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than just on the command tasks. Route selec- tion became less rational, one patrol attempt- ing and conquering a near vertical slope, whilst another became lost following a fence that ran from east to west when there was no such fence on the map. Walking became difficult, and short breaks became longer and longer as sleep came on suddenly. OCdt Baggley was seen cuddling a fence post, and OCdt Aldrich, a sleepy man at the best of times, learnt how to sleep whilst walking. At one point he awoke with a start, shouting ‘It’s happening again!’, before rather sheepishly continuing to walk.
For most people the end of the patrol came deep into the second night, arriving at their fin- ish points to discover that reveille would be at 0500hrs, leaving about 40 minutes to sleep after managing to wash under the pathetic showers and changing into clean clothes. Reveille came,
c/s B4A of 4 Pl Inkerman Coy, at their finishing point Llanthony Priory, OCdts: Aldridge, Kerr, Siebenaller, Prifti (Albania), Wood, Booker, Gaston and Anderson
and the jobs were completed quickly. With noth- ing to do, the Officer Cadets of CC183 milled around happily, eating the last of their rations, smoking, laughing, and swapping stories about the weather on checkpoint X-Ray.
Exercise LONG REACH
OCdt Chedham
Left foot right foot, left foot right foot. It’s 2100hrs on Wednesday 31st October, and call sign C8A are approaching the summit on
what will be our final climb of Ex LONG REACH. With dense cloud obscuring all moonlight, and a
light fog (appropriate for Halloween) clinging to the ridge, visibility is extremely poor. The ground grows steeper as we near the peak; so much so that some of our number resort to clamber- ing on all fours over the rain-soaked ridgeline.
The winning patrol after 22.12 hours, OCdts: Dodson, Bailey, Kieya (Kenya), French, Winter, Gash, and Brindley-Slater
100 SANDHURST