Base camp In The Press
2010 Winter Olympics: The Snow Leopard earns his spot
Move over Eddie the Eagle, a Ghanaian man is making history on the international skiing circuit, says Gary King. Full Article
Review: Tignesfest 2009, powderroom.net, April 2009 With a fresh dump of powder, two tour buses packed with the crème de la crème of European artists and an incredibly attractive press pack (moi?) Tignes went into overdrive last weekend with the party to end all parties. Full Article
Tignesfest 2009, Metrosnow, April 2009
Created and curated by the James Bond of DJs, Eddie Temple Morris (XFM) and Radio 1’s hot-to-trot Kissy Sell Out, Tignesfest aimed to bring together an eclectic mix of the best new acts handpicked from across the globe.
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Top Vacations for the Newly Unemployed, Travel and Leisure, March 2009
Losing your job doesn’t mean you have to give up skiing. It just means you have to make skiing your life. Hardship duty, we know. Where: Base Camp Group offers ski instructor training courses around the world from Banff to Verbier, at prices to suit every budget. Full Article
Ghana's first skier off to Olympics , BBC News, March 2009
Ghana's first professional skier, who honed his skills on an artificial slope in the UK, has qualified to compete in next year's Winter Olympics. Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong was born in the Scottish city of Glasgow but he grew up in Ghana's snowless capital, Accra. Full Article
TignesFest Music Festival, Cooler Magazine, January 2009
TignesFest will be kicking off once again from 15–19 April 2009, showcasing the freshest new music for free! Nominated for the Yourope Best European Festival Award at the UK Festival Awards 2007, and billed as the ‘cool little boutique festival’ by the Sunday Times Style Magazine...Full Article
Adventure Sports Training, Grove
Fergie Miller a skier since the age of two and aJunior British Ski Contender ,set up Base Camp to offer adventure sports training to fellow adenaline-junkies. Activities such as kite-surfing, snowboarding or waterskiing are on offer to name but a few...
Gap Year Dreams, Cooler Magazine, July 2007
Want to turn your passion into a profession? Don’t dream it, do it! From skiing to sailing, there’s a gap year course out there for everyone. School leavers, college graduates, and career-breakers welcome. ...Full Article.
On The Chairlift With... Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, Daily Mail Ski & Snowboard Mag, November 2006
Kwame only learnt to ski four years ago, at Xscape in Milton Keynes, but has already made a splash on the racing circuit, just missing representing his country, Ghana, at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
And if you don't want to go home, The Observer, November 2006
For some people a week in the snow isn't nearly enough, and a dream job in the Alps does not always have to lead to poverty, reports Tom RobbinsFull Article
Win! An apartment in Val d'Isere for a month, Men's Fitness, December 2006
Fancy having a second home in the Alps for a month? Base Camp Group, the UK’s leading ski and snowboard instructor course operator has teamed up with easyJet to give one lucky reader exclusive use of a studio apartment in Val d’Isere throughout April 2006.
Best healthy breaks, The Guardian, Saturday December 24 2005
France: Get set to be stoked in the half pipe! Milton Keynes: Can't be bothered to work off Christmas excess with a lunatic burst of January exercise? Italy: Downhill through the Dolomites Full Article
New holiday for experienced skiers, TNT Magazine, December 12 2005 
FRANCE If you're a good skier or snowboarder, Base Camp Group is now offering a week long Freestyle Camp, from April 1-8, 2005. Based in Val d'Isere, the brand new course gives you the chance to carve up the piste alongside professionals such as Arnaud Rougier, a member of the French freestyle team.
Celebrity Skier: Kwame Acheampong, Metro, November 7 2005 
Kwame Acheampong is hoping to be the first Ghanian to take part in the Winter Olympics in February. He’s currently amassing qualifying points around the world and is being sponsored by Base Camp ski schools. Here Kwame selects his favourite resorts.
Win Christmas in Val d'Isere, Arena Magazine, November 2005 
Seasoned skiers will already be familiar with Val d’Isere, where the slopes double as catwalks and the après-ski crowd spend their hard-earned on board-babes and fondue parties. It’s also the resort of choice for those who actually know how to ski, and come peak season, local residents are outnumbered 15 to one.
Over the edge, Square Mile Magazine, November 2005 
Learn to be an instructor! Why make do with one measly week a year in the snow when you could spend a whole season? It used to be mostly students and perennial ski bums who went away for the whole winter, but more and more people are now jacking in the day job to spend a season on the slopes. They're not spending six months slaving away in a sweaty kitchen in order to pay for it though.
Is he taking the piste?, The Herald, 28 November 2005 
The odds were stacked against him. Ski in the Olympics? He was from Ghana. He had never seen real snow. By Lorna MacLaren.
Boots crunching through deep snow, the skier stops and lifts his visor to take in the blinding vista of the Alpine mountains. His breath puffing coldly around him, African Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong is stunned by an experience which could not be further from the heat and lush greenery of his home land in Ghana.
Win! A month in the snow, Glamour Magazine, November 2005 
You and three friends could be heading out for your own private appartment on the slopes of Val d"Isere for the skiing trip of your dreams.
Fancy a break in the ultimate winter wonderland? We've teamed up with Base Camp Group and easyjet to offer one lucky reader and three friends the chance to escape for a whole month to the top French ski resort of Val d'Isere. We'll put you and your pals up in your own studio apartment so you can glide on and off the pistes just like the locals.
Don"t be a ski school dropout, The Metro, November 2005
Learning to ski can depend on you choosing a good instructor says Colin Nicholson. Back at the chalet a girl is in floods of tears- tears of frustation at not understanding the instructor's poor English, difficulty keeping up with the group and endless falls. It's a common story on the pistes when those first few days that are so critical to confidence go pear- shaped. Yet, in many cases, such scenes are avoidable. ..
WIN an apartment in Val d'Isere for Christmas and New Year, Evening Standard, October 2005
FANCY spending Christmas and New Year in one of France's premier ski resorts? We've teamed up with Base Camp Group, the UK's leading ski and snowboard instructor course operator, and BMI to offer one lucky reader the chance to win exclusive use of a studio apartment in Val d'Isere throughout December; plus two return flights from London Heathrow to Lyon. This incredible prize is worth £2,800! Base Camp Group is offering new long term accommodation-only packages for the first time this season..
The Independent: The Learning Curve, 6 March 2005 
Your ski instructor is, necessarily, a much better skier than you. He or she is probably also fitter, stronger and, let's face it, better- looking. And look where they live - a Shangri-la two kilometres above the rest of the world. How did they get there? More to the point, how can you get there?
Ski and Board: The Quest Of The Snow Leopard, March 2005
The Sunday Times Style: Height Of Cool, 16 January 2005
The Observer: How To Be A Ski Bum, 14 November 2004
Ever fancied fleeing the British winter to spend a season on the slopes perfecting your parallel turns? Felice Hardy tells you how. Its nowhere near as difficult as you may think to pick up a teaching qualification. Full Article
Daily Mail Ski & Snowboard Magazine: Be An Instructor In Four Weeks, November 2004
Base Camp Group is introducing four-week instructor training programmes. One is in Europe, in Val d'isere, France, which takes you to the BASI Trainee Instructor Level, and the other is in Whistler, Canada, geared towards CSIA/CASI Level 1. Base Camp's Val course is the first short course in Europe and they are also intorducing an 11-week course in Val d'Isere.
The Times: Did We Really learn Like This? 23 October 2004 
Happily there is a new breed of ski instructor, reports Mark Frary. Being a ski instructor has to be one of the sexiest profesions, so it is no surprise that many keen skiers and snowboarders want to become one. Over the past couple of years, there has been a huge growth in the number of companies offering instructor courses. At first sight, most seem to be geared towards students taking a gap year but there are an increasing number of people taking a career break to follow one of the courses. Full Article
Daily Mirror: Travel.. For Experts, 16 October 2004 
Base Camp Group, the adventure ski specialist, is running a freeride camp in Verbier in January next year. Led by Felix Tanguay and Anders Fritzon, the week's course invites you to discover the exciting new boundaries of freeride skiing.
Evening Standard: Sun Ski Sand, 12 October 2004
TNT Magazine: Snow Patrol, 11 October 2004
The Sunday Times: Go On, Discover the World, 3 October 2004
Sean Newsom reports. For those badly bitten by the skiing bug, Base Camp group offers the next level of commitment - becoming a ski instructor. Courses are based in Meribel, Val d'Isere and Whistler and run for 11 weeks from January to March.
Sunday Times Travel Magazine: Looking For A New Challenge? October 2004
The next step may be to make the leap from puil to teacher. Here's how to become an instructor...Daily Mirror: Pull On The Skis, 11 September 2004
Can you think of anything sexier than being a ski instructor? Improve your pulling power- not to mention your skills on the slopes - by enrolling on an 11-week ski and snowboard instructor course with Base Camp Group, the first UK-based instructor operator. Courses are based in Meribel, Val d'Isere and Whistler, and cost £5,500 including all accommodation, tuition, lift passes and more.
The Observer: Worthy and Wonderful Ways To Fill The Gap..., 22 August 2004
Daily Express: Opportunities At Home And Away, 21 August 2004 
The Times Travel: Gap Year? Get Organised, 7 August 2004
Daily Express: Work For A Year On The Slopes, 29 July 2004
Planning your gap year or taking a sabbatical from work? Base Camp Group is an adventure travel specialist running ski and snowboard instructor courses in Europe and North America. After the 11-week courses the company will assist with job placments.
Daily Mail Ski & Snowboard Magazine: Learn To Instruct, November 2003
Base Camp Group is introducing new 11-week instructor training courses in Whistler and Verbier this year., in addition to the one it it runs in meribel - now you can choose to try and qualify as a British or Candian instructor. Prices start from £5,345 for Whistler January 2004 and includes most things except meals, flights, insurance and equipment. If you book early for a course you get £200 off.
Ski and Board Magazine: Ski Your Gap, October 2003
If you're thinking of taking a gap year in the mountains, or a career break, several new organisations are up and running for the 2003-4 season. Base Camp offers a range of courses in Europe - Val d'isere and Meribel - and North America (Whistler) enabling people to gain ski or snowboard instruction qualifications. Also new for 2003-4: a series of one week camps in freestyle and freeride.
Sunday Herald: Through The Ski Hole, 10 November 2002
Many skiers cross the Atlantic to become instructors but find their qualifications useless in Europe. A young entrepreneur aims to clear the pathway, discovers Richard Moore...
Business A.M: Call this work? It could be yours, 01 November 2002
Imagine: 11 week’s skiing or snowboarding in Meribel under the watchful eye of one of the most respected instructors in the business. And at the end of it all, you could have a qualification that allows you to teach all over Europe. Richard Moore wonders if Business a.m. would give him the time off…Full Article
Whitelines Snowboard Magazine: Just Left School?, October 2002 
If you've just finished either you're A-Levels or GCSE's, it might be time to think about having some time off to explore yourself and the world around you. For those of you wondering what you could do with that year off, have a look at this press release we got the other day: Full Article
Hello Magazine: Base Campers, 22 October 2002 
London’s snow bunnies were out in force on the fashionable Fulham Road to celebrate the launch of the new winter sports company Base Camp. Glamorous guests sipped ice-blue cocktails at trendy watering hole Bondai as they partied into the night to tunes provided by DJ Jim Harcourt. Created by ski fanatics Pierre Francois Papet and Fergie Miller, Base Camp offers gap-year students the chance to become qualified ski or snowboard instructors after one season’s training in the exclusive French ski resort of Meribel.
The Daily Telegraph – Gap Directory, 5 October 2002 
From placements to plane seats: Rosemary Behan shows who does what. Base Camp Group is specifically designed for students taking a year out who want to learn to become ski or snowboard instructors in one season. The 11 week course takes place in Meribel from January to March.
Daily Mail Ski & Snowboard Magazine – Live The Dream, October 2002
Fancy becoming a ski or snowboard instructor? A new course can make it happen, and quicker than you think. Making the grade as an instructor can take years, but if you’ve got the cash, an intensive season-long course will make the process quicker – plus you get to spend an entire season on the slopes as you train. There are a few companies offering this chance, one in the Three Valleys party resort of Meribel. Students can enjoy themselves and make a year’s break pay by training as ski instructors abroad, says Sally Morris
Caledonia Magazine: Live and Learn, April 2002
Full-time study is becoming a thing of the past, with students cheerfully accepting the need to combine essays with pulling pints or delivering pizzas. But there are some who fly a little higher
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