Want to expand my horizions a bit. Was going to do the 3 day mountaineering course up at EMS in NH. Anyone have opinions, other recommendations, etc? Any help would be awesome.
Graham
by gegarrenton » Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:47 pm
by bdynkin » Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:29 pm
by nartreb » Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:40 pm
by gegarrenton » Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:54 pm
I have a decent rock climbing base. I am really looking for a start in winter climbing. I see they offer av rescue stuff as well, plus glacier skills as separate courses.nartreb wrote:What are your goals? That course looks like a good intro to winter snow climbing, but it doesn't cover glacier travel/rescue, it won't teach you rock climbing, and I doubt you'll have time to learn much about avalanche risk.
by JHH60 » Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:45 pm
by gegarrenton » Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:23 pm
Yeah, that's definitely the next step. Looking forward to getting out west!JHH60 wrote:Have you looked at some of the courses in the PNW? It might be good training for you if you want to do big mountains. I took a 6 day alpine ice climbing class from American Alpine Institute on Mt. Baker and it blew my mind as it was a completely different environment than I was used to in either New England or the Sierra. They offer more extended mountaineering classes as well. I've heard that RMI and others offer good training classes on Rainier, and some of the local California guide services train on Mt. Shasta.
by bird » Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:34 pm
by gegarrenton » Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:55 pm
Thanks for the heads up, I'll definitely keep that in mind.bird wrote:I'd be wary of the "training" from RMI on Rainier. From what I've seen they are more of a "just get you to the top" kinda firm as opposed to more skills based like Am Alp Inst. I've had good experiences with the latter.
by Hotoven » Thu Oct 08, 2009 4:27 pm
bird wrote:I'd be wary of the "training" from RMI on Rainier. From what I've seen they are more of a "just get you to the top" kinda firm as opposed to more skills based like Am Alp Inst. I've had good experiences with the latter.
by JHH60 » Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:15 pm
Hotoven wrote:bird wrote:I'd be wary of the "training" from RMI on Rainier. From what I've seen they are more of a "just get you to the top" kinda firm as opposed to more skills based like Am Alp Inst. I've had good experiences with the latter.
I can confirm that statement. I was on the same route on Rainier as this RMI group, and from what I saw, the people apart of the course hardly knew how to walk in crampons, and the guides were fine with that. It was painful to see such inexperienced "hikers" heading up this mountain they did not belong on.
When they got down to camp the one day, I overheard the group of people who were being guided talking about plans for Denali. Lets hope no one gets hurt
by gegarrenton » Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:41 pm
by bird » Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:16 pm
gegarrenton wrote:I am definitely in the first camp, that is I want to progress to climbing with other experienced climbers, and not just have the knowledge to go on a guided climb. Looks like AAI is the better choice in that regard long term.
by jvarholak » Sun Oct 11, 2009 5:35 pm
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