The aim of the Exercise was to take Army Cadets from Shropshire to Bavaria for a progressive Adventure Training programme using the medium of Alpine Skiing. It was planned to the UKCC Snow Sports Snow Life Awards Course as the basis for the weeks training. This was supported with elements of snow/mountain survival lectures including …
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This summer, ten officer cadets from Oxford University Officer Training Corps set off to attempt to trek 500 kilometres, unsupported, from the north to the south of Iceland over the course of three weeks. Our leader, Junior Under Officer Graves, had selected a team of nine Officer Cadets from the universities of Oxford, Oxford Brookes, …
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On 14th February 2014, 33 Air Cadets and 9 staff from the South West, set off for Alpine Adventure in Bavaria, Germany. The trip has been running in various forms for over 20 years, and provides cadets with the opportunity learn to ski or improve on their current level of skill, under the supervision of …
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Leeds University Officers’ Training Corps conducted an adventurous training expedition consisting of rock climbing and trekking in the Dolomites in Northern Italy. OCdt Victoria Carbutt takes up the story… Our first full day in Cortina d’Ampezzo consisted of an acclimatisation trek to Tonde de Cianderou from Camping Olympia (SH 1711m), which was to be our …
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South East Scotland Wing cadets and staff have returned from a successful expedition in the German / Austrian Alps. The expedition was based in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Southern Germany over nine days. The ultimate goal of the expedition was to fulfil the requirements of their qualifying Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award Expedition which culmination of …
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On the 16 February, 55 members of Derbyshire Army Cadet Force began the journey from Derby to carry out their annual winter adventurous training programme based in the Allgau region of Bavaria. This started with a team photo in our new exercise polo shirts before boarding the coach for the epic journey to the accommodation …
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