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Sophie Prideaux scales the side of a cliff face.
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The new Bear Grylls Explorers Camp in Ras Al Khaimah. All photos courtesy Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority
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Base camp at the new Bear Grylls Explorers Camp in Ras Al Khaimah.
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Participants are given an introduction before heading into the outdoors.
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Outdoor essentials for the Bear Grylls Explorers Camp survival course.
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The Bear Grylls Explorers Camp takes participants into the wadis of Jebel Jais.
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Jebel Jais is home to the UAE's highest peak.
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The camp offers four, eight and 24-hour survival courses.
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Course leaders Martin Norton and Leon.
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Participants are taught Bear Grylls's essential survival tips.
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The course's instructors have all been trained at the Bear Grylls Survival Academy, and some have worked closely with the British adventurer.
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The team learn essential knife skills, such as how to carve a peg from wood.
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A lesson in knots.
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The course will take participants through rocky mountain terrain.
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The team learn how to tie different knots and what they are used for.
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The National's Sophie Prideaux channels her inner Bear Grylls.
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Participants in the survival courses will learn how to make fire.
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The course teaches essential survival skills, including how to make fire.
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Success! The course will teach you the different ways to start a fire in the wilderness.
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Participants learn how to build a trap for food
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Participants are put through their paces with a number of survival challenges.
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Grubs up: The National's Sophie Prideaux eats meal worms on the Bear Grylls Explorers Camp survival course.
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The National's Sophie Prideaux is put through her paces.
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The National's Sophie Prideaux abseils as part of the Bear Grylls Explorers Camp in Jebel Jais.
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Sophie Prideaux scales the side of a cliff face.
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The new Bear Grylls Explorers Camp in Ras Al Khaimah. All photos courtesy Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority
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Base camp at the new Bear Grylls Explorers Camp in Ras Al Khaimah.
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Participants are given an introduction before heading into the outdoors.
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Outdoor essentials for the Bear Grylls Explorers Camp survival course.
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The Bear Grylls Explorers Camp takes participants into the wadis of Jebel Jais.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/RPWGK52HX2XTKKT2H7REODEYOI.jpg?smart=true&auth=7eb2cbd0bd63e283539d804b1789b65ac3db4c5b8989a2b7e2dcf3bf031a2279&width=400&height=225)
Jebel Jais is home to the UAE's highest peak.
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The camp offers four, eight and 24-hour survival courses.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/JCAA2223XGUCCXSFI3TVHPOIHY.jpg?smart=true&auth=c08613ca21ef7af4515a6b3512c915abeeb2145c2830c1766c92c94b67019050&width=400&height=225)
Course leaders Martin Norton and Leon.
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Participants are taught Bear Grylls's essential survival tips.
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The course's instructors have all been trained at the Bear Grylls Survival Academy, and some have worked closely with the British adventurer.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/BC62FCOYFAGRN4VFI6N3BABILA.jpg?smart=true&auth=f00cac216ac3fff85ff1c0976f96e162712a736c37522495f8d04e094ec802c8&width=400&height=225)
The team learn essential knife skills, such as how to carve a peg from wood.
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A lesson in knots.
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The course will take participants through rocky mountain terrain.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/MJHPCSNDZREGH4GCY2CBGLTBEA.jpg?smart=true&auth=94bc2d82726562745a15eb828ec64be8639a53ec0b33f2c368327463479be2f8&width=400&height=225)
The team learn how to tie different knots and what they are used for.
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The National's Sophie Prideaux channels her inner Bear Grylls.
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Participants in the survival courses will learn how to make fire.
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The course teaches essential survival skills, including how to make fire.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/WPSDC3OPFWWZHOROO7OWGJTXZQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=06f14f65e8cf1121ff796087200451f94e9ad0efc39139a948e39bb092e6fbfd&width=400&height=225)
Success! The course will teach you the different ways to start a fire in the wilderness.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/T6J4FYK4UOA64WMQDOF2E427OA.jpg?smart=true&auth=2dc6d2d48e238489b157b1508a35b44d1c35aa9d116a5dcb1393e52bc3aa9934&width=400&height=225)
Participants learn how to build a trap for food
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Participants are put through their paces with a number of survival challenges.
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Grubs up: The National's Sophie Prideaux eats meal worms on the Bear Grylls Explorers Camp survival course.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/I2RBZVO3T7LEEI24U7JZ2C3LP4.jpg?smart=true&auth=5235577f703f7bebb4b7f35efd68a8d30056accc5d23ad1ea00ca26254a7720a&width=400&height=225)
The National's Sophie Prideaux is put through her paces.
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The National's Sophie Prideaux abseils as part of the Bear Grylls Explorers Camp in Jebel Jais.
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Sophie Prideaux scales the side of a cliff face.
Bug eating, abseiling and fire building: welcome to the new Bear Grylls Explorers Camp in Ras Al Khaimah
The National's Sophie Prideaux is put through her paces as she takes on the British explorer's new survival course in the wadis of Jebel Jais
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Sophie Prideaux
15 October, 2020
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