The day in a life of a normal Cardiff resident in preparation for the Roysal Marines
The day in a life of a normal Cardiff resident in preparation for the Royal Marines.
The morning came and it felt like I hadn't had much sleep. The night was so cold and I struggled to keep warm. To show us how cold it had been the water in our flasks were like slush puppies. I wished I had climbed Killimanjaro a few years previously when I had the chance. This could have taught me fundamental skills, to survive and in comfort for times like these. My former PTI, had climbed and he told me how he had learned so many skills to stay warm and even sleep at freezing temperatures. I wish I remembered them!
We got up for out morning inspection, which unlucky for us most of us failed, which meant the whole squad needed to be ‘flanked', which would result in correctional punishment. We were told to dump our kit off and take out warm kit off. We knew what was coming now. A grilling!! Sometimes I wondered why I bothered, as a 31 year old man surely there were better things I could do, but deep down I loved it really.
We got taken to a path with a dip in the ground and started with press ups. Then a run up the slope and back down, with the person who lost having to do it again. Luckily the person I ran with didn't know who won, so I went a cross to the winning side. Unfortunately this then meant I had to go in the press up position facing down the slope on the other side. When every one was finished we then had to leopard crawl up the slope about 10 metres. This was hard after such a poor night of rest and us all still being so cold.
The terrain was rocky and uneven and was not nice at all. At the top we then had to do a 20 metre fireman' carry. Unfortunately my oppo couldn't complete it, but luckily they stopped us and got us to turn back. We were raising another pair back when the other pair collapsed. When we got back we turned back to see blood coming from one guys nose.
So it's back to the drawing board. Failure to prepare effectively has led us to fail the mission. We can only learn from this experience and come back stronger next time.
The morning came and it felt like I hadn't had much sleep. The night was so cold and I struggled to keep warm. To show us how cold it had been the water in our flasks were like slush puppies. I wished I had climbed Killimanjaro a few years previously when I had the chance. This could have taught me fundamental skills, to survive and in comfort for times like these. My former PTI, had climbed and he told me how he had learned so many skills to stay warm and even sleep at freezing temperatures. I wish I remembered them!
We got up for out morning inspection, which unlucky for us most of us failed, which meant the whole squad needed to be ‘flanked', which would result in correctional punishment. We were told to dump our kit off and take out warm kit off. We knew what was coming now. A grilling!! Sometimes I wondered why I bothered, as a 31 year old man surely there were better things I could do, but deep down I loved it really.
We got taken to a path with a dip in the ground and started with press ups. Then a run up the slope and back down, with the person who lost having to do it again. Luckily the person I ran with didn't know who won, so I went a cross to the winning side. Unfortunately this then meant I had to go in the press up position facing down the slope on the other side. When every one was finished we then had to leopard crawl up the slope about 10 metres. This was hard after such a poor night of rest and us all still being so cold.
The terrain was rocky and uneven and was not nice at all. At the top we then had to do a 20 metre fireman' carry. Unfortunately my oppo couldn't complete it, but luckily they stopped us and got us to turn back. We were raising another pair back when the other pair collapsed. When we got back we turned back to see blood coming from one guys nose.
So it's back to the drawing board. Failure to prepare effectively has led us to fail the mission. We can only learn from this experience and come back stronger next time.
