Himalayan Mountaineering Institute

The institution is situated in the beautiful town of Darjeeling and is one of the most famous gateways to Adventure tourism and many more to the mountaineering fans. It was a pioneer of 1954, founded to honor the legend Tenzing Norgay who with Sir Edmund Hillary was among the first two persons to have conquered Mount Everest. It is more of a training school for would be mountain climbers and shows the warmth the country feels for the beautiful Himalayas and its maximum potential.

Being located at the foothills of the amazing Darjeeling Himalayas, the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute Darjeeling, has put in place vast training machinery regarding mountaineering and adventure activities. From fundamental mountaineering to techniques on the ‘expedition’ and every other skill in between, the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, HMI, has something for everyone. The variation consists of the one being the simple boy scout training expedition and the advanced course many of which have produced veterans in the art of climbing who has passed through these walls.

An element that stands out amongst the core factors found at the Himalayan Mountain Institute Darjeeling is its history. The institute has a gallery that contains several photographs, collectables and other materials from the team that made it to the top of Everest Peak in the year nineteen fifty-three. The HMI collections are the perfect place for any visitors that are fond of the history of mountains and actors in the sport of climbing. It helps to understand the people who have climbed the Himalayan range and some of them are so rich in history that few others have emulated in any other range.

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