A good health, determination and patience  to never give up is all that you need to consider Alpine sport for a career.  If you think you have all these qualities; then pack your backpack and get ready for adventure. You can specialise in Climbing, Hiking, Trekking, Cycling, Biking or skiing and ice skating.

Course details, duration and Fee

Endurance, courage and stamina are the main requirements to get enrolled for a mountaineering course.  The mountaineering course mainly teaches you –

• Acclimatization
• Rock and ice craft
• Environment awareness
• Survivals in mountains
• Navigation
• Rescue operations

Institutes – (Eligibility – Physical fitness & discipline)

• Nehru Institute Of Mountaineering, Utarakshi (nimindia.net)
• Uttarakhand Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering and Winter Sports, Pahalgam (jawaharinstitutepahalgam.com)
• Jammu and Kashmir National Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports, Dirang, (nimasdirang.com)
• Arunachal Pradesh Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling, West Bengal  (hmidarjeeling.com)

Duration – 14 to 28 days basic course (each advanced courses also of same durations)

Fee – Rs.5,000/- to Rs. 25,000/-

Job Profiles –

• Instructor
• Porter
• Guide
• Tour Organiser
• Rescue operator

Job providers –  Indian mountaineering foundation, forest department, tourism centres, adventure sport centres.

Expected Salary – Rs.5000 to Rs.15,000 a month for porters.  Rs.1,000 to Rs.5,000 a day for guides.

 Some Prominent Names :  Neha Ahuja ; Arif Khan ; Harish Kapadia ; H.P.S Aluwalia

If flying is your passion and you think the sky is calling you to play with the clouds, you can venture into some of the aerial sports.  Now does that make you happy… if yes, then get ready to fly. Some of the options available are bungee jumping, paragliding, sky diving and hot air ballooning.

Course details, duration and Fee

Above 16 years of age and a medical fitness certificate is all that is required to enrol for the various courses.

The training process is as under

• Theoretical explanation of what is expected
• Practical demonstration
• Practising with the trainer under his guidance
• Performing solo

Institutes – (Eligibility – Physical fitness and determination)

• Temple Pilots , Kamshet (paragliding) (templepilots.com)
• Wings and Flights, Pune (paragliding) (paraglidingindia.com)
• Bangalore Mountaineering club, Banglaore (Skydiving, paragliding and tandem jump) (bmcindia.org)
• IISM, Gulmarg (Ballooning) (iismgulmarg.in)

Duration –  2 to 6 days basic course (each advanced level course of  the same duration)

Fee – Rs.25,000/- to Rs. 75,000/-

Job Profiles –

• Instructor
• Solo Pilot
• Tour Organiser

Job providers –  Airport authorities, adventure sport clubs, tourism centres.

Expected Salary – Rs.15000 to Rs.25,000 a month.

Some Prominent Names :  Archana Sardana ; Padma Shri Shital Mahajan