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Basic mountain climbing technique course
MCS AlexClimb school of mountain climbing is not just a collection of several courses or classes.
Based on the initial level of the participants of the training program and their final goal, comprehensive preparation for serious alpine routes can last for a year or even more.
MCS AlexClimb team after a successful climb the summit of Nevado Alpamayo, Peru
Below there is an example of our repeatedly tested practical training program for the alpine climbs of a high level of difficulty, such as Mount Dykh Tau, Mount Ushba, Nevado Alpamayo, Mount Fitzroy, Mount Cook, Matterhorn, etc.
In that schedule there is everything you will need to get prepared for the advanced and top level non-altitude alpine routes:
- Spring: Rockclimbing course in Mallorca, Spain
- Summer: Mountaineering course in Switzerland (Monte Rosa) - easy training climbs in the Alps
- Autumn: Offline Field Navigation Course
- Winter: Iceclimbing Course in Norway (Rjukan/Hemsedal), Mountaineering Techniques Course
For clear understanding of the issue, I explain what is the concept of mountaineering in the MCS AlexClimb climbing school.
Mountaineering in its civilized form has nothing to do with sport objectives. Mountain climbing is very beautiful, quite complex and extremely diverse type of active recreation in close contact with the forces of wild nature.
During a mountaineering training program in Dagestan, Caucasus
Mountaineering opens up completely new vast horizons for you in your travel, communication, self-development. Climbing mountains gives a good reason and opportunity to keep yourself in good healthy shape until old age.
Being 82 years old is not a reason to give up rockclimbing. Majorca
However, any sporting tasks set in mountaineering, such as “faster, higher, stronger” lead to disappointment and troubles of varying degrees. Or even to the accidents.
At the foot of Peak Communism, Pamir. MCS AlexClimb team after a successful climb
Among the clients of MCS AlexClimb Alpine School there are professional athletes in the official sports - tennis, swimming, wrestling, gymnastics, etc.
These people do not come to mountaineering to prove to anyone that they are the best. They perfectly know their worth. The mountains give them something else.
At the summit of Mount Gestola against the backdrop of the famous Bezengi wall, Caucasus
Mountaineering is an activity for the soul; no records are needed in the mountains.
Practicing mountaineering we don't compete with each other, we help each other. Any achievement in mountaineering is the result of joint efforts and mutual assistance. So, there is no reason for any kind of competition in the mountaineering except going beyond your own limits.
On the Mount Dykh Tau climbing route, Caucasus
When we are talking about “victories” in mountaineering, we do not associate this concept with physical dominance over someone or something; the main “rival” for us on the climb is the mountain itself.
During a training climb in the Alps, Switzerland
In order to “conquer” the summit, first of all, we must cope with our own laziness, pride, vanity. Only then, as a result of all the efforts applied, often exposing ourselves to inhuman loads, we are given a reward that cannot be folded into our wallet or hung on our chest - several short happy seconds on the top of the mountain peak.
At the top of Mount Ushba, Caucasus
Mountaineering is not just a few hours of walking or scrambling to the summit. Apart of that, mountain climbing involves long time of planning, preparation, hard training. The secret of successful and safe ascents in the mountains, first of all, lies in an adequate choice of a climbing goal and thorough preliminary preparation.
After iceclimbing training, Hemsedal, Norway
Mountaineering technique is not the ability to tie climbing knots or distinguish the upper harness from the lower one. Mountaineering technique is a set of technical, physical and tactical skills that can only be learned through practice, in the real conditions of alpine routes.
Climbing Mount Fitz Roy, Patagonia
I have to disappoint those who think that by learning a few knots they will be able to climb Mount Ushba or Mount Everest - don’t waste your time - my Mountaineering Course will not help you.
To do any ascents in the mountains, a fairly wide range of skills is required in addition to knowledge of the basic technical solutions.
Climbing Mount Shkhara along the South Face, Caucasus
Depending on the route, this set of special skills may change - for example, to climb Mount Elbrus, it is important to have good running physical shape, be able to use a navigator and have a basic understanding of the tactics of climbing long non-technical alpine routes.
Climbing Mount Cook, New Zealand
But for climbing Mount Dykh Tau, Matterhorn, Alpamayo or Mount Ushba, you will need to be able to confidently climb ice and rocks, use your crampons and an ice ax, have confident skill of climbing up or descending a rope. These are different skills that cannot be combined into any short training course.
The author of the text and photos - Alex Trubachev
Your professional technical mountain guide
MCS EDIT 2024
Our Principles
AlexClimb Rule #1 - Safety First
From the very beginning of our activity, here nearly 16 years, the first Principle of work of School of mountaineering and rock-climbing of MCS AlexClimb is the Safety Priority. On the basis of this Principle all process of training is based, all programs and rounds are developed and carried out only within this main principle. We consider that at professional approach to development of programs, at personal discipline and correctly put motivation - occupations by mountaineering and rock-climbing are COMPLETELY safe. And from the return - all troubles and accidents in our sport come from nonprofessionalism, from ignorance or neglect by elementary standards of safety, from irrational motivation, from revaluation of own forces and opportunities. All these prerequisites we COMPLETELY EXCLUDE in our work - ours Rock-climbing, Ice climbing and Mountaineering are based on one Principle - the Safety Priority. In rock-climbing, mountaineering and ice climbing, the Priority of Safety of MCS AlexClimb-is your personal security and comfort irrespective of, than we are engaged - we train muscles and we work technology of the movement in the sports hall and on the rock climbing wall, we make the way through snowstorm to top or we relax on golden sand of the Caribbean beach after hot day of trainings on rocks. The Safety priority - the main credo of School of mountaineering and rock-climbing of MCS AlexClimb.
AlexClimb Rule #2 - Leave No Trace
Closely interacting with Nature, working with the active programs in mountains, woods, lakes and rivers, we perfectly understand the importance of carefull and respectfull bahavior towards the Nature, for its resources. From the very beginning of our outdoor-activity we adopted rules of Leave No Trace technique - the standard of behavior of the person accepted in all the civilized world in relation to environment and especially - to the wild nature. After all on the relation of people to the nature near which they exist, itself can draw dalekoidushchy conclusions on the relation of these people to... Where and as we didn't travel - we don't reserve any garbage, we try to reduce whenever possible our influence on environment to a minimum. We clear earlier zagryazyonny tourist parking of the left garbage, we take out and we take out to utilization places that to us other people left there. We consider that only thus, at personal individual consciousness of each citizen, each tourist, climber or autotraveller, we will be able to keep the nature surrounding us in its state, natural, suitable for life, - in it pledge of the healthy future for ourselves and our children.
