| Name: |
Lesley Carol |

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| 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
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| 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… |
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| …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. |