Participants
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James Clay
United Kingdom
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Lindsay Cloughley United Kingdom
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Barry Griffin United Kingdom
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Rachel Kerr
France
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Clive Länge United Kingdom
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Jaroslavs Matvejevs
Latvia
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Brendon Roberts United Kingdom
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Carolyne Sanders United Kingdom
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Stephen Smith United Kingdom
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Sarah williams United Kingdom
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Challenge
Learn techniques from British Military Fitness experts before attempting to complete the Fan Dance
Do you love a challenge? Think you have the levels of fitness required to beat the rest? Plus the mental strength to overcome any obstacles? Well this unique challenge could be for you…
The Fan Dance is fitness & navigation skills test used by the British Military. The 23.5km trail runs through the Brecon Beacons in South Wales reaching a maximum elevation of 886 m at the peak of Pen y Fan. Our aim is to complete this – as a team – in 4 hours.
The team will spend the weekend learning the skills required to complete the challenge from our British Military Fitness Mountain Leaders. Skills will include: navigation, survival skills, pacing techniques and lightweight packing.
This is a physical and a mental challenge. You will need to be physically fit and have experience of hill walking. You will also need to be committed to the challenge itself - our winners will be expected to follow a 6 week intensive fitness training regime to ensure that they reach the required fitness levels.
Please note: The GORE-TEX® Experience Tour project itself will be held in English. Gore will pay for the travel expenses of the seven candidates for the duration of the 3-day project.
News
Barry Griffin about the Gore-Tex® Experience Tour Fan Dance
Part 1 - I knew that it was the last climb of the run, a yomp to the top of Y Gyrn and then it was all downhill back to the finish line at the Storey Arms centre. My lim... Read more
The participant James Clay about Day One of the Fan Dance Project
It’s been such a hectic but brilliant few days that I’m going to record it over a couple of posts…it’s the only way to get it all down! For those that don’t kn... Read more
The GORE-TEX® Experience Tour Fan Dance Challenge – When the going gets tough, the tough get going
When our ‘recruits’ arrived in South Wales for the GORE-TEX® Experience Tour nothing could have prepared them for the mental and physical journey ahead. Luckily our... Read more
Who will do the Fan Dance? The GORE-TEX® Experience Tour Team is announced!
A Latvian Laboratory Assistant, a Scottish Dog Trainer and a British Pilot are amongst the lucky people to have won a place on The GORE-TEX® Experience Tour Fan Dance Ch... Read more
Can you do the Fan Dance?
Your physical and mental agility will be challenged in this new project. We are looking for a team of people who will attempt an infamous trek through South Wales known a... Read more
Tour Experts
British Military Fitness Established in 1999 by ex-military physical train... Read more
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