May 12, 2022
Andrew Cusack was born and raised in Sudbury, ON, and studied
Outdoor Recreation and Natural Science at Lakehead University in
Thunder Bay, ON. He spent more than ten years working in outdoor
education for organizations across Asia and North America,
including NOLS Project DEAR, Asia Pacific Adventure, Hong Kong
International School, Hong Kong University and Kingfisher Outdoor
Education Centre.
Upon leaving outdoor education, he worked the following ten years
with the United Nations Refugee Agency, responding to humanitarian
crises in multiple countries. In 2020 he left the agency and
relocated to Victoria, BC, where he now works as a city planner for
housing policy.
In this episode, David Perry joins us, a former student on the
course Andrew and I worked together in the Yukon's Ogilvie
Mountains. As you will hear, David was a part of a significant
medical evacuation on this course, and I thought it would be nice
to bring him on and hear the story from a student's
perspective.
Currently, David has a unique business making 3D-printed violins,
which we touched on in the conversation.
OPENFAB PDW
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Full Circle Everst
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