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New mountain guides of NAHVSR
The last week of June, the NAHVSR Technical Committee organized the last course No. 12 – Guiding clients and rescuing on glaciers II, including the final exam in Chamonix, France. Due to the high temperatures, we also completed rock climbs. As part of the exam, the aspirants climbed to the Pyramide de Tacul, Petit Capucin,…
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Mountain Guides’ Day
We invite you to the Mountain Guides’ Day on June 28, 2025 in Starý Smokovec. The program begins at 3:00 PM at the monument of mountain guides and mountain rescuers at the cemetery in Starý Smokovec.
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General Meeting Prague 2024
On November 19-22, 2024, the UIAGM General Meeting took place in Prague, along with the international mountain guide competition in sport climbing.
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Aspirant Examinations 2024
Congratulations to the aspirants for passing the glacier course and the aspirant exam. All 9 trainees have successfully passed the aspirant exam and are continuing their training as mountain guides at UIAGM | IVBV | IFMGA. The aspirants now have a summer season ahead of them, during which they will undertake their aspirant practice under…
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Mountain Guides Day
22.6.2024 will take place the Day of Mountain Guides organized by the Association of Mountain Guides High Tatras.
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Further specific training
In May 2024, TK NAHVSR organized another special training of mountain guides, which according to the 544/2002 guides must attend every 3 years. This time the training had an international format and was attended by Polish mountain guides. We created 4 workplaces, where trainers of NAHVSR and Polish PSPW conducted methodical procedures focused on guiding…
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The first female mountain guide
Denisa Šulcová became the first Slovak mountain guide. See her portrait in Extremely in the mountains in the RTVS archive. https://www.rtvs.sk/televizia/archiv/15430/451306#73
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UIAGM General Assembly Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
22.-24.11.2023 the General Assembly of the International Organization of Mountain Guides IVBV | UIAGM | IFMGA took place in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The National Association of Mountain Guides of the Slovak Republic was represented by Ing. Jozef Janiga, MBA, President of NAHVSR and Chairman of the Technical Commission Michal Gerčák.
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MFHF Poprad 2023
The 31st International Mountain Film Festival Poprad has finished. The results of the film competition can be found at https://www.mfhf.sk/vysledky/
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Invitation to the Mountain Guides Day
The Association of Mountain Guides of the High Tatras organises the Mountain Guides’ Day every year. This year we are commemorating 150 years of organized guiding in the Tatras. We cordially invite all of you 23.6-24.6.2023 to Stary Smokovec.
