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Anonymous Sat 19 Dec 2020 19:25:12 No.1962139 View View Reply Original Report

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How do I get into mountaineering? I want to climb the Himalayas some day.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 Dec 2020 19:26:33 No.1962140 Report

Quoted By: >>1962148 >>1962175

>>1962139
Take a basic mountaineering course and be prepared to spend a LOT of money on gear.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 Dec 2020 19:37:16 No.1962148 Report

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>>1962140
Money is my biggest challenge honestly. This is like a dream of mine but I don’t make much...

Anyway, where should I be looking for course or guide? American btw. I’m in the NYC metro but can obviously travel.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 Dec 2020 19:40:45 No.1962151 Report

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>>1962148
Living in NYC is your biggest challenge. Gear is cheaper than traveling to practice.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 Dec 2020 19:53:48 No.1962169 Report

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>>1962148
If you're in New York, Eastern Mountain Sports runs an outdoor school that teaches rock climbing, ice climbing and accelerated mountaineering. It's expensive, but they will kit you out with everything you need. And if you can get two or three friends to sign up with you it gets much cheaper per person.
A less formal option would be to join a climbing gym/club and make friends with someone that will teach you in their off time.
Money is always going to be an issue, though. Technical mountaineering is not a poor man's hobby

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Anonymous Sat 19 Dec 2020 19:57:05 No.1962173 Report

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>>1962139
>I want to climb the Himalayas some day.
sure, just pay $5000 to REI

>>1962148
>I’m in the NYC metro but can obviously travel.
yep, looks like REI® Adventures™ will be perfect for you

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 Dec 2020 19:59:34 No.1962175 Report

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>>1962140
>$
Even if you buy brand new the biggest investments are your feet. After boots, crampons, helmet etc it's all basic winter gear. Unless you're doing multi day.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 Dec 2020 20:23:14 No.1962202 Report

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Also remember that mountaineering is heavily romanticized but in reality it's an exercise in how long you can tolerate being miserable. How many days in a row can wake up being tired, sore, cold and dirty so you can eat some powdered eggs, shit in a bucket and then spend the day making yourself more tired, sore, cold and dirty.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Dec 2020 20:26:04 No.1962205 Report

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>>1962139
>Himalayas
ngmi

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 Dec 2020 20:33:18 No.1962211 Report

Quoted By: >>1962212 >>1962225

>>1962151
>Living in NYC is your biggest challenge

The OP having two major international airports that gives him easy access to cheap, direct flights all over the world is a huge advantage vs. someone who lives in Bumfuck, Ohio

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 Dec 2020 20:34:22 No.1962212 Report

Quoted By: >>1962309

>>1962211
except OP admitted he's a poorfag larper who doesn't even go outside in the first place

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 Dec 2020 20:36:32 No.1962215 Report

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I would start hiking in the Catskills and then do some climbing in the Gunks when you want to start getting technical

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 Dec 2020 20:50:56 No.1962225 Report

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>>1962211
He doesn't have any money so he can't get any practice. If he didn't live in a mega urban shithole he could figure it out on cheap old gear on nearby mountains.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 19 Dec 2020 22:08:57 No.1962301 Report

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Anonymous Sat 19 Dec 2020 22:25:35 No.1962309 Report

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>>1962212
I literally never admitted that. I’m a big game hunter and have hunted the Rockies multiple times. Go fuck your self.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 Dec 2020 22:26:45 No.1962310 Report

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>>1962225
I have enough money to practice. Idk why these retards think I said I’m fucking poor. I just said I don’t make much because I’m not rich and it’s an expensive hobby.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 Dec 2020 23:10:57 No.1962339 Report

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>>1962310
You said money was your biggest challenge and you live in NYC.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 Dec 2020 23:25:02 No.1962351 Report

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>>1962339
Yeah. That doesn’t mean I’m poor or under house arrest. It’s like the guy said. We have airports. I make like middle class money.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 Dec 2020 23:32:48 No.1962355 Report

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>>1962351
The traveling is going to be the most expensive part. Get into winter hiking in the Whites with road trip weekends at first. You can get a lot of experience there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 19 Dec 2020 23:49:46 No.1962365 Report

Quoted By: >>1962383

>>1962355
That sounds like good advice thanks

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Dec 2020 00:11:33 No.1962383 Report

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>>1962365
The best things you can do in NYC are gym climbing and running. Also pick up a copy of Freedom of the Hills. It's the best resource out there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 Dec 2020 07:14:50 No.1963655 Report

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>>1962383
>Freedom of the Hills
not op, but thanks, found the latest edition epub on libgen.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 Dec 2020 13:17:36 No.1963777 Report

Quoted By: >>1963782

>>1963655
You bet, bud. Read it cover to cover. Helps keep up the stoke when you can't get outside.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 Dec 2020 13:51:18 No.1963782 Report

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>>1963777
If there's one thing I've learned from mountaineering, it's that there is never a time when you "can't get outside". Sounds like a larper to me.

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