Alpine Break

After 7 weeks of intensive coursework studying biology, human science and law I have got through the second part of my quest to become an Accompagnateur en Moyenne Montagne, the French equivalent of an International Mountain Leader.

The course was very interesting in parts and I now know a lot more about the legal issues and responsibilities of taking people on the hill, and a lot about how joints and muscles work and how they get damaged. There was a lot about how to motivate people to attain goals as well, not sure how much use that will be with people who already know that they want to get out walking or riding.

As it was all in French it was quite intense, my French was pretty good anyway but by the end of the course it had improved notably simply from being immersed in it all day every day. My head did hurt a bit.

Filed under: News on December 6th, 2007