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Wannabe mountaineers? 26-Aug-2006 At 6:16:30 PM midnight

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I got the chance to go trekking in the karakarum mountain ranges, and learnt alot about ice climbing, crevasse rescue and basic mountaineering in my days there. There is always several days of rest where you can pratise on an ice wall or rescue your waterbottle in a crevasse if you lug the equipment with you.

The trek to K2 base camp, walking along the Baltoro glacier and climbing Gondogora Pass is worthwhile learning experience. Your guide should know all ice climbing knowledge and can easily pass on the knowledge to you even though the gear is basic to our standards but hey I got to help out the Pakistani army in a rescue and they use the same basic gear.

I think NZ training would be definately advantageous but a good trek in the Himalayas will discover whether you have a great passion for climbing ice mountains.