NIM - Nehru Institute of Mountaineering

AvidTrekker

Yes. Haridwar and Dehra Dun are quite near each other. Take a share taxi from Dehra Doon to Rishikesh and you are on your way..
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pahadi

hi all,
just got back after the basic course at NIM! It was great. we were 85 of us and finally 80 completed the course. Had a good time climbing, digging, sweating, cribbing and enjoying together. There is a lot to learn up there in the mountains, a lot beyond mountaineering as well.
am wondering now how to display my little iceaxe batch to the best now..
just thought of saying hi to the rest of the NIM group.

abhinav_km

Hey everyone. Im really glad to have found this forum on here. I guess this is the place i can have all my queries solved.
I am going on the BMC this october. Everything else planned, i have a question, not meaning to be judgemental of the students or staff at NIM. I am also a professional photographer and so would like to take some pictures during the course. what i wanted to know is whether it would be safe to take an expensive camera to NIM. is it alright to take an slr there and does one get a locker for daily use where a camera or other belongings can be kept safely.
really looking forward to any advise i can get.
CHEERS!

luckyindian

The campus is pretty safe for keeping your stuff. Each room has lockable cupboards for keeping your belongings.

But once you are out of the campus and on the field things change. Then you have to really care for your stuff. But usually if you loose something it will be during the last 2-3 days. So be very careful during this phase.

The cameras which work best are the manual types especially in higher altitudes and in pretty cold conditions which you will encounter in October. Also am not sure if you will get any recharging facility once you are on the field. So take plenty of batteries.

Do not buy any camera rolls from the campus. I had 3 rolls which turned out be be duplicates and all my course photos were washed out.

Anyways all the best and prepare well for the course.

farmus21

mumbai to uttarkashi in october

I am travelling to Mumbai around the first of October and will be travelling up to Uttarkashi via Dehradun to join the Nehru institute of Mountaineering. i am allowing aound 2 weeks to travel from Mumbai so as to give me chance to have a bit of a gander round. M course runs for a month, until the 18th of November and i plan to spend the remainder of November travelling about a bit, as before. I hope to spend time trekking, climbing/bouldering and maybe even trying out a bit of yoga, not to mention general immersion in the whole indian experience. I am travelling alone, 18 and male and subsequently am pooing it! was wodering if anyone will be in the area and fancies hooking up and travelling around a bit?
Also, absolutely any advice would be great too, where to stay, visit, eat, see, flights, trains jeeps...anything!

thanks!

Dilliwala

Tsk, tsk, experienced traveller like u, why aren't u advising the man to go direct Bandra-Haridwar?

andre,

Do u WANT to go to Delhi and Dehradun anyway? Otherwise there is the 9019 Dehradun Express daily from Mumbai via Delhi to Haridwar and Dehradun. U can board it at Bandra or Borivali. Be advised that it stops at almost every station on the way and takes almost 40 hours to get to HW! And 2nd class sleeper only. But u'll get to see India raw! Leaves Bandra 23.30 daily and arrives HW 15.10 2 days later. Dehradun arrival 17.30.
U can check the fare at http://indianrail.gov.in , it's not working right now.
From HW, there are buses next morning 7.30 and 9.30 to Maneri, via Uttarkashi - if HW administration's website is correct.
There shud be a direct bus from Delhi also, but it won't be more than 1 a day, leaving early.
Otherwise there are more options from Rishikesh - either direct or Rksh/Chamba and Chamba/Uki.

AvidTrekker

..... and let him wallow in utter misery

You have answered your own Q

This excellent train is around two to six hours late most days.

I don't have enemies, otherwise it'd be a very very useful train to recommend

Dilliwala

Hey, my job is to provide people ALL the info I have (positive AND negative)- I don't decide for others whether they'll be miserable or not. I presume andre is over 18 and therefore mature enuff to decide for himself.
In any case, unless flying, this train is as good as training it to Delhi, train to Dehradun, bus to Uki, or worse - bus to Rksh and another to Uki. Time-wise u certainly don't lose out, in fact the only bummer is that it's 2nd class only.

I don't have enemies either, but I can think of worse - putting them on a train to Dimapur and telling them it goes to Haridwar!

tihom

hello friends

i really want to do mountaineering but am absolutely new to the forum/idea. i have done fairly easy treks a few times and have been thinking of learning more. whereas everyone seems to be going for a month long program, i am not sure whether i can do tt. i am working 5 dys a week and cannot take a break as of now. so can you suggest a weekend orientation program tt i can enroll into and learn. can go for a 2-3 dy tour over weekends.

wud appreciate response

mohit

priya .s

Hi, am really keen to join the NIM for the ladies basic course but was wondering what was the level of fitness required to do the course...i keep active and moderately fit and have been to treks such as roop kund only upto ali bughyal though, which is approx 12,000ft high ....i live in new delhi...so what preparation can one do for strength training especially to carry 12-15kg load on your back...!i beleive that is what you have to beable to carry during the course...is it as painful as it sounds cos i've never carried so much weight in my life?!!