Shane Kistel graduated from Radford University, with a BS in Finance and Minor in Marketing He has experience in Pharmaceutical and Medical Sales,and is a Licensed Life and Health Insurance Sales representative. Shane Kistel also has extensive work across multiple inpatient/institutional settings including Cardiovascular, Neurology, Psychology, Pain, and Surgical Cases. 7 years of individual/personal and business insurance sales in Virginia and North Carolina. He is a dedicated father of 3 children, inclujding Grant a 15 year old boy and 2 10 year old twins Lucas and Addison. Shane Kistel is a Florida native and now a native North Carolina/Utah resident. He was raised in an active outdoor recreation environment, rockclimbing, hiking, backpacking, camping, kayaking across pristine backcountry nurtured by an enduring love for wild country. He has worked and played outdoors his entire life. Shane Kistel has extensive experience as a naturalist, interpretive wildlife specialist and part-time backcountry wilderness guide. He aspires to the writings and teachings of Edward Abbey.. “Wilderness is not a luxury, but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. A civilization which destroys what little remains of the wild, the spare, the original, is cutting itself off from its origins and betraying the principle of civilization itself. |