Himalayan Mountaineering Institute

The Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI Darjeeling) was established in Darjeeling, India on 4 November 1954[1] to encourage mountaineering as an organized sport in India. The first ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary sparked a keen interest in establishing mountaineering as a well-respected endeavour for people in the region. With the impetus provided by the first prime minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, HMI was established in Darjeeling. Narendra Dhar Jayal, 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.

Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling
Signage near Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling, India.

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.

  • Entry
  • HMI
  • Tenzing Memorial
  • Tenzing Memorial
  • Tenzing Memorial
  • Tenzing Memorial
  • Museum
  • Tenzing Rock
  • May (You) Climb From Peak To Peak

Alumni

See also

References
  1. Harish Kapadia (2001). Across Peaks & Passes in Darjeeling & Sikkim. Indus Publishing. p. 64. ISBN 978-81-7387-126-9.

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