Cosmin Andron
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About me

I was born in 1976 in the town of Baia Mare in the NW of Transilvania (Romania). Baia Mare was then a primarily mining town with industry drawing upon it. Nevertheless it is situated in a beautiful valley within mountains and hills, surrounded by lakes and rivers and forests. It is there where I found so much fun being a child, swimming, trekking, climbing, skiing, caving, exploring ruins, abandoned mines and so on.

When I finished school I went on to study Philosophy and Anthropology in the city of Cluj where I took my B.A. and, a year later, my M.A. in Classical Philosophy. With a short stop in Ireland on a research fellowship at Trinity Colege Dublin I moved then to England where I received my Cert. Teach. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from University of London.

Half of my career so far has been in the field of education. Since I began teaching full time in 1999 I have taught from grade 5 in primary school to undergraduate and graduate courses in University. I taught Philosophy and Classics at the University of London (King’s College, University College and Royal Holloway) and for five years I taught Western Culture and Civilisation as well as Social Studies in the People’s Republic of China. At the turn of the the second decade of the 21’st century I left Asia for Europe where I took employment as the Director of the Centre for International Cooperation at the National School of Political and Administrative Studies of Bucharest, position which I held for a year. Concurrently I continued my work as a Tutor in Philosophy at Royal Holloway College, University of London. My research interests are in the fields of Philosophy, Anthropology, Political Science and International Relations.

Outside of academia, between 2015 – 2016, I was Senior Consultant & Head of Political Division with People&People Agency working on three projects (Somalia, Republic of Moldova and Romania).

Since I began (in 1989) I climbed extensively throughout Europe, Asia, New Zealand, Africa, the USA and South America. I established first ascents (trad, ice and mixed routes in both Europe and Asia at lower altitudes or on +6000m peaks) and I competed in national and international events in sport climbing. Since 2003 I took part in several expeditions (by 2017 over 30…). In paralel with my studies and academic work I took this passion further qualifying as a mountain guide.

Since 2010, with a short break, I switched completely my career and I chose to make a living full time in the outdoors. I currently work as an IFMGA Mountain and Ski Guide based in Chamonix, France.

Articles

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  • Climbing (42)
  • Guiding (14)
  • Stuff, Travel & Issues (2)

Recent articles

Recenzie- Alpinism: abilitati de vara (ed. Ro, CAR 2020) Fundatia Petzl & UIAASunday 30 May, 2021
Riscul in activitatile montane – o perspectiva –Tuesday 13 October, 2020
TMF Podcast – on philosophy, climbing and mountain guidingSaturday 11 July, 2020
Untracked – Alpinist Magazine Issue 56 – Winter 2016Sunday 20 January, 2019
Din nou despre ghizi v 2.0Sunday 12 August, 2018
Monkey business in the Karnak gorgeMonday 11 September, 2017
EPIC TV clip on fall factors and ropes breakingThursday 17 August, 2017
EEMGA si problematica profesiei de ghid montan in RomaniaThursday 6 April, 2017
Tendon Orbix: helmet reviewWednesday 8 March, 2017
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