AJ ADVENTUROUS

Camp Operations
Pick up and Drop off

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Pick up - 7 : 00 am
Drop off - 15 : 00 pm

Camp Operations
while on the AJ

Whats expected of you

Be prepared

• Know how to use a map and compass to take and follow bearings.

• Know how to pitch a tent.

• Know how to use a camping stove.

• Have your route card completed and checked.

• Have appropriate kit as outlined on the kit list.

• Know how to give basic first aid.

• Check the weather forecast and know what conditions to expect.

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Be self reliant, independent & safe for the entire journey

• Carry sufficient food and water for the entire journey (water refill stations will only be available at the camp site, you will need to carry a minimum of 3L per person)

• Carry Suitable first aid kit (1 per group)

• Carry appropriate clothing for the expected conditions.

There are a number of things that you need to do before you set of on your Adventurous Journey, the first most crucial of which is to understand what is expected of you when you are on your journey. The document below outlines the requirements of the Adventurous Journey.

14 Conditions of the International Award.
These are the conditions that have been laid out by the International Award and have to be met in order to for your Journey to be considered a success.

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1. All journeys need to have a clearly defined purpose.

2. Participants need to have the appropriate skills to undertake their journey, so must undergo relevant training.

3. Participants must undertake sufficient practice journeys to ensure that they have the ability to be self-reliant and safe in their chosen environments.

4. During the qualifying journey, the team needs to be no fewer than four and no more than seven young people, operating independently of others.

5. All the team members must be involved in the planning and preparation of the journey.

6. Not all participants on the journey need to be completing their award, but they should be peer group equals, making decisions together.

7. All journeys must be supervised and assessed by experienced adults.

8. The journey can take place on land or water. The team can travel by their own efforts (foot, cycle, paddle, oar and so on) by animal (horse, donkey, camel and so on) or by other non-motorized assistance (sail and so on).

9. Accommodation must be in portable tents or other simple self-catering accommodation such as hotels, huts or similar shelter.

10. The environment chosen must be unfamiliar at the participants. A natural and remote environment often provides the appropriate conditions for the group to be self reliant and independent.

11. On completion, participants are required to present a report to their Award Assessor. The report can be written, photographic, verbal, a video diary or use other imaginative means.

12. In exploration, at least one third of the minimum hours of planned effort should be spent on journeying.

13. The distance covered will depend on the speed of the team, which should be established in the practice journeys and should then inform the planning of the qualifying journey. For a physically able group of young people traveling by foot, this would normally mean minimum total distances of 24, 48 and 80 kilometers at Bronze, Silver and Gold levels. Dense vegetation, very steep ground, or similarly challenging terrain would have course reduce what could be reasonably accomplished in the above minimum hour's effort. The important criteria is the time spend journeying during the day (6/7/8 hrs.) rather than the distance, which is dictated by terrain type.

14. Purposeful effort means time spent towards accomplishing the purpose of the journey. Time associated with sleeping, cooking and eating is in addition to this.