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Wannabe mountaineers? 9-Aug-2006 At 2:24:28 PM jonorock
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If you can find 2-3 other people with similar climbing experience and fitness and book a private course which is probably a bit more expensive. That way you can tell the guide exactly what you would like out of the course. It's not much fun spending half a day in the mountains learning to tie a figure of 8 and prussicking when you should be climbing.
There are a few big guiding companies in NZ, which all charge a lot of $$ per day. There are also a couple of smaller ones that are cheaper. They all offer similar programs. I would go for one with less people and as many days as you can afford (need to allow for bad weather).
What you want out of a course is the technical knowledge and also to gain confidence in yourself that you can go into the mountains without a guide. Good luck.

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