Is this Adventure for me?
If you're a 16-17 year old who actively enjoys going on adventures and overnight expeditions and want to push yourself outside of your comfort zone by taking on the 19-day adventure.
- Spend 19 days (18 nights) away from home
- One, continuous expedition - you will be away from the centre for the entire adventure
- Experience of wild adventures and going on overnight expeditions needed
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- Funding Support Available
Prepare to meet your harshest teacher yet: mother nature. This classic adventure is made for dedicated Outward Bounders and aspiring young explorers.
A rolling camp where you can conquer mountains, paddle through waters and sleep under the stars. You'll achieve more than just step-goals with the 19-day adventure.
Free from the centre you'll get to explore some of the wildest corners and tallest mountains the British Isles has to offer. It'll make your run-of-the-mill DofE exped feel like a walk in the park.
PINNACLE
There's only one course that's worthy of 'pinnacle' status and that's our infamous 19 day adventure. For 16-22 year olds, you'll spend 19 days (18 nights) not just away from home, but away from the centre too, deep in the wild. That's right, this is one epic adventure where you'll explore deep into the wild and sleep under canvas every night.
Prepare to meet your harshest teacher yet: mother nature. You need previous experience of exploring the outdoors and camping. You may have already been on an Outward Bound Adventure and are now want the ultimate adventure of a lifetime, where you journey into the remotest corners of the UK and conquer the tallest mountains on the British Isles.
You will have self-reliance and independence, and seeking to now push yourself beyond your limits to see what you are truly capable of. To be more than you think.
This is Outward Bound's most challenging programme. But the greater the challenge, the greater the reward. This we guarantee: you will not be the same person at the end. After 19 days you'll return with a team that's as solid as a rock and with memories to last a lifetime.
What you'll experience
- Genuine adventure
- Confidence and determination
- Growth mindsets
- Team working
- Communication
- Leadership skills
- Independence DofE Bronze and Silver expedition training and/or practice (optional)
- DofE Gold residential (optional)
The price, what's included and kit list
We're not interested in making money, just changing lives. So there's only one price and no hidden extras.
Reserve your place with a deposit of just £100 today.
What's included
- One instructor from start to finish
- Full programme, crammed full of activities
- All the kit to keep you safe, dry and warm
- Accommodation and bedding
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks
- Fully comprehensive insurance
What you'll need:
- A sense of adventure
- Clothes and footwear for each day
- £10 deposit for any kit you borrow
- A camera (for the memories)
- Money for souvenirs and a post-expedition ice cream (recommended)
- Your eDofE number (if you're using this for parts of your DofE)
- Small sports bag or holdall
The Adventure Fund
Whatever your circumstances, we want you to be able to have an opportunity to go on a summer adventure. As a charity we raise money to provide support when you need it. The adventure fund is here to help.
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The Ultimate
Ultimate Expedition 2019 (Aberdovey, Snowdonia)
For me the ultimate meant making new memories, exploring beautiful places, building new friendships, surpassing myself both physically and mentally
to drive myself up several mountains and to smile through thick on thin regardless. Meeting new people and then having to stay with them for 19
days is a strange but exiting experience you'll come to hate and love all of them. The experience you'll gain on this course is priceless whether it's learning to; navigate through forests, scramble up
treacherous rocky paths, rock climb, canoe or to become more confident in yourself, you'll learn it all. Having now done it myself I have no regrets at all, everything gained has been positive. If I were to name just one of the aspects I loved, (too many to count) it would be the fulfilling feeling of achievement after climbing an overbearingly huge
pile of rocks (a.k.a, a mountain) with the summits view as the reward. Even if there is no view the fact that YOU and YOUR team made it to the
top makes you feel like your on-top of the world. I highly recommend signing up for this course, the memories you'll make and the experience you'll gain will last a life time
Amazing adventure
I completed this about 2 years ago it was amazing, it a great way to make new friends and learn new skills