SVS Summer Camp - Day 4

After another early wake up call (0700), a session of PT, a good wash and some Brekkie we boarded Charles' minivan ... destination Birzebugia.

We spent the morning and early hours of the afternoon exploring the depths of Ghar il-Friefet, one of Malta's largest cave systems which has been closed to the public for years. We got special premission to explore the site with thanks to the B'Bugia local council.

SVS down in Ghar il-Friefet

Haidon, Corrieri and Debono sitting tight for a photo

Andrew making his way through one of the tighter spots...not too tight to stop for a photo!

RJ, Corrieri, Andrew and Chris huddling up for a Group photo
Stopping for a little break at the largest atrium of the cave. Don't they look a bit messy?? Debono sure could use a shower!

Corrieri and RJ eating (or drinking?) slush after their adventure in the cave. The lucky guys got the ice cream for free after helping out a distressed ice cream vender.

Following our adventure at Birzebugia we headed back to base for very thorough shower and an ikla maltija with gbejniet, sundried tomatoes, tuna, bigilla, olives and all sorts of other messy foods. After duties the recruits had another command task set to them... Gerry's Wall. This team challenge demands that all the team climb up a 10 ft wall using nothing but a rope.

O-Coy spirit during Gerry's wall.

We held another training medevac at the fields behind razett, that afternoon. This was a bit mroe intense than the previous ones demanding the o-coy to step up and push themselves more . To be succesful in a SAR and casualty evacuation drill the team must work quickly with clear cut direction (usually decided by a leader) . Everyone must pull their own weight and act quickly and responsibly lest the whole team suffers.

That evening we were joined by AGSL David, Skipper Timmy and Steffi Delia who joined us for the BBQ we had prepared for the last night at camp. Although we ate loads and had our fair share of laughs we tried to get to bed a little early because the next day was a crucial one for the whole of camp.

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