Personal Profile
Accredited Practitioner Achiever -PETE STACEY
Who are you?
Pete Stacey, Midlands
What was your first experience of outdoor activities?
Cub Scout camp in Swaledale, running around, getting muddy and eating burnt sausages from the fire.
Your most enjoyable day at work providing outdoor learning?
Every day is different with different enjoyment from watching someone gain new skills and make sense of the activity and the environment they are in. One recent more memorable day was watching a teacher re-evaluate their relationship with their class after a gorge walk and seeing the individuals in a different environment working together in ways she had never experienced in the classroom..
Where do you see your outdoor career eventually going?
Staying outdoors! Keeping the paperwork at bay and the adventure going on as long as possible.
Outdoor learning might be your career, but how much of your spare time is spent in the outdoors?
Quite a lot, even if it's only in the garden taming the wilderness there. Otherwise, the new sport (to me) of open canoeing, cycling, hiking, climbing are all valuable releases.
What is your most invaluable piece of kit/gear?
The latest toy! More seriously, for climbing Prussick loop for canoeing and gorges 5.10 canyoning boots, and for hiking etc a steripen keeps me safe from drinking bad water anywhere in the world.
What influence has APIOL had on your career?
It has made me think about what I do and how I have been lucky to be working in the business.
If you could offer one piece of advice to new outdoor practitioners what would it be?
Don't try to do it all alone. Use the group to help you. Look after your body otherwise you'll have wonky knees, a bad back, hearing loss and am...amne..amnes (what's the word? I forget now)And Finally.....
Cake or pie?
Rhubarb tart.