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Huw, aged 35, lives
some 150km south of Sydney in the Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia.
He moved to Australia from the UK in 1990.
Keeping the Wolf
from the Door
After graduating with
an honours degree in Business Studies in 1985, Huw worked primarily in the
outdoor equipment industry, first as Sales and Marketing Manager for a UK
outdoor clothing company then as Marketing Manager for one of Australia's
largest outdoor retail/manufacturing/wholesaling operations.Self-employed
since 1992, Huw is now trading as Wild Horizons. This business is multi-faceted
with a common link being the great outdoors. Work includes the following:
- marketing &
design consultancy for outdoor equipment brands in Europe and Australia.
Includes the design/sourcing of product, market research, production
of brochures and adverts, copywriting and so on
- running a major
annual two day mountain bike event, the Activent Polaris Challenge,
which currently attracts some 200 teams from across Australia
- running an annual
month-long ski touring trip to the Indian Himalaya
- field testing
of outdoor equipment
- contributing articles
and photographs to magazines
- cross country
ski instruction.
Escaping from the
Door
As with work, the outdoor
environment provides sustenance, in this case for the body and spirit. Over
the past 15 years Huw has undertaken a large number of journeys in the mountains.
He has skied, climbed, walked or cycled in Australia, New Zealand, Africa,
Europe and Asia. He has developed a long standing love affair with the Indian
Himalaya over the past decade, particularly in relation to winter ski journeys.
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