A Company had been experimenting with the use of mules to carry a the bulk of the stores required, but had found that the animals were simply too unreliable in the UK to be relied upon.  The mules employed in the Highlands "refused to soldier" at one point during the training and had needed to be coaxed down from the hills.  Many of the Rangers had attended a Mule-Handling course in order to be prepared to use them in Spain, but it was decided not to use them.

Arriving in Spain the Company quickly settled into the Spanish accommodation and bean training with the troops they would be pitted against during the exercise.  The Spanish troops instructed the Rangers in climbing techniques and days were spent climbing and abseiling on the mountains close by.

The exercise then began and the Company found itself on an extremely long insertion march across seemingly impassable mountains.  On the first morning morale was lifted by the news that the Spanish troops had not made as much distance as A Company.  The route taken was such that A Company managed to avoid most of the Spanish ambushes that were lying in wait on the obvious routes that A Company had avoided.

After a number of days of arduous terrain, the Company arrived in their final destination before slipping snow-suit camouflage over their normal combats, and attacking a position high in the mountains.

A superb exercise was had by all, and A Company returned to Inverness bringing with them the Mountain Warfare capability to 1 R IRISH.