Claude Saint-Pierre
is one of the founders of New Frontiers. He is actually a Canadian who crisscrossed the world in search of challenges. His work brought him from the Egyptian Arabic Desert to the jungles of Malaysia and Western Africa, from exploring sunken shipwrecks in the cold Northern Atlantic, archeological ones in the Mediterranean Sea to Heliox diving in the Red Sea. He fell in love with Venezuela 15 years ago and is established there since then. Claude is also a Professional Engineer and he holds a MBA from McGill University. Here an article in Sommets. His last trip across Central America on a motorcycle is documented here
From the urban jungle of Paris to the malaria-infested jungle of Ikabarú in Southeastern Venezuela, is quite a drastic step
Mireille Nouaille
made soon after graduating in Sociology.
After traveling for 6 years across South America, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile etc. she settled in Venezuela 20 years ago, and worked along garimpeiros in the gold and diamond mines. She now shares her profund knowledge of the area with fellow travelers...
Alfredo Oronoz
Mountaineering since the age of 14 with his older brother, Alfredo then professionalized 8 years ago into rock climbing, and survival and mountain rescue. Graduated from United World Colleges in Business Administration - Agrobusiness. He participated to numerous expeditions in the Venezuelan Andes, like peaks Bolívar, Humbolt, and Pan de Azucar; similarly in the Guyanese Shield on Roraima, Kukenan, Woipan and Auyantepuy. Now he dedicates himself to the tourism of tepuis, ecotourism and contributes to developing the field of “biological” agriculture, beekeeping, and forest management.
José "Cheo" Tovar
Cheo is an interesting character, after 2 years of Military Service in the Jungle Battalion, he got hit by the "gold fever" and looked for 12 years for El dorado... his biggest strikes were a diamond of 9 c and a gold nugget of 2 ounces !
Nine years ago he joined us as a porter for Roraima and since then has converted into a defender of the environment and is a complete ecotourism interpreter...
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