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2009 Results Now Available
2009 Committee Feedback
Winter Survival follows an annual
tradition and updated formula of over 40 years and is organised by Maidstone
based Explorer Leaders.
Explorer Scouts have to walk a
route of about 40 miles. They begin on a Friday evening from a location only
made known to them via a
phone call earlier the same evening. At the start, and at each of the regular
checkpoints, they are given their next destination grid
reference, never knowing their final destination or how far away it is. Late
on Friday night they regroup at another secret location and
sleep rough in survival bags before being awoken in the early hours to
continue the walk. The successful teams can expect to continue
walking throughout Saturday and late into the evening before they complete
the distance.
This is an exercise in endurance,
teamwork, morale and above all navigation, using a traditional map and
compass. A story strings the
weekend together to give the teams a further element to contend with. This is
a notoriously difficult weekend for the Explorer Scouts,
which has teams returning year after year to try and 'conquer' the event.
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