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Everest in the Alps: A Guide’s Perspective

Through the Eyes of a Guide: Life on Everest in the Alps. When you meet one of our mountain guides, you realise quickly that Everest in the Alps isn’t just about skinning uphill – it’s about discovering what drives you. We spoke with one of our lead guides, Paul Spackman, ...

21/10/2025

A Personal Climb, A Global Cause

Martin and Katie’s Journey with Everest in the Alps From personal struggle to global impact: how one family’s journey with Everest in the Alps is funding world-class brain tumour research and inspiring collaboration across continents. How it all began When their son Alex was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour, ...

15/10/2025

Author: Anna Rae Dowling

EiA guides are the first disabled team to smash the Cape epic!

EiA guides are the first disabled team to smash the Cape epic! In March 2019, two of our 2018 AGS guides, Jaco Van Gass and Stuart Croxford, took on the legendary Cape Epic. The Absa Cape Epic is an annual mountain bike stage race held in the Western Cape, South ...

03/06/2019

How to train for an endurance challenge

Meet Shaun Brooking: Shaun Brooking has an Honours degree in Sports and Exercise Science and further certification in neural performance training. He works with endurance athletes, and what he calls the ‘office athlete’. Everyone who uses their body, is an athlete. He enables clients to connect with their bodies and ...

29/04/2019

How to stay fit… Ideas for your next challenge.

By Becky Scott of RS Performance Training Leading up to big events participants dedicate their lives to the training, refueling and recovery process. Once the event has been completed and celebrated it can be hard to know what to do next. It’s great to have more time to spend with ...

26/04/2019

Working out in nature is the ultimate antidote to modern life.

Working out in nature is the ultimate antidote to modern life. Scarily modern life and chronic stress is having a detrimental effect on our brains and bodies. Amazingly working out in nature has been proven to reverse this effect so you can save yourself and reap some positive mood benefits ...

23/04/2019