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Mountaineering Courses. 3-Nov-2008 At 12:00:32 AM miss crag

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i'd contact alpine guides with your experience and get them to suggest best way of spending time in
their lovely playground with your experience and what you want to get out of it. went last year and
while we had hideous weather (rule no. mountaineering = be patient) the guides we had went to a lot of
trouble to get the course topics covered (eg took us ice climbing at franz joseph glacier scaring
tourists ha ha, then climbing down at queenstown), they kept close eye on the weather then as soon
as it cleared we jumped in the next chopper and were lucky enough to be based out of plateau hut for
a couple of days.

the group i was in was all strong so it was good (no potato couches). but sounds like some of the stuff
they cover (to make sure everyone knows the basics) might be a bit of a waste for you if you're
already experienced.

hope that helps - can guarantee whatever course you choose it will be well worth it if you can't find
someone experienced to tag along with.