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 Walking Holidays
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Why choose AlpBase.com Courses?

What is included in the price:
a) All mechanical uplift
b) Full board accommodation
c) Equipment loan
d) Instruction by fully qualified IFMGA mountain guides
e) Packed lunches Monday to Friday
f) Accommodation in Apartment L’Acacia (see AlpBase.com website)
g) Optional evening lectures/workshops

PLUS all transport during our courses, including airport transfers, is FREE OF CHARGE

The Ecrins is France’s largest National Park (30x larger than the Chamonix Valley), a huge and diverse outdoor playground that offers superb conditions 12 months of the year. Bad weather days are practically non-existent - Briançon claims 300 blue sky days a year – so it is rare to miss a day’s activity.

We provide a wide range of bespoke mountaineering courses for the absolute beginner to the more experienced outdoor activist. Our courses emphasize learning by doing and we make sure you learn what you specifically need to know, so you are able to improve your mountain skills with some of our most experienced guides, all of whom are fully qualified IFMGA.

We tend to attract those who want a very individual service because our courses allow you to progress at your own pace and in accordance with your own ability. Each program is very flexible and can be tailored exactly to your requirements, and we can cater for singles, couples and groups.

The AlpBase.com team:

Jerry Gore – Course Organiser
Jerry is a professional mountaineer with a career spanning over a quarter of a century. He is one of Britain’s most experienced expedition climbers with a passion for all areas of mountaineering, from Big Wall to 8,000 meter ascents. He has achieved new routes on six continents with partners that include Sir Chris Bonington, Steve Venables, Al Hinkes, Mick Fowler, Ian Parnell and Kenton Cool. Jerry also brings to the mix a commission in the Royal Marines, and 10 years as Marketing Director for Cotswold Outdoor. Jerry’s knowledge of mountaineering, together with his work with outdoor equipment retailers and manufacturers, has given him the relevant experience to create a strong team of guides whose aim is to consistently deliver top quality mountain instruction. Jerry lives and climbs year-round in Vallouise, gateway to the Ecrins Massif, with his wife Jackie and their two daughters Beth and Lottie.
Francois Lombard – Chief Guide
Francois (nicknamed Babar) was born in L’Argentiere, only 10 minutes from AlpBase, and started climbing in the Ecrins in 1983. A real local expert! He won the Indoor Rock Climbing World Cup in 1994 and the International Masters of Arco (Italy) in 1995 and 1996. In the late 90’s he showed his impressive all-round skills by winning ice competitions, culminating in overall winner of the World Ice Series in 2000. He has climbed all over the world including expeditions to Nepal, Russia and Peru and organises the annual bouldering meet in Ailefroide every year. But above all we love him because he is such a nice guy to spend a day with in the hills.
Marie-Claire Hourcade – Mountain Guide
Marie-Claire was born and raised in the French Pyrenees. She started her rock climbing career there on trad routes, learning the craft of nut and friend placement before ever she got into the delights of sport climbing. This unique (for a French climber anyway!) background has resulted in an impressive talent on both rock and mixed winter routes, where she more than holds her own when climbing with the boys. With on-sight skills up to 7c+ (E7), who can blame them! A quiet person by nature, Marie- Claire is a great instructor because she looks and listens, and so is able to offer perceptive advice helping people to advance quickly and confidently.
Steve Long – Mountaineering Instructor and Mountain Guide
Steve Long is our anchor man in the UK, running pre-course training and instruction. Steve has trained and assessed hundreds of prospective mountain walking leaders and mountaineering instructors as well as coaching at all levels in his capacity as Senior Instructor at Plas-Y-Brenin, the National Mountain centre, for over a decade. Steve has been climbing and trekking all over the world for over 25 years now, and has climbed on many of the world's most challenging rock walls and mixed climbs, including Cerro Torre, Great Trango, Lotus Flower Tower, and Low's Gully. His exploits have regularly been televised internationally including "Up Against an Avalanche", "Adrenaline Junkie", and "To the Ends of the Earth". He writes regularly for Climber, Summit and Trail magazines, and wrote the bestselling textbook "Hillwalking". A modern Renaissance Man, Steve's hobbies include writing, gardening, photography and film-making when he gets the time!

If you would like further information on any of our courses please don’t hesitate to contact Jerry Gore by email or phone:

E: jerry@alpbase.com
T: 00 33 492 23 45 69

Jerry Gore
Course Organiser
AlpBase.com

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Tel : 00 33 (0) 4 92 23 45 69 Fax : 001 27 08 12 97 52 Email : jerry@alpbase.com
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