The Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI Darjeeling) was established in

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on 4 November 1954 to encourage

mountaineering Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, ...

as an organized sport in India. The first ascent of

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in 1953 by

Tenzing Norgay Tenzing Norgay (; ''tendzin norgyé''; perhaps 29 May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer. He was one of the first two people known to reach the su ...

and

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sparked a keen interest in establishing mountaineering as a well-respected endeavour for people in the region. With the impetus provided by the first

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, HMI was established in Darjeeling.

Narendra Dhar Jayal Narendra Dhar Jayal (Nandu Jayal) (25 June 1927 – 28 April 1958) was an Indian mountaineer and an officer of the Bengal Sappers and the Indian Army Corps of Engineers. He is credited with pioneering and patronizing early post-Independence moun ...

, the pioneer of Indian Mountaineering, was the founding principal of the institute. Tenzing Norgay was the first director of field training for HMI. The buildings for the Institute were designed by the architect Joseph Allen Stein, then teaching at the Bengal Engineering College near Calcutta. It was the first building in a career in India that lasted half a century. HMI regularly conducts ''Adventure'', ''Basic'' and ''Advanced Mountaineering'' courses. These are very comprehensive courses. They are also highly subsidised to encourage mountaineering as a sport.

History

became the first Director of Field Training of the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in

, when it was set up in 1954.

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Alumni

* Col Narendra Kumar * Archana Sardana *

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* Harshvardhan Joshi *

Satyarup Siddhanta Satyarup Siddhanta (born 29 April 1983) is a Bangalore-based Indian Mountaineering, mountaineer. Satyarup became the youngest mountaineer in the world and the first from India to climb both the Seven Summits as well as Volcanic Seven Summits o ...

References

External links

Official websiteAbout Himalayan Mountaineering Institute.
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