An week of training and practice on an West Sikkim glacier
with Adventure Mania climber and guide Thendup Sherpa and Anindya Mukherjee. Between
Thendup and Anindya there is vast
mountaineering experience. Both of them have more than 25 major mountaineering
expeditions to their resume and yet they belive in lightweight, alpine style
climbing in the Himalayan context.The course will aim to cover the following
aspects of climbing and mountaineering:
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Glacier travel: techniques, route finding, campsite
selection,safety, protection
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Climbing: route planning and selection, pace,
step kicking and cutting, switchbacking, using ice ax and crampons, balance
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Descending: step by step, plunge
stepping,glissade, descending with ice ax and crampons
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Arrest techniques and Belays
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Clmbing ethics and etiquettes
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Climbing safety
Course Duration: 14 days. (7 days trekking + 7 days of
training)
Course date: March 9, 2012
Reporting at Darjeeling
Course fee: INR 27000/ per person
Note:
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All group climbing and camping gear will be provided
and is included in the Course fee.
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All costs including porters, cook, permits, food
is included in the course fee.
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Individual climbing gear can also be rented from
Adventure Mania. This procedure will need advance notice.
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The optimum group size to make this venture
financially feasible is 10. In case of less number of entries, we will not be
able to run this course.
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Participants will have to get their own
transport to reach Darjeeling.
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If interested please send us an email mentioning
your previous experience in trekking/mountaineering. We will send you an
itinerary and with more information on the programme.
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Email: anindya.adventuremania@gmail.com