Expedition Reports

On the Wednesday 24 March eleven boys and one girl packed their bags and departed on the Bradfield College CCF Ski Expedition. The 3 days of expedition preparation saw the group experiencing the difficulties of cross country skiing, scrambling like bambinos on ice to obtain the necessary skills required. On the first day of the […]

Canford has been running cross-country skiing expeditions for some fourteen years now with a number of cadets each year benefiting from the experience of a week’s cross-country skiing, snow holing, camping and ice-climbing, whilst experiencing the delights of the famous Norwegian ski touring huts. This year, once again, helped with some generous support from the

London/Cambridgeshire Territorial Bomb Disposal Regiment ski towards Regular Service 101 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) has squared up to its last major challenge before changing from being a Territorial Army unit to becoming a Regular Army unit with both Regular and Territorial squadrons. 34 members of 101 Engr Regt (EOD) have deployed on Exercise Cockney

I wish to report of the successful and happy adventure had by all those staff and cadets who attended Alpine Adventure this year: it was absolutely fantastic. Lots of forward planning and preparation had gone into making the week as enjoyable as possible. Organised by the London Area SCC Adventure Training team, Alpine Adventure has

During February half-term, 19 members of the RGS Guildford CCF from all 3 services took part in a Winter Adventurous training programme in Bavaria. All went well on the journey until our initial flight was cancelled and then our replacement flight had to abort its initial landing into Munich, both due to poor weather conditions.

13 Territorials and one CCF adult instructor spent 18 days in January this year on an adventure training expedition of a lifetime, taking part in Exercise Transglobe, a Tri Service circumnavigation of the world. Leg 7, the only fully crewed TA leg, sailed across the Tasman Sea from Hobart to Auckland on one of the

On a cold snowy Saturday evening, 15 personnel from 6 Regt AAC (Volunteers) gathered at Bury St Edmunds TA Centre ready to deploy to Austria to undertake week 1 of a 2 week adventure training expedition. Mission; to teach novice skiers to Basic Ski Proficiency level and for those who already had this qualification; to

It soon became very apparent to all of us that the off-piste techniques were extremely different to those required when on-piste, despite the excellent conditions. Each day we tried to improve both our skiing and touring skills. For the majority of us, ski touring required a new skill set and the PTI’s gave instruction regarding

This exercise was a Regimental Adventure training opportunity for members of 39 Signal Regiment (V). The aim of the exercise was to give members of the unit an opportunity to learn to alpine ski or for those who could already ski to gain more skiing experience. The exercise was conducted in Zell am See in

The aim of Exercise Alpine Challenge 5 was to introduce 8 fairly inexperienced cadets to Alpine Climbing with the view of tackling three of highest and most interesting peaks in the Austrian Otztaler. This is one of the many mountain ranges in the Tyrol District and whilst it is not the highest area in the

Snowy Dragon is an annual skiing adventure training for the TA and regular components of 170 (Infra Sp) Engr Gp. It took place in Morzine, France from the 9 – 30 January 2010. The objective of the exercise was to coach the students to enable them to attain basic or advanced ski proficiency in alpine