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Introduction to Basic Snow & Ice and Himalayan Glacier travel



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:

·         Glacier travel: techniques, route finding, campsite selection,safety, protection
·         Climbing: route planning and selection, pace, step kicking and cutting, switchbacking, using ice ax and crampons, balance
·         Descending: step by step, plunge stepping,glissade, descending with ice ax and crampons
·         Arrest techniques and Belays
·         Clmbing ethics and etiquettes
·         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:
·         All group climbing and camping gear will be provided and is included in the Course fee.
·         All costs including porters, cook, permits, food is included in the course fee.
·         Individual climbing gear can also be rented from Adventure Mania. This procedure will need advance notice.
·         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.
·         Participants will have to get their own transport to reach Darjeeling.
·         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.
·         Email: anindya.adventuremania@gmail.com

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