Our colleague Milan Šuna (*21. 11. 1966 Kežmarok – †21.4. Stará Lesná), who was a mountain guide, climber and ski mountaineer, left us unexpectedly. He participated in two Himalayan expeditions – to Šiša Pangma (1996) and Manaslu (1997). He was a UIAGM mountain guide since 1994. In the years 1996-2000 he worked as a mountain…

Mountain guiding activity means leading and accompanying persons in mountain and high-mountain terrain outside marked tourist trails and routes, as well as providing training in mountaineering disciplines, including courses in technical rescue in the mountains, on hiking tours and climbing tours on rock, ice and snow, or in combinations of these terrains at the first…

By adopting the amendment to Act No. 544/2002 Z.z. on the Mountain Rescue Service, new rules were added to the existing obligations for mountain guides. From 1. By January 1, 2026, every mountain guide must be insured for liability for damage that could arise when providing mountain guiding activities, with a minimum insurance limit of…