“It's the first time I had the chance to be part of another kind of team, with people that have noble dreams and a behavior different from what I find on streets or in squares. Now I realize how hard it is, nowadays when there's such envy between mountaineers, to find people that are willing to reveal you the secrets of the mountains and even before they teach you how to use an ice axe, they try to make you a better human being. Flo, you've given me the hope that this life can be different.”
2004-2005, 4-month School- Cristi Manea-Beclean-Bistrita
“Flo, I thank you for my first wintry practical experience, from now the fun should start! See you higher!”
2005, 4-month School – Dan Filip – Cluj Napoca
“This was my first experience of this kind, I went to this school to learn and I can say I’ve learned a lot more than just survival, I learned to appreciate the wild and the environment the way we should all appreciate them. I learned to look differently at this world, with different eyes. I’m sorry I’ve lived so many years away from the nature, mountains and expeditions, but after this time spent at Scarita Belioara I’m sure I’m going to spend my spare time into the wild, climbing, trekking or skiing. I say that everyone should go to Flo’s Adventure school because it’s worth it.”
2008, Summer School, Scarita Belioara – Dorin Saitos – Bucharest
“My lifestyle and thinking have changed completely, I’ve made new friends, and I’ve learned that I can do anything as long as I really want it and I fight for it, and most important, this is just the beginning.”
2004-2005, 4-month School – Silviu –Suceava
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“I realized that I’ve been free for only 5 days in my entire life. The 5 days in the Winter School in Retezat. I realized that a mountain can become a purpose, a man-a MODEL, some colleagues – a team of friends, the route – a life lesson, a fight, the top-freedom. The small things are the important things because they are at the ground of everything else.”
2004, Winter School – Elvira Balas – Cluj-Napoca
“We thank Florin Vancea, our mountaineering instructor for all that he’s done for us in trying to make us mountaineers and, more importantly, kind people. We also assure him that what he’s doing is not in vane and we offer him all our support in teaching the others.”
4-month Survival and Mountaineering School students
“It’s for the first time in eight years I get the chance to learn from such an experienced man who so passionately shares with us his mountaineering experiences. I thank you so much.”
2004, 4-month School – Szemusi Zoltan –Cluj
“Thought I reached only half of the ice wall, I consider it an interesting experience. I can’t wait for next year and the next camp because here you really get to know yourself and the mountain.”
1999, Winter School – Natalia Prodan – Tirgu Mures
“Every single wonder lasts for three days, but it’s good to know that these three days can repeat themselves forever.”
1999, Winter School – Robi Muller – Satu-Mare
 
“I thought I knew what the mountain means...I thought there’s nothing new left for it to show me besides the same pleasant sensations. I was wrong. The mountain gave me the most beautiful gift: a real team, led by Flo who taught us to work together even though the weather was not on our side.”
2000, Winter School – Bohm Christine – Cluj Napoca
“Flo, we thank you for all the things you have taught us in all of these days. You gave up a lot of important things to have time for us. We respect that. Bless you.”
2005, Valea Draganului, “Father and son” camp – Nick & Rachel Decean – Ocna Mures
“Retezat 2002...this is the name of the most beautiful and interesting adventure of my life. It was an interesting experience from many points of view – first, the people I’ve met: frank, kind, and funny, and second, the program in this winter school. It was awesome.”
2002 – Corina Cornea – Bucuresti
“I can’t believe that the course is over, time went by so quickly. The Tuesday’s courses, the outings in the weekends, not to mention the winter school in Retezat, all of these were a great joy for me and I hope they will happen again. Flo, I thank you for all the things you taught us and especially for the fact that you put passion in everything you’ve done for us. I thank you for trying to make us human beings, to build our characters, to inspire us the love for the mountains, things that you’ve done well. I feel really lucky to have attended this course. Flo, I thank you for EVERYTHING! We all thank you!”
2004-2005, Winter School, 4-month School – Voichita Popescu – Cluj-Napoca
“Words don’t come easy when I try to describe everything I’ve felt during all these 4 months and what this course meant to me...It changed me...it made me be more confident, more cheerful, and more strenuous. I thank you for the joyfulness you’ve given us every Tuesday. This course is the only thing I’m truly proud of, it was the thing missing in my life.”
2004, 4-month School – Bianca (Bia) – Cluj-napoca
 
Winter climbing school 2002 4-month School 2008
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