Cindy Garrison (born 1972) is an outdoors guide and host of the

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Outdoors program, ''Get Wild! With Cindy Garrison''. Garrison grew up in the

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mostly in

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. She also spent her summers at her parents’ ranch in

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. Her parents, both of whom

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and

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, introduced her to the sports as a child. After time at Santa Barbara City College and University of the Pacific, Cindy migrated to

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in 1994, where she finished her degree in psychology, became a professional fly fishing guide, worked as a heli-ski guide, and opened Garrison Adventures International, specializing in booking travel to fishing, hunting, and skiing destinations worldwide. She'd just moved to

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in 1998 when she went with her father on her first African safari in

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. She enjoyed the experience so much Cindy ended up staying until 2003, where she ran camps for the largest hunting

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operator in Botswana, Africa as well as founding her own safari company, and then founding Safari Anglers, guiding fly-casters in pursuit of Africa's famed Tiger Fish in

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, and

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. She still occasionally leads safaris. In 2003, Garrison became co-host of ESPN2's ''In Search of Fly Water'', which ran for two seasons. Her stint on this show led her current job as host of ''Get Wild!'' In September 2006, she became an official spokeswoman fo
Women in the Outdoors

References

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Profile at Women in the Outdoors website

"Cindy Garrison Becomes Women in the Outdoors Spokeswoman"
''North Carolina Sportsman Magazine''
"Get Wild with Cindy Garrison website on ESPN2"
1972 births Living people American hunters Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-tv-bio-stub