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guides new zealand 23-Jul-2010 At 6:59:38 PM Dizzy

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A lot comes down to the actual guide - I've come across some NZ guides that I would find it very hard to get along with over a 7 or 10 day trip which would probably affect (negatively) my enjoyment of the trip. Others I've come across have been sensational. A guy called Mike Madden who works for Adventure Consultants was a particularly good guide - very patient and an all round nice bloke and I'll be asking AC if I can hook up with Mike on my next trip. The 3 major companies, Aspiring Guides, Alpine Guides (been with them a couple of times, one great experience, one good but not great experience) and Adventure Consultants basically use a fairly common pool of guides (huge choice with each company, most/all guides are very experienced and are good teachers) and offer pretty similar courses/prices. You'd be sh!t out of luck if you used one of those 3 companies and got a dud guide - even the not so great experience I had with Alpine Guides was still a good trip (it's just a pity we both got explosive gastro in the hut and had shocking weather).

Happy to discuss off line if you want to PM me.

Dylan.