The Team

Jean-Paul SOUNIER

State guiding degrees in caving, canyoning and scuba diving. PADI OWS Instructor.

Jean-Paul has been caving since 1966. The following years, he explored deep caves in France, Italia and Turkey where he took part in an expedition in 1969. To conciliate his love for travelling and caves exploration, he became involved in caving expeditions all around the world. He then explored deep caves in Algeria, Austria, Spain and New-Zealand, and smaller caves networks in Haiti and Tasmania. But Papua New Guinea became his favorite "caves hunting field". He took part in 7 expeditions in these far away islands. The 1995 and 1998 expeditions concerned Muruk cave which became in 1995 the first 1000 m deep cave in the Southern Hemisphere. In 2000, 2002 and 2004, he lead three expeditions on a virgin karst in Samar (Philippines); there, 30 km of new caves were explored; one of these caves, named Devil's cave (Can-Yawa lungib), is now 13 km long. From January to March 2006, Jean-Paul took part in the english expedition "Untamed rivers of New Britain", which explored 14 km of new caves in the Nakanai. The expedition was sponsored by the "national Geographic Society".

Jean-Paul discovered canyoning in Australia, in 1982. Then, he visited the main canyons in the Côte-d'Azur hinterland for the publishing of the book: "l'Aventure Verticale dans les Alpes d'Azur". He is a guide in canyoning since 1989.

Keen on outdoors sports and jogging, he took part in 1989 in the first "Raid Gauloises" in New Zealand. The following years, he took part as a controller in the Raid Gauloises in Malaysia, Argentina and South Africa-Lesotho. Gerard Fusil chose him to elaborate the itinaries of the Elf Authentic Adventure in the Philippines and Brazil (1999 and 2000). He is now in charge of the same task for Gerard Fusil's new outdoor-races, the "Réunion d'Aventures", which is going to take place in the Reunion island every year, and Oman Adventures, a bike & run through the amazing landscapes of the Sultanat of Oman.

Christian SOUNIER

State degrees in climbing, canyoning and skiing.

Christian started climbing in 1976 and became a climbing guide in 1982. He climbed the main Alps peaks and guided his clients from the prestigious Dolomites walls to the roof of Western Europe and the steep Verdon walls. In winter, he pratices moutainering and alpine skiing.

In 1991, he lead an expedition to Tilicho peak (7134 m) in Nepal.

Christian took part as a controller in the Argentina and South Africa Raid Gauloises . He was in charge of the security in the Philippines and Brazil Elf Authentic Adventure, then in the Reunion d'Aventures.

All the guides we employ have state diplomas in their fields.

ACCRO D'AVENTURES - JP SOUNIER

Tel : 06 61 76 34 41