Expedition

Aim: To encourage a spirit of adventure and discovery.

Types

• Expeditions which have journeying as their principal component.

• Explorations which involve less journeying and greater proportion of the time being spent on approved investigations or other specified activities, but which are to be undertaken in the context of an expedition.

• Other Adventurous Projects which does not quite conform to the specific requirements of Expeditions and Explorations, although its aims and principles will remain the same. It will demand higher physical and technical requirement.

Criteria

• clearly defined and preconceived purpose

• encourages participants to learn and show more concern on the global environment and to record their observation

• prepare a report on the purpose after participants have successfully completed their journey

Duration

Gold

• 4 days including 3 nights camping in different campsites

• 32 hours spent on planned activity

Silver

• 3 days including 2 nights camping in different campsites

• 21 hours spent on planned activity

Bronze

• 2 days including 1 night camping

• 12 hours spent on planned activity

Meals

• At least one substantial meal is to be cooked daily

Group size

• 4-7

Reports

• Verbal, taped or written accounts supported by photographs or other multi-media of the venture are required of all participants on completion.

• Reports should include summary of the journey, detailing routes, campsites, etc. and, in respect of the purpose, a record of observations made and conclusions reached.