If you've got the coin, and another interested friend, spring the $$ for a private guide for a week.
I found my TMC a bit below me as they cater for people with less lead climbing and rope handling experience. If you head over with a similarly skilled friend and get a guide, you can cover more skills, in less time at a pace that suits you.
And then you won't be stuck dawdling up some 1+ snow hill tied to some Malasian computer programmer who smokes and had done the grand total of two hours of top rope gym climbing before coming on the course, worrying that if he slips, you'll have to catch the both of you. |