CFB Shilo soldiers to undergo fitness gauntlet

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A roughly 25-kilometre fitness challenge in Ninette is actually just the warm-up for some of the 35 soldiers from CFB Shilo who will be participating in the Mountain Man event in Alberta later this month.

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A roughly 25-kilometre fitness challenge in Ninette is actually just the warm-up for some of the 35 soldiers from CFB Shilo who will be participating in the Mountain Man event in Alberta later this month.

The gauntlet begins at 7 a.m. Wednesday under scorching heat and is expected to last until 2 p.m.

It begins with a 14.8-kilometre run, followed by a 1.9-kilometre canoe portage, a 6.2-kilometre paddle on Pelican Lake and then a final 3-kilometre run while strapped with a 35 lb backpack for the entire course.

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Members of the Brandon Wheat Kings run the confidence training course used by soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry at CFB Shilo on Monday.
Bruce Bumstead/Brandon Sun Members of the Brandon Wheat Kings run the confidence training course used by soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry at CFB Shilo on Monday.

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