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Posted: Thu 02 Oct, 2003 10:41 pm
by Jonah
Phil its not a high wire course, its a high ropes course to test your aptitude for heights. Your not harnessed in, all you do is crawl across a low rope, then climb up about 6 feet, walk across 2 planks with a small gap in the middle, climb up again and crawl across another rope.....
Easy really mate, even for me and i'm crap with heights!
Posted: Fri 03 Oct, 2003 10:14 am
by Foxtricks
yeah phil it isnt that bad but then I dont know what its like for peeps with height difficulties.. the thing is if you show that you are not confident they will make you do it again... So try to train yourself if possible... Because you dont want to look like a prick up there in full view of everyone.. We had a guy on our course they made him do the whole thing again infront of us... He sh!te himself but did it..
Posted: Fri 03 Oct, 2003 2:47 pm
by RobInDaUK
Congrats foxtricks
Your scores seem very impressive, now keep us informed how your training goes. I'm sure you'll grow to love Peter's Pool
Posted: Sun 05 Oct, 2003 5:19 pm
by kwew
how many times a year do they take a new intake for basic training?
and at the PRMC do they make you do the press-ups/sit-ups and pull ups to that bleep soundy thingy like at the POC?
help me please im stupid
Posted: Sun 05 Oct, 2003 6:15 pm
by davo141
They take a new troop of recruits every two weeks not sure about Officers....
The press ups and sit ups are NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT done to bleeps, beeps, chants or any other signals....you get told when to start and when to finish:)
hope that helps..
cheers, dave
Posted: Mon 06 Oct, 2003 12:50 am
by Jonah
Just to clarify, the intakes are every 3 weeks not 2...
Every troop spends 3 weeks in foundation block so they have to have left before the next lot can come in. At the end of the first 3 weeks, you have an inspection and if you pass, you move out of foundation, if not you get back trooped into the up-and-coming intake.
Posted: Mon 06 Oct, 2003 10:00 am
by kwew
thank god allah and any other god there is because i watched a video of the POC and they were doing press-ups etc to a bleeping sound, so i thought ill see how hard this is and i could only just about muster half of what i can normally do except the sit-ups because its a nice pace for them.
how many recruits start on each of these three weeks because i thought they only recruited around 1100 people a year.
anyway thanks for the info guys
Posted: Mon 06 Oct, 2003 11:41 am
by Butch
Kwew, the press-ups and sit-ups in gym test 1 on the POC are done to bleeps according to my liason officer, however, I'm sure he mentioned the pullups are done to the PTI's commands. I think he said that the commands were "arms bend, arms stretch" and you just kept going untill you could not keep up. Can anyone else confirm?
Posted: Mon 06 Oct, 2003 12:42 pm
by kwew
so its, on the POC its bleeps
and PRMC theres no bleeps thats harsh but i suppose thats what they want so thats what theyll get.
im going to start working on right now
Posted: Tue 14 Oct, 2003 7:05 pm
by fevernova
i need help look at my topic
Posted: Tue 14 Oct, 2003 9:25 pm
by MRobertson
Just out of intrest fox tricks were you the lad with a tattoo of a wolf/dog on your back and stayed in room 7?
Posted: Tue 14 Oct, 2003 9:33 pm
by fevernova
theres only 1 intake of 23 recuits every year
Posted: Tue 14 Oct, 2003 11:25 pm
by Jonah
1 intake of 23 recruits a year?? lol dont think your stats are accurate there mate ......
Posted: Wed 15 Oct, 2003 8:48 pm
by Foxtricks
M robertson i was in room 8 and i havent got any tattoos
Oh apart from 'Love' 'Hate' written across my knuckles
Posted: Wed 15 Oct, 2003 9:03 pm
by fevernova
Jonah might be 28 but thats it i was very shocked i got told 2 weeks ago when i decided not yet. when i had my interview wit LT polik. NO i ment young officers !
its 1 intake of a troop every 2 weeks for recuits