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  • With a grimace on her pained face, a female Officer Cadet at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst splashes through a water obstacle during  an endurance race. Recruits are running a 5 mile steeplechase around the Academy grounds to assess individual stamina and accumulate team points. Sandhurst is an institution which has bred staff officers since 1800. Today it trains future officers for the demands of leadership and military understanding of military understanding. Students are tested for their command instincts, intellect, strength of character and physical endurance often under great psychological pressure - the demands asked of them in modern warfare. Failure in this test might not necessarily mean dismissal though perseverance or refusal to give up won't harm their prospects.
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  • An Officer Cadet at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst is loaded into the back of a British Army Land Rover ambulance to join the downfacing trainers of a collapsed colleague, after retiring  from an endurance race. Recruits run a 5 mile steeplechase around the Academy grounds to assess individual stamina and accumulate team points. Sandhurst is an institution which has bred staff officers since 1800. Today it trains future officers for the demands of leadership and military understanding of military understanding,. Students are tested for their command instincts, intellect, strength of character and physical endurance often under great psychological pressure - the demands asked of them in modern warfare. Failure in this test might not necessarily mean dismissal though perserverence or refusal to give up won't harm their prospects.
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  • A young Nepali boy is undergoes a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment called the Doko race, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training, on 16th January 1997, in Pokhara, Nepal. Carrying 30kg of river stones in a traditional Himalayan doko (basket) for 3km up foothills within 37 minutes to pass.  60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youths for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • A young Nepali boy is undergoes a recruitment test of pull-ups for the Gurkha Regiment, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training, on 16th January 1997, in Pokhara, Nepal. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youths for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    gurkha_selection02-16-01-1997.jpg
  • Teenage Nepali boys await the start of a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment called the Doko race, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. They have to carry 30kg of river stones in a traditional Himalayan doko (basket) for 3km up foothills within 37 minutes to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youths for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    doko_gurkhas-16-01-1997.jpg
  • A young Nepali boy is straining in his last sit-ups during a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. He has to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkha_training0416-01_1997.jpg
  • Three soldier recruits wearing shorts and black army boots, one with blood trickling down from the knees to the shins, stand at ease, lined up for inspection after the rigorous steeple-chase endurance race, an individual test with candidates running against the clock over a 1.8 mile cross country course. The course features a number of 'water obstacles' and having completed the cross country element, candidates must negotiate and 'Assault Course' to complete the test. This forms part of  the 14-week long Pegasus (P) Company selection programme. Recruits wanting to join the British Army's Parachute Regiment held regularly at Catterick army barracks, Yorkshire, need to pass this and other tests before earning the right to wear the esteemed maroon beret. A plastic bottle of water stands between recruit number three (3) and six (6).
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  • A young Nepali boy is measured for lung capacity during a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment - part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training, on 16th January 1997, in Pokhara, Nepal. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youths for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    gurkha_selection03-16-01-1997.jpg
  • A local man carries electric cabling uphill on the Annapurna Sanctuary trekking route in central Nepal. With few roads that can transport supplies and raw materials up to remote foothill communities, the only way is often to carry what one needs on the back or by yak. The paths are even but often very steep in places so stamina and endurance are needed to get even modest weights uphill. Nepalis up here often want newer technology and basic electricity to power lights and showers although solar power is another answer.
    himalayas_porter02-12-12-1997.jpg
  • A young Nepali boy is undergoing a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment called the Doko race, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. He has to carry 30kg of river stones in a traditional Himalayan doko (basket) for 3km up foothills within 37 minutes to pass.  60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkha_training0116-01_1997.jpg
  • A young Nepali boy is undergoing a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment called the Doko race, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. He has to carry 30kg of river stones in a traditional Himalayan doko (basket) for 3km up foothills within 37 minutes to pass.  60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youths for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • A middle-aged man on the right, jogs with a younger exercise partner while they run laps around Ruskin Park in the south London borough of Lambeth, on 23rd January 2023, in London, England.
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  • A middle-aged man on the right, jogs with a younger exercise partner while they run laps around Ruskin Park in the south London borough of Lambeth, on 18th November 2021, in London, England.
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  • A middle-aged man on the right, jogs with a younger exercise partner while they run laps around Ruskin Park in the south London borough of Lambeth, on 23rd January 2023, in London, England.
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  • A middle-aged man on the right, jogs with a younger exercise partner while they run laps around Ruskin Park in the south London borough of Lambeth, on 18th November 2021, in London, England.
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  • A runner wearing a red shirt jogs through early morning sunlight in Ruskin Park, a public green space in Lambeth, on 24th June 2021, in London, England. CREDIT RICHARD BAKER.
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  • With bare legs, a runner wears shorts and passes snow-covered roofs of south London Edwardian homes and residential high-rise towers under construction, on 8th February 2021, in London, England.
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  • As the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffers from Coronavirus and remains in intensive care in hospital - and a record 938 UK daily deaths were recorded, a total of 7,097, Londoners keep to government guidelines for daily exercise and practice social distancing in Ruskin Park, a green space in Herne Hill, Lambeth, on 8th April 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-19-08-04-2020.jpg
  • As the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffers from Coronavirus and remains in intensive care in hospital - and a record 938 UK daily deaths were recorded, a total of 7,097, Londoners keep to government guidelines for daily exercise and practice social distancing in Ruskin Park, a green space in Herne Hill, Lambeth, on 8th April 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-17-08-04-2020.jpg
  • As the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffers from Coronavirus and remains in intensive care in hospital - and a record 938 UK daily deaths were recorded, a total of 7,097, Londoners keep to government guidelines for daily exercise and practice social distancing in Ruskin Park, a green space in Herne Hill, Lambeth, on 8th April 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-18-08-04-2020.jpg
  • As the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffers from Coronavirus and remains in intensive care in hospital - and a record 938 UK daily deaths were recorded, a total of 7,097, Londoners keep to government guidelines for daily exercise and practice social distancing in Ruskin Park, a green space in Herne Hill, Lambeth, on 8th April 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-16-08-04-2020.jpg
  • As the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffers from Coronavirus and remains in intensive care in hospital - and a record 938 UK daily deaths were recorded, a total of 7,097, Londoners keep to government guidelines for daily exercise and practice social distancing in Ruskin Park, a green space in Herne Hill, Lambeth, on 8th April 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-15-08-04-2020.jpg
  • As the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffers from Coronavirus and remains in intensive care in hospital - and a record 938 UK daily deaths were recorded, a total of 7,097, Londoners keep to government guidelines for daily exercise and practice social distancing in Ruskin Park, a green space in Herne Hill, Lambeth, on 8th April 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-14-08-04-2020.jpg
  • As the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffers from Coronavirus and remains in intensive care in hospital - and a record 938 UK daily deaths were recorded, a total of 7,097, Londoners keep to government guidelines for daily exercise and practice social distancing in Ruskin Park, a green space in Herne Hill, Lambeth, on 8th April 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-13-08-04-2020.jpg
  • As the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffers from Coronavirus and remains in intensive care in hospital - and a record 938 UK daily deaths were recorded, a total of 7,097, Londoners keep to government guidelines for daily exercise and practice social distancing in Ruskin Park, a green space in Herne Hill, Lambeth, on 8th April 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-12-08-04-2020.jpg
  • As the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffers from Coronavirus and remains in intensive care in hospital - and a record 938 UK daily deaths were recorded, a total of 7,097, Londoners keep to government guidelines for daily exercise and practice social distancing in Ruskin Park, a green space in Herne Hill, Lambeth, on 8th April 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-11-08-04-2020.jpg
  • As the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffers from Coronavirus and remains in intensive care in hospital - and a record 938 UK daily deaths were recorded, a total of 7,097, Londoners keep to government guidelines for daily exercise and practice social distancing in Ruskin Park, a green space in Herne Hill, Lambeth, on 8th April 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-10-08-04-2020.jpg
  • As the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffers from Coronavirus and remains in intensive care in hospital - and a record 938 UK daily deaths were recorded, a total of 7,097, Londoners keep to government guidelines for daily exercise and practice social distancing in Ruskin Park, a green space in Herne Hill, Lambeth, on 8th April 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-07-08-04-2020.jpg
  • As the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffers from Coronavirus and remains in intensive care in hospital - and a record 938 UK daily deaths were recorded, a total of 7,097, Londoners keep to government guidelines for daily exercise and practice social distancing in Ruskin Park, a green space in Herne Hill, Lambeth, on 8th April 2020, in south London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-08-08-04-2020.jpg
  • The day after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed unprecedented restrictions of movement for millions of Britons who were told to stay at home unless their key jobs or journeys were essential. Told to take a single exercise session per day, self-employed Russell who has been displaced from the indoor gym at Brockwell Lido, jumps with his skipping rope at a clear space for those wishing to work out on a soft surface, where south Londoners use their local green space for a daily activity in Brockwell Park in Herne Hill SE24, on 24th March 2020.
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  • The day after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed unprecedented restrictions of movement for millions of Britons who were told to stay at home unless their key jobs or journeys were essential. Told to take a single exercise session per day, self-employed Russell who has been displaced from the indoor gym at Brockwell Lido, jumps with his skipping rope at a clear space for those wishing to work out on a soft surface, where south Londoners use their local green space for a daily activity in Brockwell Park in Herne Hill SE24, on 24th March 2020.
    coronavirus_park-10-24-03-2020.jpg
  • An instructor with the Royal Gurkha Rifles points a recruit towards an objective while on tactical training manoeuvres on heathland above Farnborough, on 5th August 1996, in Farnborough, England. Nepali-born boys belong to an elite Regiment of the British army. Every year 60,000 boys attend recruiting sessions in villages and towns in the Himalayan Kingdom but only 150 are selected each year to serve on active duty across the world. They fly to the UK for basic soldier training where they learn the skills required for infantry, transport, communications or clerical duties. Their reputation as a fierce but intensely loyal fighting force and many Victoria Crosses were won for bravery during World War 2. Here they are seen cradling modern SA-80 rifles while dressed in camouflaged helmets with oak leaves.
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  • London Marathon runners wearing fancy dress costumes - including a skinny pink ballerina and a Playboy Bunny, pass through the Canary Wharf development in 1991, on 21st April 1991, in London, England. Canary Wharf is the product of the 1980s financial boom when during the term of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, huge building projects such as the Docklands consortium saw vast changes in London's landscape.
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  • Crews from around the UK and Ireland compete in the annual Great River race on the river Thames, on 23rd September 1995, in London England.
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  • Crews from around the UK and Ireland compete in the annual Great River race on the river Thames, on 23rd September 1995, in London England.
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  • A tired elderly visitor to the capital yawns next to the Information kiosk at the London Eye, on 20th July 2017, on the Southbank, London, England.
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  • Resting cyclist consults map of Dolomites mountain range while on the summit of the Wurzjoch Pass, on the road between Brixen-Bessanone and St Martin in Badia.
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  • Resting cyclist consults map of Dolomites mountain range while on the summit of the Wurzjoch Pass, on the road between Brixen-Bessanone and St Martin in Badia.
    wurzjoch_pass01-16-07-2015.jpg
  • A dog owner and her two pet pugs with coloured leads who refuse to go any further while crossing a small bridge over a narrow canal in Dorsoduro, a district in Venice, Italy.
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  • A lone rider nears the top of the Jaufenpass, the highest point at 2,094 metres on the road between Meran-merano and Sterzing-Vipiteno in South Tyrol, Italy. The South Tyrolean budget is 5bn Euros with only 10% leaving the region for government in Rome.
    jaufenpass_italy02-13-07-2015.jpg
  • Woman walks uphill on a quiet, rural road in northern Italy, South Tyrol.
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  • Detail of an illustration of two joggers wearing Karrimor sportswear, running in the window of a shop in central London.
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  • Detail of an illustration of two joggers wearing Karrimor sportswear, running in the window of a shop in central London.
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  • Detail of an illustration of two joggers wearing Karrimor sportswear, running in the window of a shop in central London.
    karrimor_window01-28-04-2015.jpg
  • Lunchtime jogger runs past hoarding with London Bridge in the background.
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  • Male lunchtime jogger runs over Blackfriars Bridge.
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains with her trainer in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains with her trainer in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
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  • A jogger runs past an office foyer entrance featuring dots and circles on exterior windows in the City of London. The man is about to head south over London Bridge and passes these offices whose window theme is a series of dots, currently popular in the City of London - the capital's oldest financial district.
    city_spots02-15-04-2014.jpg
  • A local man carries tourism industry supplies downhill on the Annapurna Sanctuary trekking route in central Nepal. With the heavy load on his back, supported in the traditional Himalayan manner of a head strap that steadies the pack, the man makes his steady way down the foothill using a long pole for extra balance. Communities here partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing but also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers from all over the world walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak. To be greeted by so much choice is the most rewarding experience and the offer of hot showers is about the best reward for so much exertion.
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  • Spanish news reporter in media village behind railings as tension mounts outside St Mary's Hospital, Paddington London, where media and royalists await news of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge's impending labour and birth. Some have been camping out for up to two weeks during a UK heatwave, having bagged the best locations where an heir to the British throne will eventually be shown to the world.
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  • A lone lady jogger runs along the top of a hill in her local park. During a prolonged cold spell of bad weather, snow fell continuously on the capital days before, allowing families the chance to enjoy the bleak conditions in Ruskin Park in the borough of Lambeth.
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  • A British army Parachute Regiment recruit is suffering from exhaustion on a rigorous assault course conducted over rough terrain and into water. He emerges dripping from the water jump and back into the forest accompanied by instructors who shout encouragement and abuse to get the candidate to a successful stage of this test. This forms part of the 14-week long Pegasus (P) Company selection programme that recruits wanting to join the British Army's elite Parachute Regiment, held regularly at Catterick army barracks in Yorkshire, need to pass (with other tests) before earning the right to wear the esteemed maroon beret.
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  • A young woman dashes through woodland after reaaching a checkpoint during an orienteering race.
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  • Line Jensen of Denmark (#19, left) leads Japan's Mariko Adachi (#15) in the cycling phase of the womens' Triathlon held in Hyde Park during the London 2012 Olympics. The race was eventually won in a photo finish by the Swiss Nicola Spirig, Lisa Norden (Silver) and Australia's Erin Densham (Bronze)
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  • USA's Gwen Jorgensen (right) in the cycling phase of the womens' Triathlon held in Hyde Park during the London 2012 Olympics. The race was eventually won in a photo finish by the Swiss Nicola Spirig, Lisa Norden (Silver) and Australia's Erin Densham (Bronze)
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  • An exhausted jogger has collapsed and lies on his back on the gravel outside the ICA in London's The Mall.
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  • A male swimmer stands up after doing the Crawl across this scene of fresh water bathing in the Serpentine Lake in London's Hyde Park. This bathing area is where the normally busy Serpentine Swimming Club has the use of this Royal Lake known as Lansbury's Lido. It is now normally open only in the summer, but one traditional event occurs each year on New Year's Day, when the ice is broken and brave bathers dive into the cold waters of the lake. The Serpentine will be used for the swimming leg of the triathlon at the London 2012 Olympics. The pool was formed in 1730, its name from a snakelike, curve. Queen Caroline wife of George II ordered the damming of the River Westbourne and other natural ponds in Hyde Park.
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  • Early morning regular swimmer swims solitary lengths at Brockwell (Brixton) Lido before crowds arrive
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  • A boy soldier has collapsed on the ground suffering from fatigue and dehydration on a rigorous march conducted as a squad of soldier recruits, over undulating terrain with each candidate carrying a bergen (back pack) weighing 35 pounds (plus water) and a weapon. Two senior trainers haul the buy up who fell under the weight of his backpack and weapon carried on a hot day and without drinking enough fluids. The 10-mile march must be completed in 1 hour and 50 minutes and it forms part of the 14-week long Pegasus (P) Company selection programme that recruits wanting to join the British Army's elite Parachute Regiment, held regularly at Catterick army barracks in Yorkshire, need to pass (with other tests) before earning the right to wear the esteemed maroon beret.
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  • A male jogger exercises in a wide landscape of late winter light of south London's Ruskin Park.
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  • A male swimmer performs the Crawl across this scene of frewsh water bathing in the Serpentine Lake in London's Hyde Park. As the man twists his head to gulp in air, breathing a lungful of oxygen, he passes the lettering stencilled on the poolside warning of shallow water. This bathing area is where the normally busy Serpentine Swimming Club has the use of this Royal Lake known as Lansbury's Lido. It is now normally open only in the summer, but one traditional event occurs each year on New Year's Day, when the ice is broken and brave bathers dive into the cold waters of the lake. The Serpentine will be used for the swimming leg of the triathlon at the London 2012 Olympics. The pool was formed in 1730, its name from a snakelike, curve. Queen Caroline wife of George II ordered the damming of the River Westbourne and other natural ponds in Hyde Park...
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  • Viking horn helmet friends on pagan fertility Wassail walk rite, from Glasgow through Glencoe.
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  • Climbing club and gritstone geology on Long Causeway cliffs, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire...Located in the Peak District National Park in England Stanage Edge is the largest of the gritstone edges that overlook Hathersage in Derbyshire. Stanage Edge at approximately 4 miles in length and 458m at its highest point is the largest of the gritstone cliffs that overlook Hathersage, Derbyshire. The area is one of the most popular locations in the Peak District National Park for climbing and walking with hundreds of rock climbing routes to challenge all ranges of ability. Walkers are drawn to the area to enjoy the varied moorland scenery with stunning views across the surrounding countryside including Hathersage, Castleton and the 'Shivering Mountain', Mam Tor in the west. A walk along the edge is an easy route but the exposed cliff can make conditions difficult throughout the year as it is often battered by wind, rain and regular snowfall in the winter months. There are a number of popular walks including routes along the remains of a Roman Road and towards Redmires Reservoir to the east as well as longer walks such as those including the nearby Longshaw Estate. Sopurce http://www.stanageedge.co.uk
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  • Early morning lady jogger runs up start of Penine Way in Vale of Edale, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. .Edale is a valley in North Derbyshire, situated about 15 miles west of Sheffield, in the heart of the Peak District National Park. Edale valley is a loose collection of scattered farmsteads or 'booths' as they are known which grew up around the original shelters or 'boothies' used by shepards when tending their sheep on the hillsides. There are 5 main ones in Edale valley, Nether Booth, Ollerbooth, Upper Booth, Barber booth and Grindsbrook Booth of which the village called Edale is part. Edale village is in a lovely setting below Kinder Scout and is the start of the Pennine way, the first and longest footpath in England, opened in 1965.
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  • With face covered and medal around neck, a London Marathon runner collapsed on grass, before being met by family
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  • The tower containing Big Ben amid the Gothic architecture of Britain's Houses of Parliament and jogger on the Embankment. Passing-by at speed with a slight blur, the male sportsman runs by the racks of colourful postcards showing London scenes, their prices written on makeshift marker on a white board. Beyond is Westminster Bridge that stretches of the River Thames, towards the British Houses of Parliament, with Big Ben's clock tower rising high above. It is a fine sunny day and a woman is writing more prices for tourist mementoes of another board, leaning on the river wall. The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords (the upper house). Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster.
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  • An elderly gentleman has just emerged from a swim in the cold waters off Paignton, the seaside town in Devon, south-west England. Still to towel himself down, he looks chilled to the bone but stands talking to friends out of view. The man wears dark trunks (costume) and has a large belly but otherwise looks fit and healthy, a true picture of health for a man of his age, after swimming in these seas for many years and enjoying the endorphins that are stimulated after wild, outdoor swims.
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  • In the foreground we see the strong forearm of a British army soldier whose blood group O-Negative has been tattooed in large letters beneath an image of a Japanese Geisha girl. He also wears a watch with aq green strap matching his working army fatigues uniform. Behind him are two part-time territorial army conscripts who are sitting on their  army-issued rucksack Bergens awaiting further orders to serve on active duty from Sandhurst military academy to the Balkans during Operation Resolute, the  National Support Element to support NATO action. The dominating figure in the foreground stands upright though we don't see his face. His two conscripts sit on the ground looking dejected or perhaps worried about their forthcoming duties. They are still in civillian clothing, jeans and t-shirts but will soon change into uniform.
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  • Four members of the Royal Gurkha Rifles are on tactical manoeuvres on heathland above Farnborough airfield, England. These Nepali-born boys belong to an elite Regiment of the British army. Every year 60,000 boys attend recruiting sessions in villages and towns in the Himalayan Kingdom but only 150 are selected each year to serve on active duty across the world. They fly to the UK for basic soldier training where they learn the skills required for infantry, transport, communications or clerical duties. Their reputation as a fierce but intensely loyal fighting force and many Victoria Crosses were won for bravery during World War 2. Here they are seen cradling modern SA-80 rifles while dressed in camouflaged helmets with oak leaves. The nearest to the camera points his weapon past the viewer with a yellow blank cover attached. .
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  • A few miles from the finish line, this long-distance runner has stopped in agony to lean against the walls beneath Tower Bridge during th London Marathon, England. Pushing against the solid wall and stretching his cramped leg muscles, he grimaces in pain as other runners speed past on their way completing their personal race. Pushed to his limits, this man needs to continue a few more Kilometres to claim his medal and to claim victory. But he still has to overcome the pain of an overworked body. When glycogen runs low, the body must then burn stored fat for energy, which does not burn as readily. When this happens, the runner will experience dramatic fatigue. This is called "hitting the wall".
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  • A long-distance runner prepares for the London Marathon before the race begins, whilst warming-up in Greenwich Park, London England. Seen in close-up detail, we see his hands and fingers massaging Vaseline jelly into his thighs and groin area to help avoid chafing during the annual 26-mile race through London's streets. He is wearing bright, garish running shorts decorated wth the British Union Jack flag, a sure sign of his patriotic attitude. Other runners are in the background, also preparing clothing that will be taken from the start to the finish line in Westminster.
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  • We see the head and shoulders of a man in military uniform who stands motionless beside the American flag.  he is at a graduation ceremony for United States Air Force pilots who have just passed a week-long survival courseheld at the Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington. Its highy-trained personel conducts a survival, escape and evasion course which combat pilots and air crew need to pass before rejoining their units for real-time warfare. Conducted, in hangars and the surrounding forests, it forms part of an extensive physical and psychological assessment of young aviators on active service. In the future any one of them may be shot down behind enemy lines and need to use the lessons passed-on here to help facilitate their rescue by US forces. One pilot who passed this course in 1991, himself a Spokane-born boy, was F-16 pilot Scott O'Grady. He put his skills learned here to the test while evading Serb forces before being airlifted to safety and a hero's Presidential welcome.
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  • A Parachute Regiment recruit is in mid-flight and leaps across a wide space between scaffolding and a rope net during the 14-week long Pegasus (P) Company selection programme. Seen in silhouette, the man is in full stretch, half-way between the gantry he leapt from and the rope net that he is about to meet. It is an image that describes a mid-point, a half-way position between safety and uncertainty. Known as the Trainasium, it is an 'Aerial Confidence Course' which is unique to P Company. In order to assess his suitability for military parachuting, the Trainasium tests a candiates ability to overcome fear and carry out simple activities and instructions at a height above ground level. Recruits wanting to join the British Army's Parachute Regiment held regularly at Catterick army barracks, Yorkshire, need to pass this and other tests before earning the right to wear the esteemed maroon beret.
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  • Early morning regular swimmer swims solitary lengths at Brockwell (Brixton) Lido before crowds arrive
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  • The silhouette sign of a running man in a public park in south London tells fitness fanatics the benefits of healthy exercise.
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  • In pouring rain, United States Air Force pilots stand like canmouflaged statues in the undergrowth near Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington. They are listening to a USAF survival instructor giving them advice about another challenge they are about to face, a few hundred yards ahead in the woods, so they listen intently in the saturatedconditions. They stand motionless, green figures in a green maze of foliage, wearing waterproof cagoules covering their backpacks which are shiny as the rain trickles down. They look like hunchbacks of the forest. The week-long survival course is held at the military facilities around Fairchild where the Air Force conducts a survival, escape and evasion course which combat pilots need to pass before rejoining their units for real-time warfare. This part of the lecture is held in the forest and forms part of an extensive physical and psychological assessment for young aviators on active service. In the future any one of them may be shot down behind enemy lines and need to use the lessons passed-on here to help facilitate their rescue by US forces. One pilot who passed this course in 1991, himself a Spokane-born boy, was F-16 pilot Scott O'Grady. He put his skills learned here to the test while evading Serb forces before being airlifted to safety and a hero's Presidential welcome.
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  • At first light, an early morning jogger runs past Tower Bridge on the South bank of the River Thames in London
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  • As the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffers from Coronavirus and remains in intensive care in hospital - and a record 938 UK daily deaths were recorded, a total of 7,097, Londoners keep to government guidelines for daily exercise and practice social distancing in Ruskin Park, a green space in Herne Hill, Lambeth, on 8th April 2020, in south London, England.
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  • As the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffers from Coronavirus and remains in intensive care in hospital - and a record 938 UK daily deaths were recorded, a total of 7,097, Londoners keep to government guidelines for daily exercise and practice social distancing in Ruskin Park, a green space in Herne Hill, Lambeth, on 8th April 2020, in south London, England.
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  • As the second week of the Coronavirus lockdown continues and a week before Easter when Prime Minister Boris Johnson reminds Britons to stay locally and not to travel to beauty spots, the UK death toll rises to 2,921, with 1m cases of Covid-19 worldwide in 181 countries, running Londoners enjoy sunshine and spring temperatures in Brockwell Park in Herne Hill, 3rd April 2020, in south London, England.
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  • The day after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed unprecedented restrictions of movement for millions of Britons who were told to stay at home unless their key jobs or journeys were essential. Told to take a single exercise session per day, self-employed Russell who has been displaced from the indoor gym at Brockwell Lido, jumps with his skipping rope at a clear space for those wishing to work out on a soft surface, where south Londoners use their local green space for a daily activity in Brockwell Park in Herne Hill SE24, on 24th March 2020.
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  • The day after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed unprecedented restrictions of movement for millions of Britons who were told to stay at home unless their key jobs or journeys were essential. Told to take a single exercise session per day, self-employed Russell who has been displaced from the indoor gym at Brockwell Lido, jumps with his skipping rope at a clear space for those wishing to work out on a soft surface, where south Londoners use their local green space for a daily activity in Brockwell Park in Herne Hill SE24, on 24th March 2020.
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  • Woman walks uphill on a quiet, rural road in northern Italy, South Tyrol.
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  • Detail of an illustration of two joggers wearing Karrimor sportswear, running in the window of a shop in central London.
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains with her trainer in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
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  • A mid-afternoon jogger runs over the junction of Bishopsgate as a London double-decker bus advertising Sky Sports drives south.
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  • Foreign media reporter makes a live link outside St Mary's Hospital, Paddington London, where media and royalists await news of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge's impending lbirth to a baby boy. Some have been camping out for up to two weeks during a UK heatwave, having bagged the best locations where the heir to the British throne will eventually be shown to the waiting world.
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  • A middle-aged man jogs through fresh snow in his local south London park during bad weather. With a line of Edwardian period homes  beneath 100 year-old ash trees at the bottom of this hill in Ruskin Park, south London, the man runs easily in the powder wearing suitable winter sports clothing and a peaked cap. It is a bleak mid-winter and exercise in these freezing temperatures can be exhilarating if not too slippery.  .
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  • British army Parachute Regiment recruits are suffering from fatigue on a rigorous forced march conducted as a squad, over undulating terrain with each candidate carrying a Bergen (backpack) weighing 35 pounds (plus water) and a weapon. The lads are slowly buckling under the weight of backpack Bergens and weapons carried on a hot day and without drinking enough fluids. The 10-mile march must be completed in 1 hour and 50 minutes and it forms part of the 14-week long Pegasus (P) Company selection programme that recruits wanting to join the British Army's elite Parachute Regiment, held regularly at Catterick army barracks in Yorkshire, need to pass (with other tests) before earning the right to wear the esteemed maroon beret.
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  • Team GB's Vicky Holland at the front of a group in the cycling phase of the womens' Triathlon held in Hyde Park during the London 2012 Olympics. The race was eventually won in a photo finish by the Swiss Nicola Spirig, Lisa Norden (Silver) and Australia's Erin Densham (Bronze)
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  • Canada's Cathy Tremblay (#56, left) and Aileen Morrison (#28, right) in the cycling phase of the womens' Triathlon held in Hyde Park during the London 2012 Olympics. The race was eventually won in a photo finish by the Swiss Nicola Spirig, Lisa Norden (Silver) and Australia's Erin Densham (Bronze)
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  • An elderly gentleman towels himself down after emerging from his regular morning swim in the cold waters off Paignton.
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  • Walker climbs steep path on Roman Emperor Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes.
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  • Climbing club and gritstone geology on Long Causeway cliffs, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire...Located in the Peak District National Park in England Stanage Edge is the largest of the gritstone edges that overlook Hathersage in Derbyshire. Stanage Edge at approximately 4 miles in length and 458m at its highest point is the largest of the gritstone cliffs that overlook Hathersage, Derbyshire. The area is one of the most popular locations in the Peak District National Park for climbing and walking with hundreds of rock climbing routes to challenge all ranges of ability. Walkers are drawn to the area to enjoy the varied moorland scenery with stunning views across the surrounding countryside including Hathersage, Castleton and the 'Shivering Mountain', Mam Tor in the west. A walk along the edge is an easy route but the exposed cliff can make conditions difficult throughout the year as it is often battered by wind, rain and regular snowfall in the winter months. There are a number of popular walks including routes along the remains of a Roman Road and towards Redmires Reservoir to the east as well as longer walks such as those including the nearby Longshaw Estate. Sopurce http://www.stanageedge.co.uk
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  • Climbing club and gritstone geology on Long Causeway cliffs, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire...Located in the Peak District National Park in England Stanage Edge is the largest of the gritstone edges that overlook Hathersage in Derbyshire. Stanage Edge at approximately 4 miles in length and 458m at its highest point is the largest of the gritstone cliffs that overlook Hathersage, Derbyshire. The area is one of the most popular locations in the Peak District National Park for climbing and walking with hundreds of rock climbing routes to challenge all ranges of ability. Walkers are drawn to the area to enjoy the varied moorland scenery with stunning views across the surrounding countryside including Hathersage, Castleton and the 'Shivering Mountain', Mam Tor in the west. A walk along the edge is an easy route but the exposed cliff can make conditions difficult throughout the year as it is often battered by wind, rain and regular snowfall in the winter months. There are a number of popular walks including routes along the remains of a Roman Road and towards Redmires Reservoir to the east as well as longer walks such as those including the nearby Longshaw Estate. Sopurce http://www.stanageedge.co.uk
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  • A lone walker passes by a partially-collapsed broken sign announcing the summit of Rannoch Moor, Scotland UK, 1,350 feet above sea level. He is hunched against a driving wind at this altitude and the country he is walking over is bleak and boggy, a wetland high up in the Scottish Highlands. Thick tufts of grass and moss lie about in this tough terrain, held in great affection for long-distance hikers. Rannoch Moor is a large expanse of around 50 square miles (130 km²) of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch, in Perth and Kinross and Lochaber, Highland, partly northern Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Rannoch Moor is designated a National Heritage site.
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  • Grinning from ear to ear, young volunteers throw themselves over a fallen tree during a strenuous activity on a Raleigh International expedition in the rainforests of Brunei, Borneo, one of the remotest and most dangerous habitats on the planet. It has been a life-changing experience for them and their new-found friends from all over the world who will have had to raise several thousands of sponsored Pounds for the privilege of spending two months away from a dull, comfortable life at home, rather than building community projects like bridges or schools. Raleigh International is a charity that provides adventurous and challenging expeditions for people from all backgrounds, nationalities and ages, especially young people. Over the last 23 years, 30,000 people have been involved in more than 250 expeditions to over 40 countries.
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  • Wearing a large green helmet with the number 26 painted on the front, a worried-looking black soldier recruit gazes into the distance in front of a white army  instructor at the large Garrison at Catterick, England. Here, the Parachute Regiment (The Paras) - hold part of their famous basic training programme called Pegasus (P) Company. The most notorious selection procedure in the British Army. After initial recruitment, each student is sent to either pass or fail a set of 9 events from which a total score of 90 points is possible. 58% or more passes, less fails. Events like the 18 mile Forced March followed by a further 5 miles can earn 10 points though this will inevitably prove too much for many young man, desperate to pass P Company and earn his prestigious beret (Like the Foreign Legion).
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