Preliminaries of candidates for NNMGA aspirant guide course
Candidates must have either taken the course:
- NMA Basic and Advance
- NMIA Basic and Advance
- Petzl Basic and Advance
- Plus have experience on summit over 6000m. Peak over 2 years.
Or have summited: experience of 5 expeditions of at least 30 days duration on summits over 6000m. Including at least 2 camps in altitude.
Candidates must present a dossier with:
- Details of their experience and any eventual recommendation from the expedition participants or the head of organization.
- The course completed along with the attestations of the supervisor/s.
The sequence of the preliminaries:
An oral test on their ascents and experience
The candidates with be asked to detail their list of ascents and their experience which they must be capable of describing.
Rock test:
Difficulty: 6a+
Organization: 3 climbing routes-candidates must succeed in 2 out of the routes.
Requirement: be capable of varying the routes from one test to another. In preference, routes specially opened for these preliminaries.
Ice test:
Level required: be capable of advancing up in traverse and descending in a safe and agile manner.
Organization: two tests
Test 1: climb up- traverse – descend. Roped up and clipped into protection. Evaluation in agility of classic crampon technique.
Test 2: vertical route. Evaluation in crampon agility with front point technique.
Test on alpine terrain:
Level required: capable of progressing on unstable terrain (scree) in a safe and agile manner. Know how to climb with mountain boots on a route of difficulty level 5.
Organization: two tests
Test 1: bouldering. Evaluation of agility.
Test 2: a climb route in mountaineering boots. Evaluation of the participant’s capacity to climb wearing mountain boots.
Evaluation:
1. The candidates will be marked after each test.
2. At the end of the rock climbing test, any candidate who has not succeeded will not be authorized to continue on to the ice test or the varied terrain test in the mountains.
3. After the first test in the mountains (ice or varied terrain) all candidates will go on
4. Take the next test. It will be possible for candidates who are marked below average after the first test to compensate with a better mark in the next test.
5. After all three tests. Successful candidates will be authorized to join the “aspirant guide” training program.