Andy's Page

Name:

Andrew Patterson

Occupation:

Development Analyst (Law)
MCSD (In Progress)
IS Consultant (When there's time!)

Hobbies and Interests:

• Abseiling
• All terrain Expeditions (Ice - Jungle)
• Bouldering
• Expedition Kayaking
• Face Climbing
• Navigation & Orienteering
• Scrambling
• SCUBA Diving (Anything Marine)
• Slalom Kayaking (Promoted to Division 3 after winning Gold at Div5)
• Small Holding & the Rural Social System
• Survivalism
• Sustainable Resources & Self-Sufficiency
• 4x4 & Camel Trophy (Anything Land Rover)

Favourite Bands:

Pink Floyd, The Orb, Enya, Clannad, John Lennon, Marylin Manson, Chemical Brothers & The Prodigy!

Favourite Movies:

The Big Blue, K2 & Braveheart

Favourite Authors:

Sven Hassel, George Orwell & Shakespeare. All reference & Documentatives (Geek!!)

Motto(s):

"He who dares! ...... Rodney!, He who dares!"

"Its not over until the fat lady sings... between Rodney and the fat Lady, I rarely fail!"

Favourite Religion:

World of Nature

Politics:

• Mostly left of Mainstream
• Rurally Orientated
• Greenpeace
• Friends Of The Earth

Fulfilled ambitions:

• A weekend lost in Amsterdam
• A smoke under Belgium's, Menin Gate at Dawn
• Chartered a Helicopter to Dive Catalina Island (Pacific)
• Chartered a Submarine for Marine Photography (Pacific)
• Did Hollywood
• Dived in a Californian Kelp Forest
• Dived with the Turtles in Hawaii
• Dived 2 Reefs off of Hanaleii
• Gold Medallist for Canoeing/Slalom
• Mountain Biked into Hawaii's Grand Canyon
• Joined a Sleigh expedition into the Arctic Circle
• Dive the Great Barrier Reef
• Climb Mount Kilamanjaro
• Join a Camel Trophy Expedition
• Meet the Great White