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23 SAS (North)Does anyone know where abouts C-company train? My friend wants to go in for selection but wants to know which hill ranges they use in and around the north of the Uk.
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Re: 23 SAS (North)Does he have good proper map reading, camping and other skills? I'd want to make sure he was actually up to getting out and about before pointing him in a direction. What experience does he have in these skills? If he was from Newcastle and had them, he should know where to go!
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Re: 23 SAS (North)He say's he does know how to navigate but doesn't know the Newcastle or north area.(Original post by ProStacker)
Does he have good proper map reading, camping and other skills? I'd want to make sure he was actually up to getting out and about before pointing him in a direction. What experience does he have in these skills? If he was from Newcastle and had them, he should know where to go! -
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Re: 23 SAS (North)Be serious! No-one who actually knows this sort of thing is going to tell a stranger, on an internet forum, where the SAS train!(Original post by Lee R)
Anymore advice guys?
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Re: 23 SAS (North)exactly. OP, go buy one of the 6 million books about it if you want to know secret stuff.(Original post by threeportdrift)
Be serious! No-one who actually knows this sort of thing is going to tell a stranger, on an internet forum, where the SAS train!
I would say a trip down to brecon is a nice bet, doing the fan dance is something im sure you would have to tackle at some point, its great training and im sure if you asked they would give you the sort of times they expect their guys to go over and back in.
not to mention, i think your mate should attempt some howling stuff and see if he still has wish to join. Do 15 mins a km of straight line distance over the welsh terrain for upwards of 18 hours, see if it still floats his boat. (ICR if the TA's do long drag or not?)
there is a book called fighting fit by adrian weale i think his name was, its about 6 quid on amazon, and its a great book. some good fitness plans covering the sort of fitness you want for that sort of thing.
fitness is good, but you need to be sure your head is in it. granted im thinking in terms of the regs selection, but they have some very howling stats of how many very very competant, experienced soldiers take themselves off the course in the jungle. im talking like 30 or 40 out of every 50, not considering injury.
firstly, really examine your motivation. they will have plenty of guys coming through the doors who think it would be cool to be able to say they are SAS, who want to be jason bourne etc. and they will hammer all those guys out in no time at all. -
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Re: 23 SAS (North)(Original post by threeportdrift)
Be serious! No-one who actually knows this sort of thing is going to tell a stranger, on an internet forum, where the SAS train!
Lol. It's actually a pretty well know area. (as i've been pointed out to on Arrse.) Doh! -
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Re: 23 SAS (North)Thanks, he's down in Wales now! :-)(Original post by c471)
exactly. OP, go buy one of the 6 million books about it if you want to know secret stuff.
I would say a trip down to brecon is a nice bet, doing the fan dance is something im sure you would have to tackle at some point, its great training and im sure if you asked they would give you the sort of times they expect their guys to go over and back in.
not to mention, i think your mate should attempt some howling stuff and see if he still has wish to join. Do 15 mins a km of straight line distance over the welsh terrain for upwards of 18 hours, see if it still floats his boat. (ICR if the TA's do long drag or not?)
there is a book called fighting fit by adrian weale i think his name was, its about 6 quid on amazon, and its a great book. some good fitness plans covering the sort of fitness you want for that sort of thing.
fitness is good, but you need to be sure your head is in it. granted im thinking in terms of the regs selection, but they have some very howling stats of how many very very competant, experienced soldiers take themselves off the course in the jungle. im talking like 30 or 40 out of every 50, not considering injury.
firstly, really examine your motivation. they will have plenty of guys coming through the doors who think it would be cool to be able to say they are SAS, who want to be jason bourne etc. and they will hammer all those guys out in no time at all.
