HERE ARE SOME OF YOUR ATYPUS FRIENDS


RNDr. OLEG DURIS
Professional international mountain guide UIAGM since 2000 and volunteer member of the Rescue Team. He has completed universitan studies of geology at Universita Commeniana. He spent all his life in his beloved mountains High Tatras, where he was born and where he gained the passion for mountains. Passionate rock and mountain climber since his thirteen. In the 1980- ties he has climbed couple of difficult classical routes in the Alps. Apart from the Alps he visited some other corners of Europe, Trollyngen mountain in Norway, Ben Nevis in Scotland and he has participated in the expeditions to Kaukaz and Pamir, where he reached the tops of the highest peaks. In 1988 – 1989 he made a climbing trip to the USA and climbed famous route in Yosemite Valley – The Nose on El Capitan; and also the Devil’s Tower in South Dakota, Monkey face in the Smiths rock region in Rocky mountains. Today he spends every summer guiding people in the valleys and faces of the High Tatras, in the winter he specialises on the ice- climbing and ski – touring.

KATARINA BRANIKOVA
Katarina lives in Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia. Though originally she comes from Bratislava, the area of small hills and lowlands, soon she started to discover pleasure of walking and trekking in bigger Slovak mountains, such as High and Low Tatras, Slovak Paradise, Mala and Velka Fatra , etc. Later this hobby has turned into guiding and mountain tour leading. She spent some time in England, studying English and Spanish and travelling. Back in Slovakia she has worked for several British and English companies, guiding groups in Slovak mountains. She also worked for Israeli, Polish, Dutch companies taking groups round cultural sights of Slovakia. She is pretty good expert of Slovak folk music, dances, culture and she is always keen to share her knowledge with clients. She has been working for Atypus since 1996.
BOHUS MURIN
Bohus Murin is the foremost Slovak ornithologist. He spent whole his life exploring forests in the north of Slovakia. His knowledge of local bird species is far beyond that of any other ornithologist active in his area. Results of his lifelong work haven´t been published yet but on the contrary he owns the biggest bird library in Slovakia. Bohus is also experienced as a guide. He has recently accompanied for example David Attenborough, Ornitholidays, Naturetrek, Sunbird, Limosa or Birdquest groups. He is not only friendly and very patient but in the same time is able to listen to all bird voices - and sort out and track down the best species. We never failed to see Wallcreeper with him and range of other birds he can offer is no less fascinating. Bohus is 43 and speaks good English.
JANA KOVACOVA
Jana Kovacova grew up and spent most of her life in High Tatras region. She studied History of art and Culture in Trnava University and got a Master degree in Medieval Studies at Central European University in Budapest. She work as a turist guide and interpreter since 2003. Fluently speaks English and French (for connoisseurs also Latin). Jana is keen mountain-climber and naturalist, member of IAMES - Slovak Association of Climbers. She has deep knowledges of Slovak history and Culture, which important part is music - one of Jana´s hobbies.
JIRI MEWALD
Jiri Mewald comes from northern part of Czech republic - Giant mountains region. He graduated in 1991 in Ecology of Forest and took part in nature conservation project in Krkonose national park. Later he studied History of Art at Masaryk University in Brno. Co-founder of Czech expedition society, which organized expeditions to Madagascar, Mexico and Morroco. He publishes articles in magazines, had a film running on Czech TV. Ethnography began one of his hobbies except others like everything concerning nature conservation and also ski and mountainbike.
BOREK SEEHAK
After degree from ecology on Mendel University at Brno, he spent some time with travelling. Later he started to work as a mountain tour leader. He guided number of groups with different interest within central Europe. Co-founder and manager of Czech Expedition Society, he travelled and photographed in Mexico, Thailand, Bulgaria and Madagascar. He has arranged the first photo exhibition of Czechs in Royal Geographical Society. When he is not leading groups, he is hiking with his daughter. Keen phographer, diver and biker.