Summer Survival

General Description

The Survival is a highly challenging multi-contest of three-member military teams, in which all participants have to prove outstanding physical and mental endurance. Furthermore, they are expected to master all basic skills needed for special physical training and shooting with small arms.

The route of the competition and individual events are designed so as to expose the athletes to an unknown environment and make them work in isolation.

As seen in the task list, individual soldiers have to prove their reaction flexibility, logical deduction, improvisation, communication and cooperation skills, and teamwork spirit.

The competition mostly takes place in the military training area and in rough and forested terrain at 250m elevation.

Content

• Shooting with small arms
• Movements on foot with and without a load
• Land navigation with map, plate compass or drawings
• Surmounting artificial and natural obstacles
• Providing first aid, self-help and transporting a wounded person
• Throwing objects in a distance and at a target
• Swimming, diving, jumping into water, wading
• Moving in vessels
• Climbing and rappelling
• Building a shelter, making fire and meal
• Other untraditional and surprising tasks