Guide 19th century when Alpine climbing became recognized as a sport. 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 Vaudois Alps, for the Bernese Oberland, and for central and eastern Switzerland. In Chamonix (France) a statue has been raised to Jacques Balmat, who was the first to climb Mont Blanc in 1786. Other notable European guides are Christian Almer, Jakob and Melchior Anderegg, Auguste Balmat, Alexander Burgener, Armand Charlet, Michel Croz, François Devouassoud, Angelo Dibona, Andreas Heckmair, the family,
Jean-Michel Jacques and passed selection for the french Commandos Marine, the Special Operation Forces of the French Navy. Jean-Michel Jacques Jean-Michel Jacques is a French politician representing La République En Marche! He was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Morbihan. He is deputee-president of the defense committee at the French National Assembly, member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and President of the "Major crisis and risks management" study group. Born on 26 February 1968 in Metz, he grew up in Hagondange, a small town in Moselle.