For the past 20 years the 51-year-old has also worked as a guide in Switzerland, France and Italy, and for eight years has run training courses for mountain climbing guides in Iceland. I had heard about a guy running mountain climbing courses at Arthur’s Pass and I thought that sounded like a good idea, so I started working with him. The alpinist and mountain guide at work. Q Is there still a demand for mountain guides? You want young people just getting into mountain climbing to have the dream of becoming a guide, the way that I did when I was 16 years old.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 14, 2017 17:07 UTC