The purpose of the Adventurous Journey is to encourage a spirit of adventure and discovery whilst undertaking a journey in a group. The journey should be undertaken in a small team in an unfamiliar environment requiring determination, physical effort, perseverance and cooperation to complete. If hiking, candidates will be required to navigate their way through trails, carry all their own equipment, set up camp and plan and provide their own food.

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Each group of students will set a goal or purpose for their adventurous journey, they will have to develop this together and ensure that it is a SMART goal or purpose in order to ensure it is meaningful.  Students will have an assessor who will have to write a comprehensive report on their performance during the adventurous journey.  In addition to this, students will have to write a self-reflection on their journey.

 

The journey lengths for the different awards are as follows:

 

Bronze – minimum 2 days & 1 night

Students are expected to complete at least 6 hours of purposeful activity per day

Average hiking distances for the trip are 24km or 15 miles

 

Silver – minimum 3 days and 2 nights

Students are expected to complete at least 7 hours of purposeful activity per day

Average hiking distances for the trip are 48km or 30 miles

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Gold - minimum 4 days and 3 nights

Students are expected to complete at least 8 hours of purposeful activity per day

Average hiking distances for the trip are 80km or 50 miles