“Temporarily, I sort of like spending time in the city — I enjoy all it has to offer compared to small villages, and I like to mix it up with other people, but I feel more at home in the mountains — I need the mountains to recharge my soul.”
Giulia Monego
Forty-one-year-old Monego is a student and teacher of many things. From ski racing at a national level to ski instructing in Verbier, to rock, alpine and ski guiding in the Alps, to earning her tourism degree, Monego has a knack for studying and mastering a subject and then sharing her knowledge. Next on her list is a five-year program to become an osteopath — a licensed physician who practices manipulative medicine to restore a patient’s natural health.
“Guiding and skiing have been my life, and I love it,” says Monego. “But I don’t want to rely on my body to do everything and earn my living. This second career is less physical. You figure out where the problem is coming from and how to treat it. It’s reasoning and thinking — putting everything I’ve learned into practice.”