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What is pilot program?
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What is a "pilot" mountaineering, ice climbing, or rock climbing program?
I'm often asked: you've been to so many places, traveled so much! Do you want to go (climb) anywhere else? Do new places excite you?
Distant, inaccessible peaks always spark the imagination and call for new adventures.
Of course I do want, and definitely new places excite me! Would I be involved in such a strange business as mountaineering if I didn't enjoy traveling, discovering, and sharing with my friends the new, stunning mountains and routes?!
MCS AlexClimb Pilot Mountaineering Programs
In addition to the approximately 200 completed mountain programs worldwide for commercial clients, I have a small number of, so to speak, unfinished projects – peaks, ice and rock climbing areas, the specifics and logistics of which are not yet clear to me. I would be very interested in exploring such places better.
The Caucasus. It seems like everything is already climbed... But it's not.
Of course, collecting groups for such events would be unfair to the participants – with unclear, unsettled logistics, all sorts of difficulties are possible, which are completely inappropriate for a commercial program.
On the other hand, developing new locations or entire climbing destinations requires a certain amount of time and money – doing it alone is frustrating in every way.
Africa, Nelion Peak is located on the Equator
For this reason, several programs in my collection have been categorized as "Pilot Programs."
Examples of successfully completed "pilot" programs by the IClimb Club:
Rock Climbing in Madagascar - Antsiranana
Rock Climbing in Madagascar
Ice Climbing in the Lofoten Islands
Ice Climbing in the Lofoten Islands
Climbing Ojos del Salado Volcano from Argentina
Climbing Ojos del Salado Volcano from Argentina
"Pilot" programs waiting to happen:
- Trekking to the Southern Ice Plateau in Patagonia
- Rock Climbing in Ibiza (tentatively December 2025)
- Multipitch climbing routes in Southern Madagascar
- Ice Climbing in Val d'Aosta, Italy
- Climbing Volcano Pissis - Argentina
MCS AlexClimb Pilot Mountaineering Programs
A "pilot" program is an event currently in development and testing. This category includes programs that, for one reason or another, I cannot yet sell as a finished product.
Such programs are typically conducted by a very small team of verified participants – guides or assistants from the MCS AlexClimb School.
MCS AlexClimb Pilot Mountaineering Programs
In some cases, I offer pilot programs to my regular clients, clearly stating that the program is not commercial.
The terms of participation in "pilot" projects depend on each specific program.
MCS AlexClimb Pilot Mountaineering Programs
As a rule, the cost of a pilot program is lower than the cost of a standard, serial program. Of course, programs in this category always carry the risk of unexpected additional expenses and complications.
For whom the participation in the Pilot Program is convenient?
Primarily, for those who already have experience participating in my School's programs. This is a crucial requirement, as Pilot Programs require much more loyalty and adventurism from participants than standard, repeatedly tested programs.
MCS AlexClimb Rock Climbing Pilot Program
The Pilot Program for mountaineering, rock climbing, or ice climbing that is an adventure for experienced travelers who will enjoy overcoming challenges together and solving unusual and unexpected organizational issues!
Author of the text, pilot programs, and photographs: Alex Trubachev
International mountain guide, rock climbing and ice climbing coach
MCS EDIT 2025
Our Principles
AlexClimb Rule #1 - Safety First
From the very beginning of our activity, here nearly 16 years, the first Principle of work of School of mountaineering and rock-climbing of MCS AlexClimb is the Safety Priority. On the basis of this Principle all process of training is based, all programs and rounds are developed and carried out only within this main principle. We consider that at professional approach to development of programs, at personal discipline and correctly put motivation - occupations by mountaineering and rock-climbing are COMPLETELY safe. And from the return - all troubles and accidents in our sport come from nonprofessionalism, from ignorance or neglect by elementary standards of safety, from irrational motivation, from revaluation of own forces and opportunities. All these prerequisites we COMPLETELY EXCLUDE in our work - ours Rock-climbing, Ice climbing and Mountaineering are based on one Principle - the Safety Priority. In rock-climbing, mountaineering and ice climbing, the Priority of Safety of MCS AlexClimb-is your personal security and comfort irrespective of, than we are engaged - we train muscles and we work technology of the movement in the sports hall and on the rock climbing wall, we make the way through snowstorm to top or we relax on golden sand of the Caribbean beach after hot day of trainings on rocks. The Safety priority - the main credo of School of mountaineering and rock-climbing of MCS AlexClimb.
AlexClimb Rule #2 - Leave No Trace
Closely interacting with Nature, working with the active programs in mountains, woods, lakes and rivers, we perfectly understand the importance of carefull and respectfull bahavior towards the Nature, for its resources. From the very beginning of our outdoor-activity we adopted rules of Leave No Trace technique - the standard of behavior of the person accepted in all the civilized world in relation to environment and especially - to the wild nature. After all on the relation of people to the nature near which they exist, itself can draw dalekoidushchy conclusions on the relation of these people to... Where and as we didn't travel - we don't reserve any garbage, we try to reduce whenever possible our influence on environment to a minimum. We clear earlier zagryazyonny tourist parking of the left garbage, we take out and we take out to utilization places that to us other people left there. We consider that only thus, at personal individual consciousness of each citizen, each tourist, climber or autotraveller, we will be able to keep the nature surrounding us in its state, natural, suitable for life, - in it pledge of the healthy future for ourselves and our children.
