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Ice climbing course – Australia vs NZ? Any advice? 20-Jan-2012 At 1:06:27 PM huwj

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Looking to do an ice climbing course this July/August (I live in Melbourne). Already got the basics so want to move on to two tools on steep stuff.

Lots of options if I head over to NZ, and some great courses by the looks of things but would be significantly cheaper for me to stay local. And it looks like the obvious Aussie option would be The Australian School of Mountaineering in Katoomba.

Does anybody have any experience of these guys and whether the standard of instruction is as high as the big NZ outfits? What's the ice climbing like around Blue Lake?

Any thoughts appreciated...