After the General Assembly a few of us packed light bags (mine weighed 7 kgs!) and went off on a teahouse trek - well,only one of the best in the world: Annapurna Base Camp. I last visited it 20 years ago, its still beautiful though a bit busier these days. Highly recommended. We adopted a bold strategy of racing from a room base at 2300 metres to the top camp (over 4000m!) and back out in a day, thereby getting out again before any altitude problems set in. Worked ok but the whole team was super fit, otherwise I think it would be risky to say the least!
The diary of a Mountain Guide and climbing coach
Saturday 22 October 2011
Guides at the UIAA
Nepal now has its first fully qualified International Mountain Guide, so the Nepal Mountain Guide Association is well on its way to becoming a full member of the IFMGA. Hopefully the UIAA Training Standards support for the Basic Mountaineering Course at Kakani can help trek leaders in their progress towards the ultimate goal of international mountain guide. Despite its late start in the development of qualifications, Nepal has made rapid progress thanks patuicularly to the long-term support of the Slovenian and French instructors and Guides. At the UIAA Genearl Assembly I felt that we made good progress towards integrating all the existing projects into a more harmonious structure.
Sunday 16 October 2011
Motup, Steve and Nima
Here I am with my friends and colleagues, Chewang Motup and Ngawang Nima Sherpa at the UIAA General Assembly. The proposals for the development of the Training Standards were well received by all the delegates at the various meetings. The meetings also included some inspiring seminars including a surpisingly refreshing look at ways that climbers can make a real difference in helping mountain communities to cope with climate change.
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