Mountaineering.
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Mumbai: Pune-based Guardian Giripremi Institute of Mountaineering (GGIM) will soon launch its new 10 days high altitude training course which will be conducted at Beas Kund, Manali, with a focus on imparting the skills of snow craft, ice craft, glacier travel, and an experience of Mountain Climbing Expedition.
In this certificate course, the trainees after completing the programme shall get a chance to climb Mt. Friendship in the next 3 days.
Last year, 15 participants successfully completed the first-ever High-Altitude Certification Course (HACC), marking a milestone in structured high-altitude mountaineering training by GGIM.
The concept behind this course is to provide trainees with a comprehensive introduction to snow and ice climbing using specialized equipment.
This program aims to equip individuals who aspire to venture into mountaineering and ascend towering peaks in the future with the essential skills and experience.
GGIM, a brainchild of Pune-based adventure and mountaineering organisation, Giripremi has been a pioneering organisation in promoting the adventure education and systematic mountaineering training programmes for every adventure seeker.
Giripremi’s senior mountaineers and Everest summitters will be conducting the training and under their guidance, the trainees will get to climb Mt. Friendship.
The course does not require any prerequisite. The course contents such as ascending and descending on snow and ice terrains, equipment and knots, rope management, anchoring, belaying skills, safety and risk management, expedition preparation, and so on, shall be taught right from basic levels.
However, a sound fitness level shall be an added advantage.