THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INTERNATIONAL AWARD LIFE MAKERS FOUNDATION - EGYPT

EXPEDITION REPORT

EL-RAWAHEL TEAM

Team members :Omar Serag

Ahmed Wagih Ahmed Salah

Fatma Abd ElazizAsmaa ElalfyEsraa Osama

Supervisor: Mohamed Shawky

Assessor : Salma Assem

BRONZE STAGE

Journey Aim : Enhancing the teamwork

Journey Time: Took up two days and one night On Friday 12th February 2016 & Saturday 13th February 2016

Location : Wadi Al-Rayan, El-Fayoum, Egypt.

CIRCUMSTANCES AND WEATHER’S NATURE

-The weather was so hot , it was about 20degree Celsius there under the sun and in the desert.

-It was almost sunny and the sky was so clear. -We have met an obstacle that there was so many fields that we

have to go through but we understood that we have to walk around even it was a greater distance we have to walk.

-We have met a Wolf , but fortunately he ran away when he saw us. -There was so many sand mountains that we have to go through and

they were so hard to climb that the sand take us down when we try to go up.

-We have sit down under a tree to have our food to continue our journey.

Notes AND COMMENTS THROUGH THE ROUTEOn our road of Wadi el-Rayan we saw different types of wild life

Day 1We saw the mixture of desert and green lands

We saw two kinds of birds and some kinds of plants

And also a rock mountain which was far away

There was very beautiful land full of plants

After the green land we saw a lake and the mix of sand and water was amazing

And finally we arrived to check point 2

And the mountain got closer

We saw Al-Modawara mountain and one of our team climbed it

At the end of day 1 we saw water ,sand and beautiful sun set

Day 2We walked through desert and sand dunes

PREPARATIONS AND DETAILS -Preparations were made to prepare food we

previously agreed on like barbecue. -Once we had arrived at Al-Rayan Valley , we

started in preparing lunch of the first day. -We prepared food purses and shared roles to

carry them on the way.

-At check point 2 we have prepared breakfast then we prayed.The distance traveled after that was 3 and half km.

-Upon return to the camp after passing about 22 km long we started preparing lunch and cooking meat as previously mentioned.

-One of the problems which we faced in the way of is the lack of water on the road and that was among the reasons that made us very exhausted.

-Next day we followed the same system and the arrangement according to food.

-Among the supplies was the first aid box that was accompanying to bag of food along the way and praise be to Allah, we didn't need any thing of it along our way in 2 days , we only used hand gel.

EXPEDITION CLOTHESEvery one from us was wearing about 2 to 3 layers

from heavy clothes and jacket to keep warm at night

In addition to this We took at our personal kit

-2 pairs of socks -Walking trousers

-2 t-shirts -Underwear

-Nightwear -Gloves -Sunhat

EXPEDITION TOOLS -Ruler & pen

-Notebook -Maps

-compass -Back bag

-Hand wash gel -Sun block

-Knife -Torch -Hooter

-Sleeping bags -Coal for our barbecue

-Grill -Food bag

-First-Aid kit

CONCLUSION

My personal experience from this spectacular hike was , mainly, I was trying to test my limits in different aspects such as physical abilities, patience and flexibility.Despite I was very tired and I had a long distance to walk, I insisted to climb a mountain and come back because ,who knows, I might not be able to come back to this place soon.I’ve learned to pack my bag properly and take the essential tools only so as not to be too heavy, I also needed more liquids in my journey.Our team was so co-operative , once one of us lose effort others encourage him to continue.That’s all for now…I’m eager now to walk the 48 kilometers :D :D