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TMC or West-East Aspiring expedition.. 27-Apr-2004 At 5:26:11 PM Andrew_M

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Like most folks have said, both Asiring guides and Alpine guides have great reputations. Most of the guides freelance between different guiding companies and all have the same NZMGA(?) accreditation. Also, like others have said, if you can get a couple of mates interested, then arrange a private course. I did a TMC with Alpine guides several years ago and there was a big range of attitudes/abilities in the group and it would definitely have been better to have folks closer in what they wanted to get out of it. Oh yeah, again like everyone has said, the longer you go for the more chance that you'll get some climbing done. It's common to sit in the hut (or under a bivy rock) for a week or more at a stretch and if you only go for a 7-8 days you might never get out in the hills.

Of course there's another place you could ask this question, on the aussiemountaineers discussion forum, it's itching to see questions like this one...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aussiemountaineers/

Cheers,

Andrew