are any of you ready for some mountain training?

[genepires]

 

[olyclimber]

sign me up. is this North Korea?

[genepires]

i think it is india.  you can see a little Ballywood going on in there.

[G-spotter]

This is the 2018 Everett Mountaineers Scrambling Course meme right?

[ScaredSilly]

It is Indian troops training for mountain warfare. Of which the most notorious is the Siachen region in Kashmir which a disputed area between India and Pakistan. Many of the outposts are above 6000m. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siachen_conflict

[G-spotter]

LEARN TO CLIMB SIACHEN GLACIER WITH EXPERIENCED INSTRUCTORS

 

[JasonG]

AK provided?

[pup_on_the_mountain]

On 6/1/2018 at 3:09 PM, JasonG said:

AK provided?

Old school ones, perhaps. India's defense budget is minuscule compared to that of the Pentagon, after all (and one can't buy AR-15's at the Walmart in India either ).

This video is (perhaps) a recruiting tool of the High Altitude Warfare School of the Indian Army, targeting eager young recruits. As  @ScaredSilly  mentioned, India and Pakistan have been fighting for over 70 years in the Himalayan high altitudes. Not surprisingly, most mountaineering/climbing instruction in India is administered by the armed forces to this day. Mountaineering as a form of recreation is still rare, although it's starting to catch up with (rich) people gaining more time and money to spare. I experienced a bit of this change when comparing my visits back there back in 2006 and the one last year. A friend of mine (now in the US) went for a 4-week climbing school almost 20 years back, which was run by one of these Army divisions. While the basics were all taught, It felt more like an army camp than a climbing class (and yes, he did get ordered around by the "guides"). "Staying/coming back alive" has a whole new meaning for these mountain fighters. We recreational climbers have it much easier out in the West ...