Im the damnkingof these sort of things.
How wrong I was.
A local taxi informed another journalist there that the place didnt really exist anymore.
Once there we were met by men wearing a lot of body armour and stroking guns.
Ushered inside into the crumbling factory, we saw yet more guns, and more heavily tooled up guys.
The timetable looked intense.
Eight hours of becoming men (and one woman).
We would receive basic weapons training and instruction with the Airsoft guns.
It was at about this point I wondered if I could sneak out the back and run for safety.
However, the only running I seemed to be doing was back and forth during our firing exercises.
To say these so-called easy warm-up exercises were hardcore would be understating it.
And yes, that was a real threat.
Its the stuff childhood dreams are made of.
This meant putting away our protective mesh goggles and donning full face masks.
We looked mean, but my elephant t-shirt somewhat spoilt the effect.
Still, eco-warriors are dangerous, yeah?
We had to rescue three hostages and escort them to safety, while potentially coming under attack.
And these pellets really sting when they hit.
But, no matter.
I genuinely thought, Can I really pull the trigger and kill a man?
), and led our hostages out of there.
Although not before telling one of them to Drop the bomb or Ill shoot you in the bollocks.
I believe the SAS would consider that unorthodox.
Smoke bombs and flash bangs went off, the team panicked and ran.
None of us made the slightest bit of sense.
Thats how real this simulation felt.)
But somehow we muddled through and out the other side.
But with only one hostage.
The others had seemingly been killed in the mayhem.
However, be prepared for a tough day.
After all that running about and diving to the floor I still cant really move my legs.
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