- Climbing grade: Beginners
This mountaineering level requires basic wilderness experience such as camping, backpacking and basic rock scrambling, where ropes are not usually required.
Previous climbing experience is not essential apart of basic outdoor skills for safe and enjoyable passages where open mind provides personal satisfaction.
A cardio-vascular fitness which for most people requires training, by running, hiking, cycling, swimming and climbing stairs which are popular aerobic exercises. Physical fitness is the key for a good
performace amongst beginners to advanced mountaineers.
Ropes are used principally for glacier travel and low angle snow or ice slopes. No climbing experience is required.
- Climbing Grade: Intermediate
For this next mountaineering level we should have basic snow and ice-climbing skills and should be comfortable with glacier travel up to 40- 45 degree slopes , moving in a rope team, self arrest, practising crampons and ice axe techniques for traversing and diagonal ascents. Short, steep sections of snow or ice up to about 45 degrees. Previous snow and ice climbing experience is recommended. Good fitness level required for up to 10 hour climbs in high altitude. Our Avenue of the Volcanoes Expedition will give you the experience to practice these skills and learn new techniques.
This advanced level climbers should be comfortable climbing up to 60 degree slopes on snow travel and ice climbing with exposure involved ; where skills like routefinding ,self rescue, belaying,
basic anchor set up systems and crevasse rescue are recommended.
Climbs of this grade are exceptionally physically demanding and basic technical skills are required. You should have a past history of climbing experience on smaller peaks.
- Climbing Grade: Advanced / Experienced
Climbers should be comfortable climbing on exposed ridges aboove 60 degree slopes and/or 5.8 rock and have a well-rounded past history of climbing experience. Climbing resume required.
Vertical ice walls and rock suitable for competent mountaineers who have climbed consistently at these standards.
Hard physical effort at extreme altitude which requires thorough preparation based only on your experience of previous expeditions.
Our programs are focused for beginners and intermediate mountaineers based on a careful set of guidelines to help develop skills and abilities to deal with long climbs, adverse weather and exposure to altitude as we endure our knowledge to minimize the risks of outdoor activities.
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Climbing Grades 
