Whether you are looking to refresh your mountaineering skills or to learn them for the first time, Berg Adventures Bolivia Mountain School will give you the confidence and competence boosts you need to make your climbing goals a reality. Both Seven Summit hopefuls and novice adventure seekers will find this trip exhilarating and rewarding. Regardless of your initial goals and intentions, you will most surely find that climbing world-class, high-altitude peaks can be addicting!
Join us for this unique opportunity to learn the history of basic climbing skills and techniques and practice them in the spectacular high altitude environment of Huayna Potosi, Bolivia. The knots, equipment, and procedures used in this course are universal standards that will enable you to climb anywhere in the world. Course objectives include:
- Self-arrest techniques
- Crampon technique
- Rope / belay techniques
- Snow anchors
- Rappelling
- Crevasse rescue
- Glacier travel and safety
- Route-finding and navigation
- Acclimatization and physical self-awareness
- Mountain decision-making
Contact our office or visit our Bolivia Mountain School webpage for more information about this one-of-a-kind adventure and learning opportunity: http://www.bergadventures.com/v3_trips/south-america/bolivia-mountain-school-description.php
If a week-long adventure isn’t enough, the Mountain School Program corresponds perfectly with our regular Bolivia itinerary and you are welcomed to join us as we venture to the spectacular Condoriri range of Bolivia where we climb the snowy ridge of Pequeno Alpamayo and other fascinating peaks in the area. Click here for more details on our regular Bolivia climbing itinerary: http://www.bergadventures.com/v3_trips/south-america/bolivia-description.php.
