HOME PAGE

NEWS - BLOGS

TRIP PRICES & DATES

CLIMBING 
Mt. Everest South  2011'
Mt. Lhotse 8516m 
Mt. Everest North    
Mt. Everest North Col 
Mt. Pumori  7161m  10,11
Mt. Ama Dablam  
Island Peak 10',11
Mt. Kilimanjaro 10'- 11'
Mt. Elbrus 2011'
Aconcagua 2011'

TREKKING
Everest Basecamp- Oct.  
Everest Basecamp-May
Everest Luxury Trek 
Annapurna Trek
Tibet Overland by Jeep
Drive to Everest Base 

COURSES
Mountaineering Skills
Avalanche
Ski Mountaineering
Everest Training Climb

SKIING
Chalet Rental Nelson BC
Backcountry
Heli-Ski Cat Ski
Ski Guide Training

MOUNTAIN BIKING
Tibet Trans Himalayan
Nelson, B.C.  Canada
Everest Base Camp-Bike

NEPAL GENERAL
Sherpas
Health-Travel-Visas
Aid Projects

MEDIA
Mt. Everest News
Dispatch Archive
Films
Expedition DVD'S
Publications
Expedition Archives
Testimonials
PHOTO GALLERY

ADMINISTRATION
LINKS
GEAR DISCUSSION 

ABOUT US
GUIDES
TRAVEL INSURANCE
AIRLINE TICKETS
SITE MAP
CONTACT

Available to "ALL" climbers  and adventure seekers  worldwide.

BEST RATES TO ANYWHERE FROM ANYWHERE!

TRANSLATE PAGE

  TRANSLATE PAGE

Follow Tim Rippel

HOME $7200US  ITINERARY- 34 -DAYS SURVIVING EVEREST EATING FOR EVEREST REQUEST PAYMENT SCHEDULE MOUNTAIN RESCUE

          Fitness  training schedule
            

MOUNT PUMORI -  7145m

October 4, 2011 & 2012 - 34 days

Island Peak Training Option now being offered Oct. 4, 2011. With Pumori BC & area training camp. 

 TRAIN FOR EVEREST- There is no better place to train for Everest than in the Himalayas. Learn and test skills needed to climb big mountains.

 During our Mt. Pumori expedition in Nepal each autumn we learn to rope up, tie in and climb together on the one of the most impressive mountains in the world. 

Many climbers are under the impression they have to climb an 8000m peak like Cho Oyu or peaks like Denali to learn how your body does at altitude. We believe that if your body has acclimatized to 7000m with success, it demonstrates your body has the ability to adjust , which is key.

 On Pumori you will learn far more than just being on a high altitude walk. Safety should be the entire basis of a training climb and there is no better place to learn, or person to with than   Tim Rippel- Mountain Rescue examiner, Altitude Mountain Guide/Instructor and Mountain Safety and Risk Management professional for over 28 years.

Peak Freak's leading by example.

 

 

                                                                                           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BONUS- October 2011'

Should a summit bid prove to be unsafe on Pumori we will include a summit bid on neighboring Lobuche East 6119m at no additional cost.

EVEREST 101

Things to know before you go!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Getting there

Skills Training

Testing Equipment

Acclimatization Training
Everest training ama dablam

Traversing

Everest training ama dablam

Climbing with fixed ropes

Emergency shelter building

Establishing Camps

Friendship

Tim Rippel- Clayton Sheen

Craziness

DEVELOPING SELF-RELIANT CLIMBERS

Learning and practicing technical and practical knowledge in all aspects of snow and alpine climbing expedition style including: 

  • Glacier Travel and use of ladders

  • Rope/Belay techniques

  • Crevasse rescue

  • Route finding

  • Self arrest

  • Rappelling

  • Pacing oneself at altitude

  • Safe climbing in crowds

  • Use of crampons on ladders

  • Fixing ropes and traveling on fixed lines.

  • Building high altitude camps do's and don'ts.

  • Boiling water at altitude, fuel and stove alterations for high altitude climbing.

  • Food preparations, do's and don't of cooking and packing at altitude.

Developing educated self-reliant climbers with the ability to evaluate subjective/objective hazards expedition style including:

  • Rock Fall
  • Glacier conditions
  • Critical decision-making
  • Group experience
  • White out navigation 
  • Mountain weather conditions general
  • AMS- Acute mountain sickness: Signs, symptoms and treatment.
  • Safe travel on trails and routes with yaks and zomo's and including unique rules of the trail in Sherpa land.
  • Avalanche Skills safety training.  

Himalayan specific:

  • Use of oxygen
  • High altitude gear evaluations and care
  • Sherpa culture, customs and their role on an expedition
  • Everest Mountain Weather
  • Nepalese Liaison Officers and their roles
  • Permits, restrictions, environmental issues, procedures and waste disposal.
  • Communications, language barriers, sat phones, hand radios.
  • Religious considerations of the region.
  • Health management
  • High altitude helicopter rescue and protocol
  • To yak or not to yak spiritual rescue protocol
  • Expedition logistics, permits, liaisons etc.
  • Ice-Fall doctors and their role on Everest.
  • Fixing routes on the mountains.
  • Negotiating summit bid time slots with other expeditions in the region and the importance of.

 

PHYSICAL CONDITIONING

In the best interest of personal safety, success and team compatibility, adequate training and physical conditioning is required. Prior climbing experience of carrying a heavy pack for multiple days serves as an excellent preparation for this course; Climbers must be able to carry an average of  15kg to 20kg.  Good  cardio will serve you well for attaining proper acclimatization in good time. 

MENTAL PREPAREDNESS

We feel our Everest Training climbs are the best there is. After taking this course one should feel mentally prepared and experience "WISE" for high altitude or any other mountaineering expedition or climb. For aspiring Everest climbers this serves as an excellent opportunity to meet your leader and Sherpas while focusing on the world's largest mountaineering objective "Mt. Everest" which will be standing directly in front of you the entire time. Visualization IS a powerful tool! 

On Everest, when your body is no longer working for you like it used to, it is your mind that will get you there and back down again safely. Participants who learn on Himalayan peaks have proven to be more successful on Everest. 

Join us on our next adventure!