033: Deanne Buck- Camber Outdoors is doing great work in the Outdoor community

09/14/17 • 35 min

Deanne tells us how she got her start in the outdoors and the great work Camber is doing in the outdoor community including their terrific mentoring program.

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Deanne tells us how she got her start in the outdoors and the great work Camber is doing in the outdoor community including their terrific mentoring program.

First Exposure to the Outdoors

There was about not much difference between my life outdoors my life indoors. We were playing outside all the time. I remember in the summer our screen door would slam and my mom would make it back by dinnertime. When I reflect on growing up I often say I didn't know the difference between public land and private land it just was in there, it was just all outdoors. We lived on a lake and went swimming, I rode my bike everywhere. We had snowmobiles, jet skis and I feel like I grew up in the outdoors. That said I am also very much a team sport sort of person. When I got to college I graduated from University of Nebraska Omaha and met someone who had grown up in Davis California. He was a climber and raft guide and he started saying you know there's this thing called rock climbing, so I would say that it was different the first time I went into the mountains. It was it was intimidating, I didn't know how to find a trail but I really did find that I started to very quickly really focus my life around my love for being outdoors and for the mountains and trail running. The outdoors is very much been a part of my life my entire life it's just becoming many different iterations.

Things we talked about

Camber Events (exchanges)

Advice, tips

I think there's a lot of ways that people can get in to be out there, especially young people. One is making sure that they stay active and pursue their passion, another great way to get involved in the industry and learn a lot about it is retail. I had a couple retail jobs at Mountain Sports in Boulder and Adventure 16 and I still have friends from that period. It doesn't matter which retailer you're at it is still a good way to get started. It is a great way to get to know people. I think applying for jobs that you're interested in.Camber has something called the exchanges and they're in cities all around the country. They are a great way for someone to come and learn about the industry.

Other Outdoor Activities

rock climbing

cross country ski

skate ski

trail running

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#3 Camalot

Brooks running shoes

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On Being with Krista Tippett iTunes

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Deanne tells us how she got her start in the outdoors and the great work Camber is doing in the outdoor community including their terrific mentoring program.

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Deanne tells us how she got her start in the outdoors and the great work Camber is doing in the outdoor community including their terrific mentoring program.

First Exposure to the Outdoors

Things we talked about

Camber Events (exchanges)

Advice, tips

Other Outdoor Activities

rock climbing

cross country ski

skate ski

trail running

Best Gear Purchase under $100

#3 Camalot

Brooks running shoes

Apps, Tools, Podcasts

NPR podcasts iTunes

On Being with Krista Tippett iTunes

Connect with Deanne

[email protected]

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032: Peter Downing- How Suffer Better is giving back to the Outdoor Endurance community

Peter tells about a nice family tradition that was his first experience in the outdoors and the cool things he is doing with Suffer Better.

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Peter tells us about a nice family tradition that was his first experience in the outdoors and the cool things he is doing with Suffer Better.

First Exposure to the Outdoors

we've continued this tradition where my dad took me and my brothers on a fly-fishing trip . We were able to go when we reached that ripe old age of 12. We went off into the wilderness for a week with him and some of his buddies. My brothers and I still do that with our sons only we go to go to the same place where we've gone for 50 years. We actually just got back and saw more bears than people which was a good thing.

Things we talked about

Gravity Sports Film Festival

Advice, tips

What I love this about this industry now is I think there's so many ways to get involved. First to me is you got to know somebody. I still think it's true that if you know somebody you should utilize that. I think those things make a huge difference. I also think people are more open to just showing up, going to somebody and saying look I'm interested in this and I want to do this. I think on the other side companies and people are more receptive to that and just sort of grab the bull by the horns and jump in. There are places like my daughter for example. She's 25, she's a trail runner and she's gotten into web development. She went to a good school and came out with a neuroscience degree but wasn't excited about those jobs so she's gone back and gotten into web coding school. Every industry needs that and a lot of them. I think if the industry is interesting to you there's a lot of ways to get involved and it doesn't mean you have to be this crazy outdoor focused person. There's a lot of ways to work in the industry in sort of those non-traditional ways too.They're more traditional to business but non-traditional to outdoor. I think those opportunities exist and I also think you put yourself out there. I think people are more able to do that now than they used to be. So I think the opportunities are there it's just putting yourself out there and and letting the world know what is interesting to you and that you have something to offer.

Favorite Books

Emerald Mile by Kevin Fedarko

The Hard Way by Mark Jenkins

Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

Titan by Ron Chernow

After Jackie by Cal Fussman

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Petzl Tikka

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034: Shannon Stowell- Learn about the Adventure Travel Trade Association

Shannon tells us how he became interested in Adventure Travel and has some good tips for anyone wanting to get into Adventure Travel.

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Shannon tells us how he became interested in Adventure Travel and has some good tips for anyone wanting to get into Adventure Travel.

First Exposure to Adventure Travel

I would say my first exposure was actually through reading. I grew up as a suburban city kid in the Denver area and I was an avid reader of adventure stories. Authors like Jack London and John Steinbeck so I think that's really where my mind first kind of lit up around adventure travel. When I was 17 I was part of a group that went to Fiji to build a dormitory for a kid's camp so I got to live in a pup tent in outside of a small village in Fiji for three months. We had no bathrooms and no running water so we bathed in the river and used an outhouse and really got to hang out with a lot of the locals. It was an absolutely incredible experience.

Things we talked about

ATTA

ATTA World Summit

Adventure Travel Conservation Fund

Advice, tips

Two common entry points that we see are one: young people who get in by becoming a guide or working for an adventure travel company, which i think is a fantastic way to get started because you really get to see firsthand what it means to work in this industry. Either it's a guide or you know somebody who's helping create itinerary and you get that consumer experience.

The other and this is sort of fun and funny, is that people who are disaffected with the careers they've just gone on an adventure travel trip are thinking "I want to do this". We have numerous people who have come in and acquired companies or have done mid mid-career shifts. I know several CEOs who are former bankers, for example I know of a Wall Street banker right now who by night is building his adventure travel company and his goal is to to quit the bank. He said my bank work and my day-to-day life is black and white and the adventure travel work even though it's on nights and weekends is like living life in color. I love that. There are also professionals in our space, lawyers and financial people who have figured out how to find their niche in the adventure travel industry where they've combined their professional skill set with what they love to do, so those are those are the two common entry points.

Other Outdoor Activities

Hiking, Biking and Stand Up Paddling

Favorite Books

Man-Eaters of Kumaon by Jim Corbett

West with the Night Beryl Markham

Best Gear Purchase under $100

The Grayl

NRS hydroskin tops

Apps, Tools, Podcasts

Slack iPhone iPad

Connect with Shannon

ATTA