EF Academy Torbay Impact Magazine June 2015 | Page 7

it requires training
By Trevin Wisaksana

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s the wind tugged at our clothes
and gently chilled our skin, the
IB Year 1 students along with
several A-Level students boldly treaded
their way towards the beautiful village
of Widecombe In the Moor in Dartmoor.
My friends and I were heading there
in training for the Duke of Edinburgh
expedition next academic year. Our
aim was to strengthen our endurance,
learn how to use a compass and a map
along with familiarizing ourselves with the
environment. Nine of us, guided by our
teachers and supervisor, climbed our way
up the hills of Haytor, and were stopped
by several gigantic rock structures. From
the peak of these, all of us could see the
endless curved horizon formed by the
hills of the countryside of South West
England and we could begin to visualize
this terrain.

using taxis to get to Dartmoor. It took
us around thirty to forty minutes from
our campus. My friends and I arrived
at a local parking lot which was directly
facing a hill which gave us a full view
of the Haytor Rocks. These rocks were
two massive prehistoric rocks that stood
strong on the top of the hill. The team
then started to walk their way towards
it and the four hour journey began.

With determination, my friends and I
raced our way to the peak and we soon
felt the hardship of climbing the hill.
It wasn’t draining all of our energy, but
we just simply imagined what it would
be like when we have to carry heavier
backpacks for the real expedition, it’ll be
tougher. As we went down the hill, the
teachers led us to an abandoned mining
site and it looked like a massive sink hole.
It was stunning as I have never seen an
EF Torbay students started this journey abandoned mining site before in my life.

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