unit headquarters to be picked up by coach to be taken directly to Plymouth Marina. This was an exciting time for some of the cadets as some of them had never been away from their parents, resulting in a tearful experience. On arrival at the marina the