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Fascinating film tells history of Aberdyfi Outward Bound Trust
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31/07/2024
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Outward Bound was set up not to change lives, but to save them.
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In the dark days of 1941, we were losing hundreds of young merchant seamen in the North Atlantic.
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Why?
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Because they were inexperienced and lacked confidence.
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They were simply not strong enough to survive in the water when those ships were torpedoed
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from under them.
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Outward Bound was designed to give them that confidence.
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It was done by facing them with a series of outdoor challenges that brought out the best
00:31
in them.
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It assured them, in other words, that they were better than they knew.
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After the war, it was decided to apply the very same principles for the young people
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of the next generation, and the next, and the next.
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They may not have had a world war to fight, but the following generations needed every
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ounce of confidence they could master as they grew up.
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Some of them were lucky.
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They had a teacher or mentor who encouraged them to be the best they could be.
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But the really lucky ones had Outward Bound.
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