I am kinda leery of the State controlling who can and cannot be a guide.I mean they now controll who can drive and you have all seen your share of total idiots and incompetants on the highway.
Maybe a guide association.Completely voluntary,but having so much credibility that if you didn't belong,most people would shy away from you.
That would be some monumental task though to get enough of the top guides together and agreeing on anything.Just the nature of being a guide,I guess.
Maybe the State shold be involved.People's lives are at stake.But,of course,the State has, pretty much,fouled up everything they put their hands on.
It's a dilema.If I were hiring a guide,cold,without referances,I would like to know that he was more than just competant to make out a check.....Bigdog out.....