India

Himalayan Mountaineering Institute Basic Course Phase 1: physical training and mountaineering skills

Phase 1 is designed to prepare students for base camp in the Himalayan mountain range of West Siikim.  During phase one students focus on physical training and mountaineering skills…
Ian Yacobucci

Himalayan Mountaineering Institute Basic Course : Phase 1 – hostel, schedule and food

  This is the first of a three part series on HMI's basic course Phase 1. Phase 1 of the basic course: Acclimation, Theory and Physical preparation.  Phase one is all…
Ian Yacobucci

What to expext when you arrive at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute

Arrival for the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute’s basic mountaineering course was set at 2pm on March 1st. I travelled through Darjeeling asking locals for directions and located…
Ian Yacobucci

Traveling to Darjeeling and the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute

Join me as I embark on an adventure to Darjeeling, India to participate in the Himilayan Mountaineering Institutes basic course I arrived in Darjeeling late on a cold February night.…
Ian Yacobucci

Mountaineering in the Himalayas

Trekking in the Himalayas is an experience of a lifetime but I looked for a bigger challenge and decided to join the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in India for a mountaineering…
Ian Yacobucci