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Questions for Davy from Le Rocquier School, Year 11, Geography Class

Personal

Who are you and where do you live?

How would you describe yourself as a person?

What motivates you to do such extreme activities?

Who’s your inspiration? Why?

Have you ever been to a desert environment before?

Whilst away, what will you miss most?

Selection Process

How did you hear about the expedition?

How many people applied to be on the expedition?What was the selection process for the expedition?

Preparation

What training have you had to do to prepare yourself?

What expeditions or adventure activities have you done before?

What equipment will you be using? What’s the most important piece? Do you have any new specialist equipment for this walk?

What ‘luxury’ items will you take with you?

How many pairs of socks will you pack?

 Expectations

What do you see as the biggest challenges during the expedition?

How much weight do you expect to lose on this expedition? – Are you putting extra weight on advance?

 During

You will need a large amount of water to survive – how are you going to provide this?

What special clothing will you be wearing?

What’s the emergency plan if things go wrong? – What backup support do you have?

If one member of the team starts to struggle, what happens?

What food will you be eating during the expedition?

Will you be using anything from the local / natural environment (e.g. edible plants etc)

When in the day will you be walking? – Will you avoid the heat of the day?

What natural wildlife will you encounter? – Friend or For?

What environmental impact will this expedition have?

Is there any part of the expedition which you think will be particularly hard?

What news coverage / following are you expecting to have?

 Miscellaneous

Has anyone ever attempted this walk before?

Is there the chance that this walk is too much and you may fail? – How hard is this expedition?

On a scale of 1-10, how dangerous is this expedition?

When is the National Geographic Documentary going to be aired?

Other than completing the personal challenge of the expedition, are there any larger targets / aims of the trip?

 Thank you and good luck