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	Ten Tors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ten Tors is an annual weekend hike organised and run in early May for 2,400 young people by the British Army on Dartmoor.
		Teams of six are required to visit ten tors; on the top of each tor is a checkpoint.
		Ten Tors was cancelled in 2001 because of foot and mouth disease but went ahead in 2003 despite the War in Iraq.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ten_Tors (565 words)

	Ten Tors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Tors Söner Samlas för att följa den Nordiska Seden samt för att hålla fornnordiska hantverk och traditioner vid liv.
		Bowmen of the Tors General information about courses, tournaments, relevant links and directions to the club, as well as a brief history of the sport and its variants.
		Ten Tors Orchestra Professional chamber orchestra touring Devon and Cornwall: details of concerts, new commissions, concerts and musicians.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Ten_Tors.html (495 words)

	Encyclopedia: Tor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One of the best known is at Hay Tor, on the eastern part of the moor, whose granite is of unusually fine quality and was quarried during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
		Ten Tors is an annual weekend hike on Dartmoor.
		Fox Tor is a relatively minor hill on Dartmoor, in the United Kingdom, but is best known for the swampy land that lies beneath it.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tor (973 words)

	ten tors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ten Tors is an annual weekend hike organised and run in early May for 2,500 young people by the British Army on Dartmoor.
		Teams must carry all their food, tents, stoves, emergency rations and a first aid kit; in the past they would have collected drinking water from the moor and used water purification tablets, but recent problems with cryptosporidium mean water is provided at each checkpoint.
		All the teams start on the Saturday from the base at Okehampton, there is 13 hours of walking on the first day, teams are not allowed to pass the 8th Tor until the second day.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /ten_tors.html (343 words)

	BS CCF Cadet Activities - Ten Tors Expedition
		The Ten Tors event is best described by the event website itself...
		The Ten Tors event - in parallel with the Jubilee Challenge - takes place one weekend in May, every year, and is now limited to 2400 individuals - 400 teams of six teenagers.
		In 1996 the Moor was struck by a snow and sleet storm over the Ten Tors weekend, and the teams had poor visibility and numbing cold to contend with.
	www.bsccf.co.uk /activities/tentors/TenTors.htm (473 words)

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		Ten nationally/internationally distributed publications in technology education were identified and selected for analysis.
		Edi- tors were asked to respond to the questions provided and to return a copy of their most recent publication guidelines.
		Edi- tors of publications that provided theme is- sues commented that the percentage of acceptance for theme articles was greater than their typical acceptance rate.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /ejournals/JTE/v1n2/ascii/litowitz.jte-v1n2 (2112 words)

	BBC - Devon Great Outdoors - Ten Tors Challenge 2005
		The Ten Tors is one of the biggest events on the Devon calendar.
		Ten Tors Controller Major Toby Grey said: "Last year the weather was kinder and 450 dropped out.
		The Ten Tors Challenge really is a case of the survival of the fittest...the aim is simply to get to the finish line.
	www13.thdo.bbc.co.uk /devon/outdoors/moors/2005/ten_tors.shtml (547 words)

	News Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ten Tors Team Managers spend a lot of time and effort coaching their trainees in navigational skills, team responsibilities and confidence.
		The competition invited Ten Tors Team Managers to enter brief details of the ideas they used to inspire their teams with an appreciation of Dartmoor’s unique landscape.
		3 Ten Tors is an annual event, organised by Ministry of Defence personnel, which takes place over a weekend in May. Teams of up to 6 young people visit ten tors during one of three different length routes (35, 45 and 55 miles), spending one night camping on the moor.
	www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk /dnp/news/nr190500.html (573 words)

	Ten Tors
		Each year in May, a mixed team of six intrepid lower sixth formers takes part in the Ten Tors, a 45 mile challenge hike across Dartmoor.
		The task is to complete the route in 24 hours in what are often extremely inhospitable weather conditions, checking in at 10 tors (peaks) en route and returning to the start before 5pm on the second day.
		The Ten Tors is not a race but a team challenge and selection is geared towards those who are not necessarily involved in the major sports.
	www.dauntseys.wilts.sch.uk /main/publicweb/Docs/Sport/Ten-Tors.htm (200 words)

	Eclipse Outdoor: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Ten Tors idea was conceived in September of 1959 Lieutenant Colonel Gregory, Major Parker and Captain Joyner of the Junior Leaders Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals, Newton Abbott.
		The first time we took part in Ten Tors, back in 02, we were woken up, along with thousands of other participants, reserves, team managers and supporters, all camped over a large expanse of ground at Okehampton Camp, to the melodious tones of Major Manly.
		On our first Ten Tors, we tabbed at an impressive rate of abou 12km an hour for quite a while, only to realise that there was no way were making the next Tor before it closed.
	www.eclipseoutdoor.com /view_content.php?article_id=75 (1458 words)

	TEN TORS FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ten Tors is an annual weekend hike organised and run in early May for 2,400 young people by the British_Army on Dartmoor.
		Teams must carry all their food, tents, stoves, navigation equipment, maps, emergency_rations and a first_aid_kit; they also collect drinking water from the moor and use water purification tablets.
		Ten Tors was cancelled in 2001 because of foot_and_mouth_disease but went ahead in 2003 despite the War in Iraq.
	www.witwib.com /Ten_Tors (534 words)

	Ten Tors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Teams must carry all their food, tents, stoves, emergency rations and afirst aid kit; in the past they would have collected drinking water from the moor and used water purification tablets, but recentproblems with cryptosporidium mean water is provided at eachcheckpoint.
		All the teams start on the Saturday from the base at Okehampton, there is 13 hours of walking on the first day, teamsare not allowed to pass the 8th Tor until the second day.
		Those trying for a Bronze medal must camp on one of the Tors, Silverand Gold teams can camp anywhere on the moor.
	www.therfcc.org /ten-tors-90969.html (288 words)

	BS CCF Cadet Activities - Ten Tors 2004
		The event, organised by the Army's HQ 43 Wessex Brigade at Exeter, passed with remarkably few injuries considering 2,400 youngsters were pushed to their limits, some covering up to 55 miles of tough Dartmoor terrain.
		But to their relief, Ten Tors, now in its 43rd year, got off to a flying start on Saturday morning, with 400 mixed teams from schools, youth organisations, and service cadets, ready to put their months of training into practice.
		They come back to that finish line changed people, I think, and that's what counts." This year the Ten Tors Challenge was extended for the first time to a group of people from outside of the region - the Australian Air Force Cadets.
	www.bsccf.co.uk /activities/tentors/TenTors2004.htm (972 words)

	The King's School Ely (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A group of 14 and 15-year-old pupils from The King’s School Ely faced the rigours of the Ten Tors Challenge on Dartmoor at the weekend (10 and 11 May) and smashed the school’s record for the event by over an hour.
		The Ten Tors is run annually by the Joint Services (Army, Royal Navy and RAF) and is open to teams of six 14 and 15-year-olds in Years 9 and 10 who have to complete a 35-mile expedition visiting ten designated tors on Dartmoor.
		The Ten Tors Challenge is now firmly established in the school’s year and run under the auspices of King’s unique outdoor pursuits programme, the Ely Scheme.
	www.kings-ely.cambs.sch.uk /index.asp?inc=newsread&article=38 (265 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ten Tors is an event run every year by the army to challenge young people to walk either 35, 45 or 55 miles in a team of 6 across Dartmoor in 2 days.
		We don't currently have allot of information on this years ten tours but anyone interested or wanting to find our more will have to wait for next year for a chance to join in as training has already started for this year.
		for more information on the ten tors event.
	www.bristolwestexplorers.org.uk /10tors.htm (97 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ten Tors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Dartmoor is a National Park in the centre of the English county of Devon.
		The organisers stress that it is not a race, but a test of endurance and survival skills - not just because of the distances and the challenging terrain, but potentially the weather.
		Logistics is the art and science of managing and controlling the flow of goods, energy and information.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ten-Tors (911 words)

	BBC - Devon Great Outdoors - 2003 Ten Tors Challenge on Dartmoor
		Participants in the annual Ten Tors event left Okehampton Camp at 0700 BST on Saturday 10th May to cover distances of 35, 45 or 55 miles according to their age.
		The Ten Tors is not a race, instead it is designed to test self will and determination against the odds of rough ground and the elements.
		There was a huge sigh of relief from thousands of young people, when the Army announced that the 2003 Ten Tors would be taking place as usual - despite the force's commitment in the Gulf.
	db.bbc.co.uk /devon/outdoors/moors/ten_tors_2003_finished.shtml (574 words)

	Ten Tors
		For Ten Tors to be an effective challenge then it needs to have teams that do not compete the course, it...
		The teams are given map references for ten Tors and they have to navigate from one...
		Ten Tors, 35, 45 or 55 miles, an overnight camp and two days to...
	www.happy.org.uk /ten-tors.html (285 words)

	Ten Tors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ten Tors was (still is) a youth expedition across Dartmoor.
		Group photo by a "trig" point somewhere on Dartmoor on a training weekend prior to Ten Tors itself.
		Could be WW1, but it's the Ten Tors group kitchen.
	homepages.tesco.net /~john.dillon1/tentors.htm (617 words)

	BBC - Devon Great Outdoors - 2003 Ten Tors Challenge on Dartmoor
		There was a huge sigh of relief from thousands of young people, when the Army announced that the 2003 Ten Tors Challenge on Dartmoor would be taking place as usual - despite the force's commitment in the Gulf.
		Add to that the fact the walkers must carry all their clothing, tents, and sleeping bags with them for the Saturday night out under the stars, and it all makes for a gruelling 48 hours.
		The first Ten Tors Challenge was held in 1959, when 203 boys and girls took part...who would have thought then that it would become one of the biggest events in the Devon calendar.
	www.bbc.co.uk /devon/outdoors/moors/ten_tors_2003.shtml (396 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| England \| Devon \| Trekkers defy Ten Tors downpours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Organisers say 650 of the 2,400 youngsters dropped out of the annual Ten Tors Challenge from Okehampton Army camp because of the conditions.
		The Army's 43 (Wessex) Brigade, which organised the event, said conditions were "pretty grim", with 40mph winds and driving rain for the participants, some of whom are as young as 13.
		Ten Tors began in 1960, when three Army officers organised an event which attracted just 203 boys and girls.
	www40.thny.bbc.co.uk /2/low/uk_news/england/devon/4548557.stm (284 words)

	KLB Outdoor Activities - Ten Tors 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Ten Tors Challenge is on Dartmoor and this year took place on the 13
		They made fine progress across and reached their sixth tor by the end of Saturday’s walk.
		They were up at 3.30am on the Sunday and made excellent progress to arrive at the end by mid afternoon.
	atschool.eduweb.co.uk /klbsren/extra/outdoor/tentors2000.htm (339 words)

	BBC - Devon - The Ten Tors, a Dartmoor challenge
		There was no Ten Tors Challenge in 2001, as it fell victim to the foot-and-mouth outbreak.
		In 1959, three army officers felt that the moor would provide a challenge for civilians - and the Ten Tors Challenge for young people was born.
		There was no Ten Tors Challenge in 2001, as it fell victim to the foot-and-mouth outbreaks, so the 2002 event was even more eagerly anticipated then ever.
	www.bbc.co.uk /devon/outdoors/outdoor_pursuits/ten_tors_2002.shtml (467 words)

	Ten Tors, event (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		If you would like to come and see your son start the Ten Tors challenge on Saturday 14th May you will need to arrive at Okehampton Army camp by 6.30am at the latest (Map).
		Information about team progress will be available from the Ten Tors Website over the course of the weekend.
		This can vary massively so you are advised to check the official Ten Tors website on Saturday night to ascertain the location of the teams you are interested in.
	www.blundells.org /tentors_event.htm (374 words)

	Info
		Ten Tors and the Explorer Scout Awards You can get more out of Ten Tors; you can use the training help towards other Scout badges.
		TT Flyer - This flyer is used to promote Ten Tors in the NW District, print a copy to display in your scout hut.
		Ten Tors Map Ten Tors uses a slightly different OS map, the map has boundaries and out of bound areas and this document explains the official TT map.
	www.tipekans.com /~bryan/Info.htm (228 words)

	Ten Tors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		off Clear Lake quarterback Andrew Deckerâs first pass of the game at the Torsâ 28-yard line and returned it 63 yards to the Falcon 35.
		North Sea - On-site development at Tors (Kilmar and Garrow) continues with the possibility...
		the live webcast, log on to http://www.atpog.com ten minutes prior...
	ten-tors.wikiverse.org (381 words)

	Pork Hill CP to Stephens Grave
		In the car park were several groups of walkers, some carrying full packs obviously in training for the ten Tors walk and another group of Plymouth Ramblers who themselves were off to recce another walk.
		The first tor of note was Feather Tor and it stood out well a few hundred yards east of us.
		During the day we too had completed a walk around ten Tors, check the write up and you'll find ten Tors mentioned, not all of them climbed I'm pleased to say but plenty to look at nevertheless.
	website.lineone.net /~dpawley/porkstep/porkstep.html (1108 words)

	Southampton URNU - AT & Expeds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ten Tors training also features heavily in the SURNU calendar, with a group of students sent to find their way around Dartmoor in May each year.
		Although the team was disappointed not to have completed the course, they can undoubtedly be pleased with their achievements in very challenging circumstances.
		SURNU is very proud of these members, who have put in a great deal of effort in training for the event in the past few months.
	www.soton.ac.uk /~surnu/expeds.htm (1194 words)

	Extracurricular activities, benefits, school field trips, adventure training
		The school regularly enters teams for the challenging Ten Tors Expedition, and training takes place on Dartmoor throughout the year as part of an Adventure Training programme.
		Ten Tors 2005 took place in cold, wet and miserable weather conditions.
		With a large number of girls keen, trained and capable of taking part, there was much contact with other organisations before the event to try to place all who wanted to walk in a team.
	www.stmargarets-school.co.uk /the_school/06_extra_curricular.html (473 words)

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