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The weather during the opening months of 2007 was
a typically confusing Uttaranchal mix of sun and storm. Beautiful clear days,
blue skies unbroken by a single cloud were frequent, but the tranquility of this
teasing glimpse of spring was equally frequently broken unsympathetically by
thunderclouds charging down from the Mussoorie ridge.
However, the confusion of the climate was in
direct contrast with the clarity of the vision for the future of the Himalayan
Adventure Institute. A great deal has been achieved over the last 14 years, a
renowned training establishment created where before there was only scrub and
rock.
A national-class climbed wall now stands sentry over the campus. Thousands
of trainees have come, completed their programme and gone back to their homes,
stronger in body and spirit.
But when one is in pursuit of true excellence, the
journey is never truly completed. That is the case here. We are on step removed
from the completion of the bricks-and-mortal infrastructure of the Institute.
This will give HAI the ability to complete on an international stage, which will
in turn provide the funds and exposure to enlarge its range of offerings,
including a increased role in the charitable work of the region. The steps that
will be taken over the next two years are
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