NYAA Adventurous Journey- Physical Training Entries

Date: 4/6/10

Duration:3hrs

STC was in one month’s time, to prepare for it we had to prepare ourselves on our campcraft skills and tying and that was what we did. Going through all the important knots to pitch a tent like 'bowline' and the 'tent-guy loop’ . Afterwards, we went for a 2.5km run in the school. Our Seniors then went through what STC would be like, telling us that it’d be very different from the camp we had previously, ATC. They advised us to run everyday in preparation for STC.

Date: 11/6/10

Duration:3hrs

To prepare for our upcoming STC, our seniors gave us a test on the important knots to pitch a tent like 'bowline' and the 'tent-guy loop'. Afterwards we went through all the important lashes. We then went to the open area outside our school field and had a revision on how to pitch a tent. Then, We practiced pitching a tent and took note of the details of the tent such as the positioning of pegs and length of twine. We ended of training with a 2.5km run.

Date: 16/6/10

Duration:3hrs

STC was in two weeks time and our seniors were very serious. Thus we had an extra training this week in order to be fully prepared. We had a lashes test followed by a tent pitching practice session. We learnt about the parts of the tent (ground sheet, inner sheet and outer sheet), the way to identify the 3 sheets, the knots required for the tent and pegging. We practiced for a whole 1 hour,till we were able to pitch a tent to suitable standard in 12 minutes. To end of our training our seniors taught us some songs that we’d sing at STC, simply a revision of the campfire songs which we already know from ATC.

Date: 18/6/10

Duration:3hrs

To prepare for STC which will held next week, we did a revision on the steps needed to pitch the 4-man tent required for STC. We then continued from the previous week, on our efficiency and speed in pitching the STC tent. After this training, we became more familiarized with the tent. We ended of the training with a briefing by our seniors and going through the songs we would sing at STC.