A long trekking/mountaineering excursion requires adapting to the harsh mountain environment. As one spends many days living and moving through this challenging environment, certain knowledge and awareness are essential for a safe, healthy, and rewarding experience. Therefore, one must learn how their body reacts to the cold and the mechanism
We are Spandan (Jibbi) and Korak (Nibbi), twin brothers who are seriously committed to rock climbing and have been rooted in climbing for the last 15 years.
We are dedicated to exploring all the styles from hard boulders & sport climbs to remote alpine rock climbs in various parts of India.
As aspiring alpinists, we prefer to explore unclimbed terrains in minimalist style rather than aggression for height records.
Our notable ascents include Sugar Fish Font 8B+ FA, Shilajit F 8b+, and Mahalaya - Lalung Valley. Zanskar, IV 5.10b R, 550 metres; Millennium Crack – Badami 7a Trad Climb; Samsara – Badami 8a Sport Climb; Smiling Goddess – Chhatru FB 7C Boulder Problem;
We are now based in Manali during the season (April to December), where we are continuing our work of developing Bouldering and climbing around the area, as well as exploring nearby regions (Lahaul, Zanskar and Miyar).
During our time as climbers, we have come across and coached several athletes, both at junior and senior levels, for zonal & national competitions. We have run numerous climbing courses, done route setting for competitions & for gyms and facilitated climbing for many people both indoors & outdoors.
We offer rock climbing coaching & guiding, personal coaching sessions, climbing workshops and guided alpine (rock) climbing trips in the Indian Himalayas.
Alpine Rock Climbing in the Indian Himalaya Region
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The Indian Himalaya offers a variety of alpinism objectives; most of them are high mountains at an elevation above 6000 m. Climbers from all over the world have come for these objectives, but the potential for technical rock climbing in alpine settings and on alpine walls is huge. Over the
Rakchham: A hidden paradise of granite climbing in Indian Himalayas
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Nestled in a remote corner of Indian Himalaya close to the border with Tibet is a small village called Rakchham, which translates to ‘rak’ means rock ‘chham’ means bridge or pool, ‘Bridges of rocks. The overwhelming amount of granite surrounding the village is quite astonishing. They come in all shapes
The Big Walls of Bhagirathi From the famous meadow of Tapovan one can see the famous Bhagirathi groups of peaks. This is described by Gorge Bettembourg as an El capitan with a droites north face on top at 6000 mt. The Big walls of Bhagirathi III and IV have attracted
Changabang North Face Changabang (6864 mt) is one of the most magnificent mountains in the world, located in the Garhwal region of the Indians Himalayas. Its north face is one of the most impressive walls for elite climbers. The vertical steep labyrinth of rock and ice has attracted some of
Exploration around Donali glacier in Kishtwar
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Exploring Donali – A rarely visited climbing paradise in Kishtwar Nestling on the north-east bank of Chenab between Kashmir to the north and Chamba-Lahaul to the south, lies the mountaineer’s playground of Kishtwar. As Harish Kapadia wrote in his book EXPLORING THE HIDDEN HIMALAYA “Kishtwar is the small parties hunting
Climbing in Lalung valley: Trijunction of Kishtwar, Suru and Zanskar
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During September 2017, we joined our friends Tad McCrea & Jon Griffin both from the United States, for an expedition to the remote Lalung valley. This valley is in the Indian Himalaya, located on the boundary of the Kishtwar, Suru, and Zaskar regions of Jammu and Kashmir. Up until fairly
Free climb to Toro peak in Miyar Valley, India
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The Beginning: When I first got interested in climbing mountains, one of the pictures that impressed me much was that of the Neverseen Tower in Miyar valley. I came across a photo in Himalayan journal vol. 58, taken by Italian alpinist Massimo Marchigianni. Around the year 2000, the valley become
