OUR TRAVELS 1983 Peru Cordillera Hoayhuash 1986 Scotland Ben Nevis 1987 Algeria Hoggar 1987 Mali Kaga Tondo 1987 Patagonia Cerro Mosso 1988 India Num Kun 1989 Indonesia Irian Jaya 1991 Canada Terra di Baffin 1992 Patagonia Hjelo Continental 1992 Patagonia Hjelo Continental 1993 Russia Fanski Mountains 1993 Patagonia Torres del Paine 1994 Ecuador Chimborazo, Cotopaxi 1994 Alaska St.Elias 1995 Mexico Pico de Orizaba 1995 Morocco Toubkal 1995 Morocco Todra Gorge 1995 Norway ski touring 1995 Greenland Suikarsuag 1995 Patagonia Torres del Paine 1996 Turkey Ercyes Dagi 1996 Pakistan Lila Peak 1996 Peru Nevado Pisco 1997 Kenya Mount Kenya 1997 Norway ski touring 1998 Patagonia Gorra Blanca 1998 Ecuador volcanos 1998 Sweden Sarek traverse 1998 Jordan Wadi Rum 1998 Peru Huascaran 1998 Kenya Mount Kenya 1999 Greenland trekking 1999 Jordan Wadi Rum 1999 Patagonia trekking 1999 Chile Atacama 1999 Morocco trekking 1999 Caucasus trekking 2000 Patagonia Balmaceda 2000 Morocco Toubkal 2000 Ecuador Cotopaxi, Illiniza 2000 USA Yosemite Valley El Capitan 2001 Morocco ski touring 2001 Morocco Todra Gorge 2001 Nepal Mera Peak 2001 New Zealand volcano 2002 Tanzania Kilimanjaro 2002 Chile ski mountaineering 2002 Marocco Atlante 2002 Nepal Mera Peak 2003 Marocco Atlante 2003 Greece climbing 2003 Thailand climbing Information info@tikesaab.com Carlo Gabasio tel. 015/541088 - 0338/1493356 Gianni Lanza tel. 015/352170 - 0330/466488 Gigi Airone tel. 0165/862041 Andrea Mettadelli tel. 015/2539934 - 0347/2584137 Agenzia viaggi Scaramuzzi tel. 015/3581211 Information form credits	TIKE SAAB HISTORY AND PRESENTATION Winter 1995: if it will be a boy we will call him Andrea, not a baby need to be born but the first mountaineering school of alpinism, ski touring and rock climbing of the so called Collegio Guide Alpine Piemonte. A name has to be found and as usual, after long time-consuming sessions we decided on Tike Saab. Tike Saab is the title of a book written in 1972 by Guido Machetto. Like us he is also a mountain guide out of the Biella area. So it seems to be logical to borrow the name of his book Tike Saab to honour this person. What Tike Saab means we read in his book in a chapter named Karakorum ’69 ……Mahamad took my hands between his ones in a special way, only done by muslims, and with a big smile of the this person of 1 meter 80 he said: Tike Saab, which in the Karakorum highlands means everything. It signifies: yes Sir, all right Sir, that Allah will protect you Sir; we have been together for two months in the mountains, through the mud, angry, enjoyable, frozen and now I’m going home and you are also going home, Tike Saab…. After the school was baptized everything became more easy and in no time we went to the notary to sign the documents for the foundation; Paolo Cavagnetto, Gianni Lanza, Amabile Ramella and Carlo Gabasio, the pretended founders of Tike Saab. Since 1983, first individual and later together as Tike Saab, we are happy to share the emotions with the people we brought already to the mountains near Biella and in most remote parts of the world. Unforgettable are the happiness after the climb of the Torre Nord del Paine, Mount Kenya or the emotions after the exploration and climb of the Balmaceda mountains (Patagonia of Chile), a group mountains completely to discover because of lack of information. During these occasions after tiredness, angriness and a lot of emotions, existing friendships were consolidated and new inseparable were born; friendships and adventures which we hope also to share with you. Today the school, which has its base camp in Biella (Italy) and organises couses and travels worldwide, consists of Carlo Gabasio, Gianni Lanza, Gigi Airone and Andrea Mettadelli. CARLO GABASIO As of 1991 mountain guide and since 1997 as well instructor of the mountain guide courses: ’…I think I am a kind of natural gypsy, not afraid to stake my nose everywhere, to have all kind of different experiences and adventures; I have a special passion for South America and hot sauces…’       GIANNI LANZA Became a mountain guide in 1983, born in Biella:’…since 1961 as a child I started to go into the mountains and since all these years I have seen the evolution of mountaineering from early morning until today; almost twenty years as a passionate guide in the Alps and the rest of the world, but to be honest still in love with the Alps around Biella where my roots are and this fantastic adventure started: a life in the mountains…’       GIGI AIRONE Since 1987 ski teacher and mountain guide as of 1991: ’… my mountain activities are 360 degrees with preference for the Mt Blanc area (free riding, tour skiing, trekking, classical and modern routes); I have also a great passion for the Dolomites, I am a modest photographer and a bad chess player…’       ANDREA METTADELLI Aspirant mountain guide as of 1999, ski teacher and has a degree in forest science: ’…to live and work permanently in the alps enables you to enjoy the four seasons, with always new experiences in other environments; that is what I like so much of mountaineering…’