Everest Academy :: এভারেস্ট একাডেমী

Located in Dhaka, Bangladesh and works across the country and abroad, Bangladesh Mountaineering & Leadership School by Everest Academy (BMLS-EA) is one of Bangladesh's premier providers of mountaineering; ice climbing, rock climbing, hiking and trekking experiences within the Bangladesh's hills and mountains abroad. From 2011, we have unofficially hosted the program with Dhaka University’s Mountaineering & Adventure Club, which is now official, and it is growing day by day. Our brand is known for quality mountain experiences, safety and well organized itineraries. We have some of the best instructors and hiking guides in the industry.

The BMLS-EA believes positive, ethical leaders change the world. Based on this belief, BMLS-EA is in its way to be the leader in adventure education. Founded in 2012 by First Bangladeshi Everest Conqueror Musa Ibrahim, BMLS-EA takes trainees of all ages on remote adventure expeditions and teaches them technical adventure skills, leadership, and environmental ethics.

What BMLS-EA teaches cannot be learned in a traditional classroom or on a city street. It takes practice to learn adventure skills and time to develop leadership. The backcountry provides the ideal setting for this unique, experiential education— BMLS-EA classrooms are some of the Bangladesh’s wildest and most awe-inspiring locations. BMLS-EA believes living in untouched places like the classrooms will teach trainees responsibility for all that surrounds us.

Our instructors all believe leadership can be learned, and they have been trained in the BMLS-EA leadership curriculum, outdoor ethics, and wilderness skills to help every student become the strongest leader he or she can be. BMLS-EA instructors are experienced wilderness expedition leaders, and they are passionate educators. They possess a blend of technical skills competence, and teaching abilities, and they genuinely enjoy interacting with groups of people. BMLS-EA operates on the firm believe that learning should be fun, something our instructors exemplify and our students attest to every day.

With courses ranging from 10 days to a full academic year, we attract highly motivated students who want to learn how to lead. BMLS-EA graduates have everything needed to lead others in the soceity, as well as the leadership ability to excel at work or in the classroom. We expect a great deal of our trainees. BMLS-EA courses are demanding, because we believe people thrive when challenged. Our hands-on, learn-by-doing approach means our graduates get the skills they need to be competent, responsible wilderness travelers long after their course.

From our humble beginnings as an adventure leadership program at BMLS-EA, we are growing to be recognized internationally for our service, exemplary safety record, and the highest standard of program delivery. We are proud to call Dhaka, Bangladesh our home but consider the hills of Chittagong Hill Tracts to be our classroom and playground. We are the premier mountaineering and adventure leadership school. The rich and deep history of adventure in Bangladesh is a great source of pride for everyone at Bangladesh Mountaineering & Leadership School by Everest Academy.

Join us to experience the fun, the growth, and the adventure of a BMLS-EA course.

Innovation in Adventure Education -

BMLS-EA Focuses:
• Provide and maintain logical, factual and practical adventure paradigms, through educating, training, assessing, certifying and empowering the current professional and aspiring adventurer, youth adventure program leaders, college/university adventure program leaders and adventure club/association leaders.

• Provide education that is practical, individualized, experiential and based on the adult education model and practice of Andragogy. Click the following link for for explanation of the model: Moving from Pedagogy to Andragogy [http://www-distance.syr.edu/andraggy.html]

• Remain open to alternative processes and practices in general and in the education and assessment of other strenuous adventure.

• Support community development amongst adventure trainers, while recognizing and honoring diversity in all national and international adventure guide or instructor training and certification standards.

• Provide trainees with mountaineering technical practicalities and factual technical information as it relates to climbing fall loads and breaking strengths of ropes, cords and other climbing gear, as they specifically pertain to configurations and applications used during mountaineering.

• Create and support open dialog on technical and educational concerns for the professional mountaineering and community.

• Open up adventure education training and assessment opportunities to a more economically diverse group of people, by lowering training and assessment costs and offering scholarships primarily based on financial need.

• Responsible Adventure Tourism (we are guided by "Take a photographs & leave no trace" and always travel that maximizes the benefits to local communities, minimizes negative social or environmental impacts, and helps local people conserve fragile cultures and habitats or species).

• Sustainable Adventure Tourism (Nature is not just for current generation what we firmly believe that meets the needs of present travelers and host regions while protecting and enhancing opportunities for the future).


Our Values
• Safety is the KEY in everything we do; we emphasize taking individual and shared responsibility for safety;
• BMLS-EA strives to achieve a positive adventure experience for all members on each adventure;
• BMLS-EA respects the environment and will minimize our impacts;
• BMLS-EA cares about the members, and strives to be a cohesive organization where people feel they belong;
• BMLS-EA values getting to know each other better and do this through such activities as weekends away, pot luck socials, and taking time for post adventure refreshments;
• BMLS-EA is an organization that knows how to celebrate; BMLS-EA takes time to celebrate group and individual accomplishments;
• BMLS-EA enjoys all aspects of the adventure experience; it is not simply about getting to the top of the mountain;
• BMLS-EA values the health and fitness benefits of adventure;
• The vitality and character of the organization stems from the collective talents and contribution of all members


Courses

Pre-Basic Mountaineering Training
The rugged, hill stream-carved Chimbuk Range is famous for its sheer hill headwalls and soaring spires.
This not-that-much remote range is also famous for trekking expeditions that have a perfect blend of hill trekking, hill ascents, and mountaineering technique practice.
You’ll learn fundamental mountaineering skills such as belaying, rappelling, climbing techniques, and anchor construction—all while traveling over, around, and through the hilly, steep terrain of the Chimbuk Range.
Your route will allow you to learn climbing techniques that will lead to longer, more technical climbs. At the same time, you’ll master the camping, hiking, and leadership skills necessary to thrive in the mountain environment and beyond.
Duration : 12 days
Age : 15 and over (average age 19)
Tuition : BDT 8500
Dates : June 15-June 26, 2012
Course start/end : Dhaka, Bandarban
Equipment Deposit : BDT 2000
Fly in/out : Dhaka
Additional Information : Course Description (pdf)
Equipment List (pdf)


Leadership Training in 4-8 Days
Leadership at BMLS-EA
There are a lot of ways to learn about leadership—books, seminars, classes, degree programs—but how do you learn to be a leader? At BMLS-EA, leadership isn’t just a concept to be studied and pondered; we give you the tools to be a leader. What you learn here are leadership skills and qualities you’ll carry with you the rest of your life.

Improve group dynamics with an expedition simulation.

Short on time and long on desire for impacting leadership skills? The Leadership Training Challenge is the answer.

The Leadership Training Challenge focuses on the core aspects of BMLS-EA's leadership training in a format that is hands-on, fun, and effective. Your team can get away from the distractions of the daily routine, yet remain available for critical work conversations.

The outdoor component of the course allows participants to collaborate in hands-on learning with advanced technology oriented course. This condensed expedition mimics challenges that teams face anywhere: making expedient decisions, balancing task achievement with group development, blending distinct individuals to form a cohesive team, and working through unforeseen hurdles.

Through group coaching, our facilitators give your team the tools to make sound decisions; these skills will leverage teams to be stronger and more effective.

Duration : 4-8 days
Tuition : BDT 9500
Dates : On discussion
Course start/end : Dhaka, Bandarban
Equipment Deposit : BDT 2000
Fly in/out : Dhaka
Additional Information : Course Description (pdf)
Equipment List (pdf)


Mountaineering Expedition
Mountaineering at BMLS-EA features glacier travel, pristine glacier lakes, astounding views and the teamwork and technical skills you need to get to the highest points in the world.
BMLS-EA conducts trekking expeditions to Annapurna Circuit, Everest Base Camp, Langtang Himalaya and mountaineering expeditions to Chulu East Peak, Tilicho Peak, Mera Peak, Singuchuli Peak, Naya Kanga Peak, Mt Everest. [Participation on discussion]


BMLS-EA Professional Training for Organizations
BMLS-EA Professional Training offers innovative, customized BMLS-EA courses for businesses and organizations, focusing on any aspect of the BMLS-EA core curricula—leadership, technical skills, risk management or environmental studies.
[Contact BMLS-EA for detail]


2-Days BMLS-EA Summer Camp
BMLS-EA Summer Camp offers innovative opportunities for school-going students, focusing on technical skills and environmental studies.
[Contact BMLS-EA for detail]


Design Your Course
BMLS-EA Training is here to meet your learning objectives! We work with you to determine your needs and provide a format specially designed just for your group, whether you want to focus on leadership and teamwork or develop solid outdoor skills.

We will design your custom course around the following:
Course Dates & Group Size
Course dates and group size may affect the possibility of designing a course in a specific location or around a specific skill. For example, Jungle Survival courses only run in the summer months with an optimum group size of 15 to 20 people. If you know your course dates and/or desired group size, contact our program coordinators to discuss options.

Course Location
BMLS-EA can bring its expert educators to you, or you can join us in one of our wilderness classrooms all over the world. Though not limited to, BMLS-EA Training operates most economically near the following BMLS-EA locations:
o Bandarban
o Sitakunda
o Rangamati
o Habiganj
o India (Himalayas)
o Nepal (Himalayas)

Activity or Learning Objective
Each location offers unique opportunities to learn various technical outdoor skills, from backpacking and mountaineering to sea swimming.

Regardless of the course location or skill learned, your BMLS-EA course will foster leadership development among participants. At BMLS-EA, leadership isn’t just a concept to be studied and pondered; we give you and your group the tools to be leaders. What you learn here are leadership qualities you’ll carry with you the rest of your life.

Course Length
BMLS-EA Professional Training provides custom courses ranging from 1-day on-site Leadership Trainings to 30-day Wilderness Expeditions.

Next Steps
Now that you’ve had a chance to brainstorm particular components of your customized course, let’s coordinate efforts to make it happen. Contact us today!