Planning to apply for the Basic Mountaineering Course at HMI Darjeeling (21 Nov – 18 Dec batch). This will be my first proper mountaineering course and I’ll be coming from Pune.
Would love advice from HMI alumni regarding: physical prep before reporting winter batch conditions gear and shoe recommendations things people usually underestimate travel/logistics to Darjeeling how intense the discipline and grading actually is Also looking for possible coursemates from the same batch so we can coordinate travel, gear prep, documentation etc. Any guidance appreciated. Cheers.
u/Upset-Hat-2688 — 5 days ago