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Patagonia Mountaineering
 
Nature rules in this remote land of southern Chile.
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The Patagonian Andes is the site of your mountaineering expedition. Among the peaks, expansive rivers and thick coastal rainforests, you’ll learn the techniques of alpine big-glacier mountaineering and camping in challenging weather, including all the skills to carry out remote expeditions and explore rugged and little-traveled mountain terrain. Teamwork, motivation, leadership and communication are critical components of the course, as are meticulous glacier travel, hazard evaluation and technical ropework.

This course will offer you the challenges of unknown terrain and fierce alpine weather, preparing you for travel in any mountain area in the world.

Patagonia Mountaineering
Duration: 34 days
Age: 17 and Over
Tuition: $5,470
Dates:

Jan. 10-Feb. 12, 2008

College Credit:
(Optional)

6 Semester Credit Hours
2 Hours Environmental Ethics
2 Hours Skills Practicum
2 Hours Risk Assessment

Course start/end: Coyhaique, Chile
Equipment Deposit: $350
Fly in/out: Balmaceda, Chile
Downloads: Course Description (pdf)
Equipment List (pdf)

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Patagonia's challenging terrain, seldom-traveled glaciers, rough weather and remoteness all accelerate your leadership development.
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  "In Patagonia--like in no other place--the magnitude, the rawness of the land keep you mesmerized and in constant awe. Change is dramatic and unmistakable--an incredible cure for complacency. I am small here. I have been greatly humbled. Live the opportunity of the moment, because it will not last.

Kat Smithhammer
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