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Anna Bezzola was born in Italy and has hiked in the Alps since childhood, exploring their cultural and natural environments. She lived for several years in California, where she studied theatre lighting and worked at Mountain Travel Sobek. Anna is multi-lingual, she loves to explore new places, to hike, and to still guide as much as she can. Her travels have taken her to Patagonia, Alaska, Bhutan, the Arctic and the Antarctic. She currently lives in Switzerland, where she runs Alps and Beyond with the wealth of knowledge gained working with a leading adventure travel company. |
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Mario Casella lives near Lugano, Switzerland, is a licensed UIAGM/IFMGA mountain guide and a journalist, and has taught climbing and ski mountaineering. He was a correspondent for the Swiss-Italian TV (TSI) in Washington DC, for whom he still works in Lugano, but part-time, because he is too busy guiding, ski mountaineering and climbing mountains the world over. He is a free-lance documentary director and producer, and has done research, among other things, on the fall of the Berlin wall, Croatia, Bosnia. Worth of mention is his latest “Siachen: A War for Ice”, the first film, ever, to document the 20-year war between India and Pakistan over the control of the Siachen Glacier, in the heart of the Himalayas. The documentary has won several awards and nominations. |
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Bruno Hahn lives in Zurich, Switzerland. In addition to a career as a Swissair pilot, from which he recently retired, Bruno is an experienced mountain climber and has taught mountaineering courses for the Swiss military. He is a long-standing member of the Swiss Alpine Club and he dedicates his free time to his passions: hiking, climbing and ski mountaineering. But flying has remained in his blood and, weather permitting, he never misses a chance to enjoy scenic, mountain flying in a single-engine airplane.
Alps, trekking, hiking, climbing, tour in Piemonte and wine tasting |
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Roland Kimmerle was born in Berne, the capital city of Switzerland. He completed his Masters studies in geography and geology, and is a member of the Swiss Alpine Club. During the summer, Roland explores the corners of the Alps and looks forward to sharing his passion for hiking and mountain-biking in his country. During the winter, he enjoys his second profession as a snowboarding, ski-touring, and snowshoeing instructor in the Bernese Oberland and in Winter Park, Colorado (USA). Roland speaks fluent German, English, French, and a little bit of Italian. |
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Chiara Pigni was born in Trieste and grew up in Milan, Italy, where she obtained her high school diploma in Languages, dropped out of university, where she was studying geology, and worked for a non-profit medical organization and a multinational advertising agency. Lucky enough to have been introduced to different cultures at a relatively young age, Chiara developed an intense curiosity and passion for traveling. She has been guiding trips in the Alps, Tuscany and the Italian Riviera for several years, and she is a licensed tour guide for the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. In her spare time Chiara, of course, loves to travel. |
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Hansueli Weber lives on a working farm in Emmental, Switzerland, and he guides our programs and activities with mules. A trekking and canoe guide, and a ski instructor, he started working with mules during his military service. He studied agriculture, was apprenticed on lama treks, and has been working on families adventures for several years. His patience with children and passion for what he does make him the perfect teacher. He is multilingual and has spent time in Australia and Ecuador. |
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