Name:
| Lesley Carol |
Full Time Job:
| Shop Manager and Buyer, and Company Director for ProAdventure |
Age: | 43 |
Outdoor Qualifications: | Mountain Leader Training
MIAS level 1
BCU Level 1 Paddlesports Coach
BCU 4 Star Canoe
BCU White Water Safety and Rescue
Level 1 Curling Coach
REC First Aid |
Other Qualifications: | 10 O Levels
2 A Levels
BSc Building Surveying
Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award |
How long have you been working in the outdoor industry? | 7 years |
What did you do previously? | Worked in a bank, and a YHA hostel, lived in Chicago for a year as an au pair |
What’s your biggest achievement to date? | European Gold medal at curling |
What do you love most about your job? | Buying lots of shiny things to sell in the shop |
What do you like least about your job? | When technology fails me |
What do you do for fun? | Curling, mountain biking, off road running, canoeing, triathlon, skiing, drinking vodka |
What’s your ultimate ambition? | To be part of the solution, not the problem |
What’s your favourite… | |
…climb/walking route, etc? | Tryfan and The Glyders. Spent my 40th birthday up there and it was beautiful. |
…river/paddling venue, etc? | Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada in a canoe. Sea kayaking off St Austell. |
…book? | Touching the Void for determination.
Richard Branson's autobiography for inspiration.
Catch 22 just because I made it to the end. |
…film? | Top Gun and The Princess Bride |
…song? | S**t Creek by the Icicle Works |
Something not a lot of people know about you: | I have a secret chocolate stash and no-one knows where it is! |
Anything else interesting about you? | I've taken off in an aeroplane eight more times than I've landed in one. |
