Learning expedition in Chamonix : discover mountain climbing (August 28-30th)
Booking open until July 17th
The meaning of mountain-climbing
Why climb mountains when you can appreciate their beauty from the valley? What are the climbers who have been surveying the highest peaks of the Alps for 250 years looking for? Aesthetic pleasure, taste for risk or the joy of being roped to another climber?
Come and discover the fascinating universe of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, supervised by the best guides. Take your first steps in crampons on a glacier, make peace with your fear of heights and set off on your first alpine summit - all in a spirit of reflection. Far from an individual physical performance, we offer a program combining practical experience and conferences led by great mountain experts, as it is practiced today.
Tailor-made for HEC Alumni, the seminar is open to the greatest number. If you feel able to walk a day in the mountains, you are welcome!
The program :
Friday, August 28th
- Arrival in Chamonix at the end of the day
- Installation at Chalet Whymper
- Conference by Blaise Agresti "Lead Like a Guide: the role of the Premier de cordée"
- Dinner at the Chalet
Saturday, August 29th
- Meeting with your mountain guides
- Go up by cable car to Brévent, a pleasant panoramic site facing Mont Blanc
- Introduction to climbing and abseiling
- Picnic
- Return to the Chalet
- François Damilano's conference "Together we will climb Everest"
Sunday, August 30th
- Meeting with guides and equipment in technical material
- Transfer to Italy
- Climb to Pointe Helbronner by the Skyway Monte Bianco cable car
- Ascent of the Petit Flambeau (3407m)
- Lunch at the Torino refuge
- Return to Chamonix at 4 p.m.
Possibility to keep your room for a 3rd night on site, with supplement.
The program may be adapted according to weather conditions.
The price includes:
- Comfortable accommodation in a single room at the Whymper Chalet & Spa, privatized for the group, in the heart of Chamonix
- Breakfasts, lunches (picnic or refuge) and dinners
- Ski lifts in France and Italy
- Activities supervised by mountain guides (one guide for 2 participants)
- Rental of climbing and mountaineering equipment
- The two prestigious conferences
Not included :
- Transport to Chamonix
The speakers:
François Damilano
A mountaineer and mountain guide, François Damilano is also a writer and filmmaker. He is known for numerous ice cascade openings. In 2014, he went with Sophie Lavaud on her ascent of Mount Everest, to direct the film "We are going to walk on Everest". He wrote Mythologies Alpines and Guérin / Paulsen Editions dedicated a biography to him: The Seven Lives of Damilano.
Blaise Agresti
A recognized expert in mountain rescue and crisis management, Blaise Agresti has been responsible for the high mountain gendarmerie platoon (PGHM) and the national first aid training center (CNISAG) in Chamonix for over 20 years. Ex-Global Sales of Petzl, he then created Mountain Path. Expert with the APM, he teaches in schools (HEC, Sorbonne, EM Lyon, etc.) and in business and has published two books on the history of rescue: In extremis (ed. Guerin, 2012) and History mountain rescue (ed. Glénat 2019).
Our partner :
Founded by a trio of guides and senior leaders, Mountain Path creates a bridge between the business and the mountain world. Live collective and individual experiences, highlighting essential subjects within organizations: leadership, decision-making, risk and hazard, trust and cooperation. The team designs and develops tailor-made mountain experiences, relying on a network of experts of choice: mountain guides and mountain guides, scientists, economists, university teachers. Mountain Path is a partner of the HEC Grande École Purposeful Leadership program.
Conditions: please note it will not be possible to cancel your reservation after registration (only the transfer of your reservation to another person will be accepted). Guaranteed departure from 10 participants; if this minimum isn't reached, you will be refunded on July 20th.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact mailys.tokarski@hecalumni.fr.
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