Aug 12 | Shimshal Climbing School

By Simone Moro

We had been in the remote valley of Shimshal. We met the local people and authorities and we visited the families of the 2 high altitude porters died on k2 last week (rescuing 2 foreign climbers).

The project started and we did the first "lesson" showing videos and explaining our goal with the school. The responsible of the school will be Qudrat Ali and Shaheen baig who are 2 famous shimshali mountaineers and high altitude porters and had been with me in my last broad peak attempt It will be the first climbing school in Pakistan involving males and females TOGETHER...

My idea is to visit regurarly (1-2 times per year) and participate in teaching the students how to climb on rock, ice, mix and how to guide a client in low and high altitude. We also will organize some small climbs with some selected students on the 6000 and 7000 meters around shimshal. Many of those mountains are still unclimbed.

Very soon I will provide some basic TNF products to the students and I will try to involve some my sponsor in providing climbing gear and equipment (ice axes, crampons, harnesses, helmets and so on). The students need all the basic products and equipment to start their activity.

The local people of Shimshal asked me to express their gratitude to the company and to all of you. They appreciated very much our sensibility and the soul of our project.

Ciao!

- Simone Moro

Comments

[Aqeel Abbas]

Dear can u send me the address of this school ? coz i wanna join this School

Regards
Aqeel Abbas

Aqeel.Abbas73@yahoo.com

[Aqeel Abbas]

and plz tell me about This year Project when will you go there for Teaching ? tell me all detail coz i wanna join u guys