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During this journey, we travelled to the Rydal Hall Campsite in Ambleside which is in the region of Cumbria. We had used various modes of transport to get there including the train, overnight buses and local buses. We planned to hike Scafell Pike but ended up hiking Rossett Pike which was approximately two hours away from Scafell. We managed to scale Rosett pike and push past our limits both in terms of time constraints and physicality.
On our journey, we encountered many challenges, and we overcame many different obstacles. We had consistently employed the use of maps and we were self-sufficient in our coordination and map-reading skills as there wasn’t many people around to direct us during the hike. We had become so accustomed to life within the wilderness that we cooked and made use of many skills needed for survival as a team. predominantly utilising good communication amongst ourselves effectively communicating our wants and needs and dealing with them with speed and precision.
Our greatest achievement during this hike was scaling Rossett Pike. There was a huge incentive to climb it as quickly as possible as it was becoming dark, and we had to get back to the campsite before nightfall for safety reasons. During this underestimation of the distance to Scafell Pike and the obvious futility, we powered through and climbed the mountain ignorant of time we thought it would take to ascend lofty gradient. Rosett Pike was a huge milestone and aligned perfectly with one of our main goals of physically and mentally challenging ourselves to overcome whatever we put our minds to. Furthermore, we managed to work as a team efficiently and further extended our determination and courage as one of us had a fear of heights.
We had travelled a far distance prior to reaching Rossett Pike and we did our best and had demonstrated an unwavering determination and commitment to scaling this mountain. Despite the discouragement we got from a single group of hikers that had told us that Scafell Pike was too far away, we continued the hike to see how far we could go. This hike was an amazing experience, and we all had profoundly enjoyed it and this encounter with an idyllic setting rife with nature in stark contrast to the loud urban setting we are used to within the City of London. We have grown as people mentally and now have a greater understanding of nature and the people who reside within those areas. We had also deeply valued each other’s company and aided and motivated one another to achieve our objectives.
Thanks to Margret Evison and Mark Evison foundation we were able to immerse ourselves in this great escapade. We are very grateful for this opportunity, and we hope it lives on to serve many more people.
