Climbing in Delhi/ north India- where? Beauracracy?
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 10:16 pm
Hi all,
Can anyone give me some advice about climbing (rock/ alpine/ ice) in Northern India? I am moving to New Delhi in a month for 2 years.
In particular- has anyone heard of the book 'Rock Climbing around New Delhi' by Oberoi? Yes I've googled and Amazon'd it to no success.
From browsing through the IMF webpage it seems that a whole load of fees and permits (and an LO) need to be secured well in advance of any mountaineering. There are a load of fees for peaks of various altitudes including the ambiguous '<6,500m' category. So how does someone go about informal training/ high treks and ridge routes etc. without shelling out to the tune of several $thousands? Can you just turn up to a trailhead and climb, as in the Alps?
Does anyone know of any decent ice climbing destinations within a day's travel drive of Delhi?
Googling etc. has drawn up no decent advice apart from tour companies.
Thanks...
Can anyone give me some advice about climbing (rock/ alpine/ ice) in Northern India? I am moving to New Delhi in a month for 2 years.
In particular- has anyone heard of the book 'Rock Climbing around New Delhi' by Oberoi? Yes I've googled and Amazon'd it to no success.
From browsing through the IMF webpage it seems that a whole load of fees and permits (and an LO) need to be secured well in advance of any mountaineering. There are a load of fees for peaks of various altitudes including the ambiguous '<6,500m' category. So how does someone go about informal training/ high treks and ridge routes etc. without shelling out to the tune of several $thousands? Can you just turn up to a trailhead and climb, as in the Alps?
Does anyone know of any decent ice climbing destinations within a day's travel drive of Delhi?
Googling etc. has drawn up no decent advice apart from tour companies.
Thanks...