Guide

mountain guides

Anselm Klotz (left) and Josef Frey (right), 19th century

A guide is a person who leads

sportspeople, or tourists through unknown or unfamiliar locations. The term can also be applied to a person who leads others to more abstract goals such as knowledge or wisdom

.

Travel and recreation

Explorers in the past venturing into territory unknown by their own people invariably hired guides. Military explorers

Tibesti

Mountains in 1938.

Tour guides lead visitors through tourist attractions and give information about the attractions' natural and cultural significance. Often, they also act as interpreters for travelers who do not speak the local language. Automated systems like audio tours are sometimes substituted for human tour guides. Tour operators often hire guides to lead tourist groups.

Mountain guide

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

In

Andreas Heckmair, the Innerkofler family, Conrad Kain, Christian Klucker, and Matthias Zurbriggen

.

Wilderness guide

guideboats on the Raquette River

, 1888

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New York State

, where they first established the application of their skills as a broadly accepted and financially compensated trade.

Wilderness guides are expected to have a command of survival skills (such as making shelters,

bird watching, and nature conservation

.

Wilderness tours usually take place on foot, though aids such as

snowmobiles are utilized as appropriate.^[2]

Hunting guide

Hunting guides are employed by those seeking to hunt wildlife, especially

20th century

.

Safari guide

Guides are employed on

list of famous big-game hunters

.

Fishing guide

Fishing guides have a long history. Their work spans from aiding

big game fishing. Some areas where fishing guides are popular include the Norwegian coast, Swedish archipelago, the Florida coast, and various parts of Canada. The vernacular terms "fishing charter" or "charter boat" imply the services of a guide, whether the vessel's captain, a qualified hand, or experienced sportsman.^{[citation needed}

]

Military guides and Guides regiments

Powder River Expedition in 1865 against the Sioux and Cheyenne in Dakota and Montana Territories

Historically in areas where detailed maps were unavailable, guides with local knowledge were employed for scouting and advance leadership during military operations. In 18th century Europe, the stricter organization of military resources led in various countries to the special training of guide officers who had the primary duty of finding, and if necessary establishing, routes for military units.^[1]

The genesis of the "Guides" regiments may be found in a short-lived Corps of Guides formed by

Napoleon in Italy in 1796, which appears to have been a personal escort or bodyguard composed of men who knew the country.^[1] Following the unification of Italy

in 1870–71, the new national army included a regiment designated as Guides – the 19th Cavalleggieri (Light Horse).

In the

Belgian Army the two Guides regiments, created respectively in 1833 and 1874, constituted part of the light cavalry and came to correspond to the Guard cavalry of other nations.^[1] Until the outbreak of World War I, they wore a distinctive uniform comprising a plumed busby, green dolman

braided in yellow, and crimson breeches. Mechanised in October 1937, both regiments formed armored battalions in the post World War II Belgian Army. Following a series of amalgamations the Belgian Guides ceased to exist in 2011.

In the

Swiss army prior to 1914, the squadrons of Guides acted as divisional cavalry. In this role these light cavalry units were called upon, on occasion, to lead columns and provide scouts.^[1]

The

Corps of Guides of the British Indian Army consisted of a unique combination of infantry companies and cavalry squadrons.^[1] After World War I the infantry element was incorporated in the 12th Frontier Force Regiment and the Guides Cavalry formed a separate regiment - the 10th Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force)

. This unit still exists as the 2nd (Guides) Battalion of the Frontier Force Regiment of the modern Army of Pakistan.

In drill, a "guide" is an officer or non-commissioned officer who regulates the direction and pace of movements.[1]

Metaphysics

Trip sitter

A psychedelic guide is someone who guides a drug user's experiences as opposed to a sitter who merely remains present, ready to discourage

entheogens. Psychedelic guides were strongly encouraged by Timothy Leary and the other authors of The Psychedelic Experience: A Guide Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Trip sitters are also mentioned in the Responsible Drug User's Oath

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Guided meditation

In Islam

In Islam ar-Rashid, one of the

99 Names of God, means the Guide. From this is derived the common Arabic name Rashid

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Guide". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 687.
Tampere College. "International Wilderness Guide program". Archived from the original
on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.

^ "Is there a Misperception that Guides and Instructors are Qualified? | the Holiday Spot Blog". Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.

^ Fgasa. "Home - FGASA". www.fgasa.co.za. Retrieved 18 April 2018.

^ "USAGA – Uganda Safari Guides Association". www.ugasaf.org. Retrieved 18 April 2018.

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[EB1911-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Guide". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 687.

[2] Tampere College. "International Wilderness Guide program". Archived from the original
on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.

[3] "Is there a Misperception that Guides and Instructors are Qualified? | the Holiday Spot Blog". Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.

[4] Fgasa. "Home - FGASA". www.fgasa.co.za. Retrieved 18 April 2018.

[5] "USAGA – Uganda Safari Guides Association". www.ugasaf.org. Retrieved 18 April 2018.

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