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                             WELCOME !!  TO THE WINTER 2007 /  2008 NEWS LETTER
I hope your winter is going well and you are enjoying many great  adventures in this cold beautiful environment. We are
experiencing good snow all over the Northern hemisphere. The Alps are well covered since November and the rockies are
being pounded by almost non stop storms since January.
HOME
For me,  skiing is instant gratification. Each step on
the way up is enjoyable and each turn is just pure
pleasure. I measure each run by fun factor and i can
tell you so far this winter the fun factor is quite high !!!

I am looking forward to many more great turns, a lot of
fun as the spring ski touring season approach. I will be in
the Alps mostly sharing great skiing with many of you my
friends.


Jean Pavillard, mountain guide, director/owner
Adventures to the Edge.
MONT COOK, NEW ZEALAND:

CLICK HERE FOR A FULL PHOTOS DESCRIPTION OF THE ASCENT.

Climbing, trekking or sight seeing. New Zealand offers great opportunity for all. If you are tempted by an adventure down
under do not hesitate to contact me. I have worked with Gary Dickson IFMGA mountain guide from Wanaka who spend the
summer in Switzerland guiding out of Leysin and his wife Iris Aeberchly from switzerland who now runs the office in Wanaka
and lead treks around the country. Just a great friendly team.
SKI GUIDES TRAINING, BACKCOUNTRY SKI CAMP: Over the years i have enjoyed teaching ski guide course for
professional and recreational skiers. In January i skied few days with English mountain guides working on skiing techniques,
In Switzerland then i went to Aspen, Colorado for the AMGA ski guide course. A 12 days training course  that included some
nights out , for a very cold biwy , just loved it. From aspen i moved back to Crested Butte for a shorter version of the
Backcountry ski camp as the storm kept most people at home shoveling. Finally we got few clear days and i was able to run
the ski guide training for Crested Butte mountain guides.
                                                                                                             SUMMER 2008

TREKKING FROM CHAMONIX TO ZERMATT                      CHAMONIX TO GRIMENTZ             TOUR DU MONT BLANC

ALPINE ASCENT : MATTERHORN, MONT BLANC, EIGER, DENT BLANCHE,
SKI GUIDE TRAINING INVOLVE A LOT OF
SKILLS

RISK MANAGEMENT

TRAVEL TECHNIQUES IN COMPLEX
TERRAIN

SNOW PACK STABILITY ANALYSIS

CLIENTS CARE

ROUTE SELECTION, ROUTE FINDING,
TRACK SETTING, PACING MICRO
MANAGEMENT

DURING ALL THOSE COURSES WE TRAIN
YOUNG CANDIDATES AND HELP THEM
DEVELOP MOUNTAIN SENSE, JUDGEMENT ,
DECISION MAKING
DECEMBER 2007:

This December i completed a dream. Thanks to the entire
Kalozdi family for their support. We started 12 years ago
hiking and climbing, sometime all together, sometime just
Monica and I. From our first summit in the Alps each year
we scale other mountains, Kilmanjaro, Aconcagua, Mt
Vinson, Denali, Cho Oyu, Everest, Elbrus and this
December Kosciusko in Australia followed by Mt Cook in
New Zealand. what an Adventure ! Thank you

                  (right) Jean on top of Mt Kosciusko, Australia
rescue exercice, evacuating a skier with a portable
sled build with the victim skis
Crevasse rescue exercice