Expedition Reports

Pellew Splash 24-00 2024

Devon Army Cadets have spent the past three weeks experiencing different levels of sailing on the Boleh Trust Sailing boat. This initiative started with an unforgettable five-day journey from Gosport traversing the challenging waters of the English Channel. Once docked in Portland, the sailing boat then held five, one-day expeditions giving different cadets, each day

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Tudor Tiger 2024

Adventure, Challenge, and Growth in the Welsh Wilderness Eighteen cadets and adult volunteers from the Royal Grammar School Guildford Combined Cadet Force embarked on an extraordinary journey this summer as part of Exercise Tudor Tiger 2024. This dynamic adventure took them deep into the heart of Wales, where they faced a series of exhilarating challenges

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Alpine Venture 2024

Ian, how do you fancy leading a Royal Air Force Mountaineering Association Alpine trip this summer? Of course, my answer was ‘yes’, even though I only had a few months to find other instructors, team members, gain approval and financial support. A lot had changed since I had left full-time Royal Air Force Service in

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Pangbourne Dragon 2024

From the 8th to 13th July, cadets from Pangbourne College and Denefield School attended an adventurous training expedition in North Wales. The cadets were based at Capel Curig Training Camp, ideally located for a full range of adventurous training activities, aimed at providing the cadets opportunities to stretch and challenge themselves, and develop teamwork and

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Climbing Now 2024

Introduction: Between the 9th and 16th of June 2024, a team of 12 students and 2 instructors took part in a sport climbing expedition on the sun-kissed island of Mallorca in the Western Mediterranean. By the end of the trip all students had become competent with the fundamentals of sport climbing outdoors. Background: A highly

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Skimo Warrior 2024

Exercise SKIMO WARRIOR in April this year was the final exercise to prepare the UK Armed Forces Team to compete in the Patrouille des Glaciers (PdG). The PdG is the most prestigious ski mountaineering (skimo) race, with 4,386m of ascent over 58km from Zermatt to Verbier. Teams compete in patrols of three, racing through the

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Alpine Adventure 2024

Alpine Adventure 2024 Expedition Report (Ulysses Trust Application ID 3145)  During the February school half term, 45 RAF Air Cadets and 14 volunteer staff from across the South of England travelled to Germany. They participated in an expedition that was to see them undertake a full six-day programme of ski training and skiing at two

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Phoenix 2024

The Netherhaven Skydiving expedition, funded by the Ulysses Trust, aimed to provide a thrilling skydiving experience for our cadets. This report highlights the unexpected turn of events that led to a change in plans and the impact on the participants. The cadets were prepared for a static line jump from 3000 feet, ready to conquer

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DofE 2024

Over the Bank Holiday Weekend of 03-06 May 2024 nearly 100 staff and cadets from the Derbyshire Sector of Trent Wing assembled at Barn Farm in Birchover for their annual DofE Expedition Weekend, again made possible due to the kind sponsorship of the Ulysses Trust and RAF Charitable Trust. This year was somewhat different in

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Snjor Mountaineer 2024

Ex Snjor Mountaineer was the Army Mountaineering Association’s recent flagship ski mountaineering expedition to Iceland, which aimed to prepare for and then summit Iceland’s highest peak, Hvannadalshnúkur – a feat that had not previously been achieved by a British Military team. WO2 Ross Penver, the Exped leader, aimed for the Expedition “to expose a group

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CE 24

While most university students were at home for the Easter Recess, 12 ULOTC OCdts embarked on a 2-week Offshore Sailing Adventurous Training exercise in The Caribbean Archipelago. With a single weekend earlier in the month acting as a preparatory training phase, this was the first true taste of sailing for 5 of the OCdts, and

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