Becky Guide of the Himalaya's???

[ken4ord]

Is there such a thing? Looks like I am moving pretty close to them big hills so I need to do some studying. Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated.

[Hugh Conway]

BOHICA

http://www.nepalmountaineering.org/

http://www.indmount.org/

prepare to pay for any and every interesting climb. Try the Harish Kapadia guides for India instead.

[johndavidjr]

Interesting. Nepal Mountaineering Association conducts 45-day training sessions with Slovenian guides in the Himalaya for $1,500 total.

 

US guide services get almost that much for a week on Baker.

[wfinley]

The books you want are written by Jan Kielkowski. There are 5 of them and you can literally spend days thumbing through them.

 

http://www.chesslerbooks.com/eCart/searchItem.asp?strSearch=Kielkowski&=GO

[jmace]

Careful with Chessler books..I think its one guy in his basement. Took almost 6 weeks for one book to arrive.

[G-spotter]

Hey Mr. 4ord the entire print run of the AAJ is now online. There's a lot of good Himalayan reading in there.

 

Also the entire run of Lindsay Griffin's "Mountain Info" is now online, you have to register (free) to browse it though - climbmagazine.co.uk I think.

[Lowlander]

Climbing in Nepal isn't too difficult. I just grabbed the Nepal climbing guide on the treking peaks when I lived there and went out. Most other info you can get from local climbers or hook up with another team on a permit.

[ken4ord]

Thanks you guys, awesome I guess I got my homework.

 

Lowlander I wish I was going to be living in the mountains there, but I am not and I will have to work eventually so I want to make the most out of my time when I do make it up there. The tough part is going to be living at sea level and heading up there for trips.

 

jmace I have never really had any problems with Chessler books, but I think you are right I believe it is one man show.

[wfinley]

Also check out O'Connor's "The Trekking Peaks of Nepal".

http://books.google.com/books?id=HLSNGzzP82gC&dq=bill+connor+trekking+peaks&pg=PP1&ots=EqOmjQ2ADC&sig=qAL1o1y4mvVw8N0cbsFuN8VulgU&hl=en&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fhl%3Den%26rlz%3D%26q%3Dbill%2Bconnor%2Btrekking%2Bpeaks%26btnG%3DGoogle%2BSearch&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=one-book-with-thumbnail

 

As for Chessler -- it is one person. But out of a barn, not a garage. I've never had a problem with shipping.

[Lowlander]

Ken4ord- I think the quickest you can do those trekking peaks round trip from Kathmandu is 6-7 days. Kathmandu is at 5,000 ft. So you get a little elevation. Some peaks are at 18,000 ft. So the altitude wouldn't be too different than Rainier here from sea level. Just getting to the peaks and acclimatizing can take a little bit of time. But climbing in the Khumbu region or Annapurna region could be the fastest due to the flights out to Lukla or Pohkara(sp?). Some peaks in the Annapurna take a few days to hike to, but you do acclimatize as you hike.

If you can't climb, at least do the annapurna circuit. You can jog it in 3-4 days or hike it in 9. Or check out the Terai region, most people just think of Everest when they think of Nepal, but there is an incredible jungle region in the south.