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Steve Holland of SJH Projects and Mac Mackenney of Maxadventure ran the selection weekend through ‘Expedition Project Management’ for the Enham charity.
In June 2008 a mixed ability group will attempt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. This expedition will fit in with Enham’s philosophy of empowering disabled people to extend the limits of their capability.
The aim of the weekend was to expose the candidates to some of the skills they would require, see how they operated in team and individual challenges and to assess how well they would blend into the team when everyone had been moved out of their day to day comfort zone.
The days were very long and busy, including classroom and practical instruction in navigation, lectures on the effects of altitude and advice on clothing and equipment. These all culminated in a night navigation exercise held in the countryside surrounding Enham Alamein near Andover.
It was very pleasing to see that everyone maintained their sense of humour to the end and most of the candidates will now move forward to further training in the UK to prepare them for the climb in June.
