Expedition Reports

Aims and objectives for the expedition: The aim of the expedition was to undertake a coast-to-coast self-sufficient journey by Open Canoe from Neptune’s Steps at Fort William to Inverness, 97km later. Our objectives were to learn a range of wilderness livings skills and to manage an expedition team afloat; providing Sea Cadet adult volunteers with […]

Exercise Medsail is a Sailing Exercise run annually by the Joint Services Adventurous Sailing Training Centre (JSASTC) sailing around the Mediterranean Sea. Personnel from 151 Transport Regiment boarded on Leg 2 of the Exercise, sailing over 2 weeks from Alicante to Barcelona. Day 1 – We travelled to Gatwick where we met our 1st Mate

Exercise Toulouse Tiger was a 9-day adventurous training expedition to the Pyrenees Mountains in Spain, undertaken by 6 members of Bristol University Officers Training Corps (BUOTC) 12 Apr – 20 Apr 12. The expedition was focused on introducing and teaching ski touring skills to BUOTC officer cadets, with the aim of pushing BUOTC Officer Cadets

Poseidon Dragon was a was a 5 Div authorised, Level 3 Adventurous Training (AT) Sea Kayaking Expedition organised by LCpl Wrigley 3RW. There were five main objectives of the exercise: To deliver Distributed Training (DT), for Kayak Proficiency K2F to those without the award and to develop the skills at all levels of those who

After journeying from the depths of Dorset and a good night’s sleep, a filling Norwegian breakfast restores the Canford cadets from their travels. Boots, skis and poles are issued and rapidly the equipment is put to the test in tracks surrounding Hovden. Walking forwards, backwards, standing up (after falling!!), star turns and kick turns soon

Following a long deployment to Afghanistan, eleven members of 24 Commando Engineer Regiment, along with one member of Sheffield University OTC (instructor), were lucky enough to have the opportunity to travel to Nepal for a three week adventure in the Nepalese Himalayas. The group left London Heathrow late on the 4 March 2012 arriving in

The Norway ski expedition is a biennial event for Bradfield College CCF and is one of the highlights of our adventure training programme. The expedition is designed to quickly equip cadets with the pre-requisite skills before embarking on an expedition that utilises huts, tents and snow holes. In addition to having great fun, the cadets

On 25th March this year, a group of twenty seven students and staff from the Bristol and Oxford University Royal Naval Units set off for Scotland for the first phase of an adventurous training expedition unlike anything we had done before, Exercise Dark Blue. The purpose of the University Units is to educate students about

On 3 – 4th March 2012, 6 adult volunteer members of the Marine Society Sea Cadets (MSSC) from Southern Area attended a Climbing Wall Award (CWA) training course in London area. The Marine Society and Sea Cadet Corps (MSSC) have introduced a new revolutionary adventure training manual which includes a rock climbing scheme. In order

This March a team consisting of Officer Cadets Charles Woods-Stride, Chris Hancock, Oliver Greenburgh, Hattie Holliday, Ella Thurston and Charles Clack set out from Oxford on Exercise Blue Bivio. The expedition was an introduction to ski touring combined with a six day hut to hut traverse of the Albula Alps north of the Engadine valley

An ice climbing course in Norway was added to the CCAT programme in March 2012 as an initiative to expand the range of winter courses available to ACF & CCF CFAVs and Senior Cadets. It was designed to offer an opportunity to further develop the skills and experience of CFAVs and Senior Cadets in the

During the last week of March this year, 15 students and two officers from Bristol University Royal Naval Unit (one of fourteen such organisations or ‘URNU’s that the Royal Navy maintains across the UK) travelled the length of the country to Rothiemuchus Lodge, just outside Aviemore in the Scottish Highlands, for a week of (in

High winds, high plateaus, high water and high adventure are the nature of Ex Northern Jacobite Venturer. Our now annual Scottish exploit is in it’s 5th year and is now delivering all five phases of the five year development plan. This is a multi activity week designed to give cadets from Giggleswick School the opportunity

Aim The aim of the expedition was to introduce a number of our senior cadets to Nordic ski-touring with the view to completing a challenging 65 km 5 day, fully equipped ski-borne expedition, using DNT mountain huts and snow holes. Location The Hardangervidda is a vast mountain plateau (“vidda”) which is located in South West

A team of twenty cadets and staff embarked on two week expedition to Tanzania during February 2012 with the intention of delivering a worthwhile community support project and an enjoyable trek through the Ngorongoro region to the west of Kilimanjaro in the North of the country. All made possible with the grants provided by Ulysses

‘Rise above the Rest’ say the Royal Air Force. Well that’s what the team aspired to do. Before starting the 6 day ascent up the mountain, the team needed to get used to the local heat and so three days were spent exploring the local culture. A day on Safari in Arusha National Park revealed

As Bavaria plunged into a deep freeze with daytime temperatures plummeting as low as -28 degrees Celsius and snow all-around, this was going to be a testing expedition for both man and machine. The aim of the expeditions was to introduce Alpine Ski Touring and pisted skiing to Cadets and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers (CFAV’s)