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Re:Suspended jaccuzzi by namdnay on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @05:58AM (#8916362)
I understand the feeling, but I can't help seeing an undercurrent of "please don't make the mountain look easy/fun/silly or all the macho sunday-mountaineer stockbrokers who pay me won't want to climb anymore"

We got the same flack from the guides (and the police, but that was fair TBH) when we did the massive paragliding group landing summer 2012

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Re:Suspended jaccuzzi by arethuza on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @06:20AM (#8916421)
I imagine he probably wants a rule introduced to make it compulsory to hire guides to carry your jacuzzi to the top of any mountain :-)

[NB I am biased by personally being quite miffed at the protectionism of French ski instructors]

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Re:Suspended jaccuzzi by namdnay on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @06:35AM (#8916464)
Oh god don't get me started on the ESF... That's a classic cartel if there is one. Did you know that they don't let you keep the wages you own? All the money is pooled and then split at the end of the season according to seniority and number of hours. What a scam.

Not that I don't agree with the higher standards required - in other alpine countries you see a lot of anglo-saxon "instructors" who clearly wouldn't be able to pass the tests.

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Re:Suspended jaccuzzi by arethuza on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @06:51AM (#8916497)
Well, personally I'm miffed about the banning of ski hosting - where they are very careful not to give instruction but it's great to have someone take you round and book restaurants etc.

Having said that, I know of one large French ski area that seems OK with it but I won't say which one it is... :-)

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