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===Mountain guide===
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Mountain guides are those employed in [[mountaineering]]; these are not merely to show the way but stand in the position of professional climbers with an expert knowledge of rock and snowcraft, which they impart to the amateur, at the same time assuring the safety of the climbing party. This professional class of guides arose in the middle of the 19th century when Alpine climbing became recognized as a [[sport]].<ref name=EB1911/>

In Switzerland, the central committee of the Swiss Alpine Club issues a guides’ tariff which fixes the charges for guides and porters; there are three sections, for the [[Valais]] and [[Vaud]]ois Alps, for the [[Bernese Oberland]], and for central and eastern Switzerland.<ref name=EB1911/>

In [[Chamonix]] ([[France]]) a statue has been raised to [[Jacques Balmat]], who was the first to climb [[Mont Blanc]] in 1786.<ref name=EB1911/> Other notable European guides are [[Christian Almer]], [[Jakob Anderegg|Jakob]] and [[Melchior Anderegg]], [[Klemens Bachleda]], Auguste Balmat, [[Alexander Burgener]], [[Armand Charlet]], [[Michel Croz]], [[François Devouassoud]], [[Angelo Dibona]], [[Andreas Heckmair]], the [[:de:Michael Innerkofler|Innerkofler]] family, [[Conrad Kain]], [[Christian Klucker]], and [[Matthias Zurbriggen]].