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Being a Mountain Guide

A collection of personal articles by BMG members about their life and work as Mountain Guides

Tim Blakemore Mountain Guide

How did it all start?....Becoming a Mountain Guide has for me, been a long and diverse route. I wouldn’t have chosen a more trodden track however! My love for the outdoors started in Hertfordshire of all places where I spent all hours available fishing and camping away from home.

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Jonny Baird Mountain Guide

Jonny describes his classic tough climbing apprenticeship in the Scottish Highlands to his current diverse work as a Mountain Guide in the French Alps....

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Andy Perkins Mountain Guide

Andy Perkins, Independent Mountain Guide, based in Chamonix

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