MEET THE TEAM
HELP PUT A FACE TO A NAME
When you love the outdoors as much as we do, working for Mount Cook is more of a passion than a job!
Meet our adventurous, enthusiastic team:
WHAT ARE YOU BEST KNOWN FOR?
Co-founding and building Mount Cook. After my family, the best thing I have done so far.
YOUR MOST INTERESTING HOBBY:
Motorbiking anywhere or anyhow.
A LITTLE KNOWN FACT:
I can play the Saxophone (badly)
COLIN
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
I am from Derbyshire - born and bred!
YOUR FAVOURITE SONG:
My favourite song has to be Jungleland by Bruce Springsteen.
FAVOURITE FOOD COMBO:
Cauliflower cheese and bacon!
ROBIN
YOUR MOST INTERESTING FACT:
You never let the fact get in the way of a good story!
YOUR FAVOURITE SONG:
Proclaimers I would walk 500 miles, of course!
YOUR FAVOURITE SAYING:
This is fun & you are having it! (usually when trying to convince someone that Scotland is stunning when it's Wet, Wild & Windy!)
STEVE
FAVOURITE OLYMPIC SPORT:
Ski Cross where they barge each other off the course!
FAVOURITE SONG:
Oasis - Wonderwall
FAVOURITE LOCATION:
The Lake District
MATT
YOUR FAVOURITE SONG:
Any song from Ziggy Alberts!
FAVOURITE FOOD COMBINATION:
Curry on toast (salty butter on the toast too)!
FAVOURITE SAYING:
Be a little kinder than you have to be!
LAUREN
THE MOST INTERESTING FACT YOU KNOW:
The size of the international space station is based on the width of a horse's rear end.
MOUNT COOK'S BEST ACTIVITY? Team Building
YOUR FAVOURITE SAYING:
If it happens once, it will never happen again. If it happens twice, it will certainly happen a third time.
BERNIE
DREAM HOLIDAY:
Safari in South Africa
FAVOURITE LOCATION: Queenstown, New Zealand
PARTY TRICK:
Really bad Parkour,
LITTLE KNOWN FACT:
once crash landed in a hot air balloon
MARY
FAVOURITE FOOD COMBO:
Lasagne Sandwiches
YOUR BEST HOBBY:
Watching the Ice Hockey - Let's Go Panthers!
INTERESTING FACT:
The odds of getting a royal flush in poker are exactly 1 in 649,740
CHARLEE
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?:
Sheffield originally but lived in Wirksworth since 1987
FAVOURITE ACTIVITY:
Walking - absolutely love it!
BEST JOKE:
Did you hear about the magic tractor? It went down the road and turned into a field.
JANE
MOST INTERESTING FACT YOUR KNOW:
A T-rex would most likely have had excellent eyesight and they probably quacked like a large duck.
FAVOURITE FOOD COMBO:
Peanut butter and literally anything else.
BEST JOKE:
My wife said I would never be able to make a car out of spaghetti, you should have seen her face when I drove pasta.
MADELINE
FAVOURITE ACTIVITY:
I love the Archaeological Dig we do with all the history packages.
FAVOURITE LOCATION:
North West Highlands of Scotland; fav' location and dream holiday all rolled into one!
BEST OLYMPIC SPORT:
I love the Olympics, I can be glued to even the most obscure thing; climbing is on for the first time this year!
PHIL
MOLLY
MOLLY
knock knock,
who's there?
Interrupting Cow
Interrup....
...MOOOOO
BEST GLOBAL LOCATION:
FAVOURITE FOOD COMBO:
Swimming in the Austrian Lakes
Potatoes and anything. But I think Potato Waffles, Bacon and Eggs is a winning breakfast combination.
FAVOURITE JOKE:
FAVOURITE LOCATION:
Arizona USA
FAVOURITE ACTIVITY:
Bushcraft. I believe in the value of getting back to a simpler state of mind as well as understanding the past. Enabling children to play outside and learn how to use our natural resources is very important.
KNOWN FOR:
Making a tea for myself without asking anyone else if they want one.
BILLY
KENNY
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
Liverpool
YOUR MOST INTERESTING HOBBY:
Photography/ Art
A LITTLE KNOWN FACT ABOUT YOU:
I was once hit by a car
THE MOST INTERESTING FACT YOU KNOW:
Elephants are the only animal other than humans that have a chin.
FAVOURITE SAYING:
Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.
YOUR DREAM HOLIDAY: Hokkaido (the island above Japan) in Autumn
ELIJAH
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
Doncaster
YOUR FAVOURITE SONG:
Wait Here - Kid Quill
WHAT IS THE BEST OLYMPIC SPORT:
Skeleton
JADE
DREAM HOLIDAY:
Got to be Canada, although more likely to be Malaysia as my daughter lives there!
FAVOURITE SONG:
Too many to choose from! Anything from Pretty Woman, Shrek or Bat out of Hell.
BEST KNOWN FOR:
Loving a spreadsheet.
KAREN
STEVE
FAVOURITE FOOD COMBO:
Steak & anything!
BEST LOCATION:
Derbyshire - born and bred! Black Rocks was my playground and as I have grown older, I appreciate the area more and more.
TOP OLYMPIC SPORT:
Pentathlon - an impressive skill set!
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
New Zealand
YOUR PARTY TRICK:
I can lay an egg a third of my body size
YOUR DREAM HOLIDAY:
Back to my homeland of New Zealand
YOUR FAVOURITE SONG:
The Haka
LITTLE KNOWN FACT:
Unlike many other birds, I have nostrils at the end of my beak