Ice Climbing Revival in Kashmir

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Ice climbing Revival in Kashmir


Kashmir is well known among adventurers for its trekking routes and Skiing. Climbing (rock and ice) is lagging behind in some way, even if this valley offers a lot of opportunities. Under the guidance of Junaid Beigh, JK Tourism and JKMAC hosted the inaugural ice climbing event in Kashmir back in 2016. This persisted until 2018. It was more like a two- or three-day long multi-day event. For obvious reasons—gear being one of them—no one keeps up the sport after that.

 As a student, I have to wait two years to collect the necessary equipment and become independent of any organization before I can climb because the equipment is so costly. My requests for our adventure clubs, JK Tourism, to arrange these kinds of sports have met with many barriers over the past two years. But nevertheless, it did happen last year, even if we were unable to climb because of the extremely difficult approach caused by the snow at the time. 

I've now achieved the objective of 2024 as a result of my patience and hard work. Because I am so committed to advancing this sport, I am proud that I was able to bring ice climbing back to Kashmir. 


Yesterday, January 21, 2024. What a day it was! We ascended the ice at Tramkazan nar. Despite still lacking adequate ice screws, I was nevertheless able to ascend freely, set up a top rope anchor for the others, and then ascended multiple times once.

The expertise and abilities I acquired while participating in the Himalayan Club's Ice Climbing workshop in February 2023 at Nubra, and I am grateful for their ongoing support. 

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