Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (Darjeeling)

Description: Formal training on mountaineering.

Newest Review: ... was a very pleasant surprise to find we'd hit the Jackpot! The HMI is actually located inside the grounds of the zoo - or rather, to get to the HMI, you have to walk through the zoo. Your ticket for the zoo includes entrance to the HMI so you can't get into one without paying for the other. This is worth keeping in mind if you want to see both - leave enough time and don't turn up shortly ... more

... before closing or you are sure to miss one or the other. This joint entrance to two such different attractions is an odd thing to do but I guess it ensures a consistent level of funding for the slightly less 'sexy' attraction of the HMI (in a battle between...more

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Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (Darjeeling): "Because it's there" - why else? (1297 words)
by - written on 03/01/09 (Very useful, 144 readings)
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When I was a child, I used to spend rainy weekend afternoons surrounded by my Grandfather's copies of the Guinness Book of World Records, dipping in and out and soaking up human achievement and the extremes of odd behaviour. I knew I was unlikely to ever get a place in the book; I was no athlete, I wasn't likely to become an adventurer, and even if I wanted to sit in a bath of cold baked beans for a year and a day, there would always be someone willing to do it for a year and two days. The type of record that always fascinated me most was the 'firsts' - the first to sail around the world, the first to walk the length of a country, and most impressive of all, the first ... Read the complete review

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