Rites of Initiation

The Society for Modern Living says:

Forget about technology. Forget about intelligent buildings, new cars, or molecular gastronomy. Modern life isn't that. It also happens to have them. but it isn't about them.

It's about speed. The quickening pace of life and being ahead of the game. It's not enough to have the right answer: you have to have a great answer.

Modern life looks safe and comfortable but is more deadly and difficult than ever. A roof over your head? Earn it. A loving family? No time. A steady paycheck? Forget it, yours is being outsourced. Bills? Up to your neck and drowning in them. Recognition? What on earth did you do to get any?

If you're going to stop and admire yourself, you aren't just going to lag behind. You're going to be last.

So what's it going to take to make it?

Early explorerers like Magellan and Columbus faced the unknown with little rules to guide them about what to expect. Our Explorers will do the same. And like deadly accurate hunters across the world, our Hunters will turn the landscape to their advantage. The Rangers, like others that share the name, will overcome everything thrown at them. Those traits will be necessary to survive.

Forget everything you know about modern life. Start over. This is your initiation.

The Hunters
Like nomads and aboriginals, this initiation group will live off the land, finding food, water and shelter in the most obvious yet unexpected places - right in front of them. By the time they walk out of the jungle they will be able to look at the most hostile situation and say, "Sure, I can handle that!"

Day 1: Initiation Begins, Prepartion for Inner Jungle Experience & Daily Reflection
Day 2: Inner Jungle Experience & Cave Stay
Day 3: Orang Asli Experience & Jungle Survival Skills
Day 4: Trekking up Dedari HIll, Canopy Walk & Reunion Dinner
Day 5: Back to Modern Living

The Rangers
This initiatiion group will endure distances they would never dream of back home. They will walk, ride, paddle and fly farther than ever, and they will never doubt themselves or look back. When the marathons are done, they will be able to see anything through to the end, no matter how long it takes.

One half
Day 1: Initiation Begins, Camp Craft at Jeram Besu & Daily Reflection
Day 2: Water Confidence, White Water Rafting, Flying Fox & River Crossing
Day 3: Cycling Challenge
Day 4: Trekking at Kuala Tahan, Canopy Walk & Reunion Dinner
Day 5: Back to Modern Living

The other half...
Day 1: Initiation Begins, Camp Craft at Pasir Sia & Daily Reflection
Day 2: Cycling Challenge
Day 3: Water Confidence, White Water Rafting, Flying Fox & River Crossing
Day 4: Canopy Walk, Trekking at Kuala Tahan & Reunion Dinner
Day 5: Back to Modern Living

The Explorers
This initiation group will be either above, below or holding onto rocks at all times. Surviving the darkness of the caverns and of the night, to emerge at the end, a glorious initiate.

Day 1: Initiation Begins, Camp Craft at Gelanggi & Daily Reflections
Day 2: Abseiling (1st Half) / Cave Experience (2nd Half) & Solo Drop
Day 3: Cave Experience (1st Half) / Abseiling (2nd Half) & Night Walk
Day 4: Canopy Walk, Rapid Shooting, Orang Asli Experience & Reunion Dinner
Day 5: Back to Modern Living