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OCdt Fathers
My adventure training expedition saw six Of cer Cadets heading to Snowdonia in North Wales for a ve day hiking adven-
ture. OCdt Smith took on the role of instructor, utilising a quali cation he had gained during adventure training with Sandhurst in April. He led the expedition, allowing myself and OCdts O’Dell, Wood, Lim and Raffoul to climb a num- ber of mountains that the Snowdonia mountain range has to offer. Once we had established camp in Llanrug, near Caernarfon, we set out for our rst trek to Elidir Fawr in Elidir Fach. The walk was local to our campsite so we were able to leave straight from there. The aim of the hike was to use the view from the top of Elidir Fawr to orientate ourselves to the area of Snowdonia and show the group where we would be walking for the remainder of the week.
exclusivity to the area we were walking in. The following day we ascended Snowdon via Crib Goch. This gave us fantastic views on the arête and also brought with it the additional challenge of scrambling up scree, to and along the sum-
Day two saw our ascent up Crim- piau, a less well-known area of Snowdonia yet just as beautiful. The glorious sunshine allowed us to thoroughly enjoy the won- derful views of the valley below. We hardly passed anyone during the climb which gave a feeling of
The walk was local to our campsite
so we were able to leave straight from there.
mit. From there it was a gentle stroll to the Snowdonia mountain railway track, which we then followed up to the summit of Snowdon. The views were spectacular.
On the penultimate day we climbed Tryfan, a mountain that forms part
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