Secret passageways, and, yes, they really are hidden behind bookcases, fake blood and strap on amputations, all part of hostile environment training with IWMF fellows in Kenya. In between learning about how to put on tourniquets and make super strong pain killers from scratch, there was time for jumping on the trampoline and swimming on the palatial grounds of the colonial mansion outside Nairobi.

Katya Cengel