By Sharda Bacchus
After 18 years at Wilderness Explorers, General Manager Teri O’Brien on November 21 won the ‘Pillar of Tourism Industry’ award when the Ministry of Tourism held its eighth annual Tourism Awards ceremony.
O’Brien told Stabroek News that her tenure at Wilderness Explorers has so far been remarkable. Expanding, she recalled a visit to Mount Roraima with National Geographic back in 2005. There were 18-odd persons but when the crew involved in handling and managing it was added, there were 50 persons. “It was considered challenging since tourists were climbing the mountain from the Guyana side which is not a usual trip,” she said. The level of involvement for varying people and the logistics of handling the trip added to the challenge. She recalled also that at that time, there was one helicopter in the country which belonged to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and they had to use that for the trip which lasted for several weeks.
She said that a lot depended on the lighting conditions and weather,