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Ex Ice Ready – British Army Reservists

Exercise ICE MAIDEN, the first all-female military transantarctic crossing planned for November 2017, is the vision of expedition leaders Major Nicola Wetherill and Major Natalie Taylor.  The two adventurous Army doctors hope that the expedition will inspire others, particularly women, to seek adventure and to engage in arduous outdoor activity.  In addition, regardless of who …

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Ex Northern Alpenglow 2014 – Glasgow & Strathclyde UOTC

An expedition has 3 components: Plan, Do, Recover…Fantasise, Criticise, Romanticise!. “We’ve climbed Mt Kenya…what next?”. That was the challenge posed by the Commanding Officer on our return from Kenya in 2013. The European Alps were closer and Mt Blanc the highest in western Europe at 4808m was a perfect ideal. The long and laborious process …

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Exercise Peruvian Cat – 101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment (EOD)

In the Spring of 2014, twelve soldiers from 101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), many of whom had recently returned from serving in Afghanistan, and East Midlands Universities’ Officer Training Corps, completed a 30-day expedition to carry out high altitude mountaineering in the Peruvian Andes, culminating in the successful ascent of Coropuna …

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