Show Notes:
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Episode Intro:
Dear listeners of the Female Guides Requested Podcast, happy Wednesday! This is your host, Ting Ting. In this episode, I have guest Angel Robeldo from Rock Iguana, a guide service located in the Cayman Islands. Towards the end of last year, one of my SPI students told me he needed certification to work in the Caribbean, which piqued my interest. As soon as I knew the owner of the guide service was a woman, you can probably guess what happened next!
Angel was born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She left Brazil in 2005 to discover the world and ended up discovering herself. She has climbed around the world and done a lot of high-altitude mountaineering, including in the Himalayas, Andes, and Denali. Angel has traveled through more than 80 countries but found Cayman Brac to be the perfect place to live and enjoy her lifestyle. Since 2013, she has promoted and helped develop rock climbing in the Cayman Islands. She also helped build a non-profit boulder gym in Grand Cayman where a climbing community started to grow. Angel is an AMGA Certified Single Pitch Instructor.
One might say Angel is truly living the dream, but I’d say that is the guaranteed result because she has always followed her mind and heart. Now please enjoy the episode of Angel Robeldo.
Things We Talked about:
- From ocean to mountains and back to both ocean and mountains
- An injury changed Angel’s life trajectory
- Fulfilled her dream of living in the Caribbean
- Personal and Professional climbing journey in Cayman Brac
- Growing up in Brazil
- Fear of height | Fear of Exposure
- Where are the clients from?
- Climbing courses and adventure travel
- Climb Iguana & Coast to Bluff Recreational Access and Conservation
- Work & life balance
- Being away helps strengthen the love of her residence Cayman Islands
- Holiday guiding
Quotes:
- I was terrified of heights. And that was one of the biggest thing why I stick to climb because I want to investigate that fear and I want to go over that fear.
- I love to guide people afraid of heights. That’s my favorite because I know exactly where you are.
- Have the fear and go for it. And then suddenly there is no more fear.
- I keep doing what I love and what drives me and what makes me feel very alive.
- When you owe a guiding company when it’s just you working it’s way easier because you just have to manage you when it started to get big and they have all the employees it’s just like sometimes it’s way more work and no more money
- Most of the time what stop all of us doesn’t matter if you are on a female body, on a masculine body, all stop us is on our heads