Guillot engaged the services of Mario Bilodeau, himself a cancer survivor and Professor in the Department of Outdoor Recreation and Adventure Tourism at the University of Quebec in Chicoutimi, QC whose research focused on adventure activities with special populations. The first therapeutic expedition adventure took place a few months later in the Monts-Groulx range. From this first project a foundation was established by Dr. Sylvain Baruchel, Mario Bilodeau and François Guillot with the invaluable collaboration of François Veillet and Annick Dufresne. Over the past 20 years, over 60 expeditions have been organized for the benefit of hundreds of young people affected by cancer, the parents who support them and thousands of people around them.