3#04 Dougie Baird: the mountain path builder

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   S3 · E9 · 16 Sep 2024 · 1 hr 2 min

   3#08 Claire Maxted: the Wild Ginger Runner

   > Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.uk “I want to help people and I want to be useful, and that’s the main reason for doing it all” Episode 3#08 meets Claire Maxted, who was forced to run at school. She hated it. Yet, just a couple of decades later the recently appointed BMC Summit editor can count Trail Running magazine, the Wild Ginger Running YouTube channel and “The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook” amongst projects she’s founded, managed and authored. So what did it take to turn the horrors of “cross country, group showers, and the bleep test”…

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   S3 · 16 Sep 2024 · 35 min

   BONUS: Shane Ohly on his continuous, 380km run along the “Dragon’s Back”

   Visit: https://mountainairpodcast.uk/ Bonus episodes don’t come more exciting than this. To accompany a written interview on UKHillwalking, here’s the audio of my conversation with Shane Ohly following his stunning continuous completion of the Dragon’s Back Race route from 15-19 August 2024. Thanks to Steve Ashworth for use of the accompanying pictures. > dragonsbackrace.com > shaneohly.com Read the written article here: https://www.ukhillwalking.com/articles/features/shane_ohly_-_running_the_dragons_back_in_102_hours-15953 [episode recorded on 05/09/24]

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   S3 · E7 · 26 Jun 2024 · 1 hr 12 min

   3#07 Maria Granberg: expedition climber, therapist and resident of ‘the pain cave’

   > Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.uk “My strength is my curiosity, and being pretty good at suffering” Episode 3#07 sits down with mountaineer, therapist and motivational speaker Maria Granberg, whose achievements so far include: climbing Manaslu (8,163m), and becoming only the second Swedish woman to summit Everest (8,848m) via its North Face. However, it’s the work that Maria undertakes off the mountain that truly defines her character on it. As a behavioural scientist, she has an abiding interest in how each of us faces suffering, learns to…

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   S3 · E6 · 11 Mar 2024 · 1 hr 3 min

   3#06 Patrick Davies: the diplomat who walked the length of Britain

   > Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.uk “Once you slow down you see it all” Interview recorded 24/01/24 On the latest episode of Mountain Air, Dan catches up with Patrick Davies, a writer, long-distance walker and charity fundraiser whose latest book “Where Skylarks Sing” recounts a 2250km walk across the UK mainland in the summer of 2021. “Skylarks”, which touches on Patrick’s experiences caring for his father as he succumbed to Alzheimer’s disease, issues of identity and belonging, and the healing power of walking, explores the “hope of finding…

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   S3 · E4 · 30 Oct 2023 · 1 hr 3 min

   3#05 Mark Diggins: the avalanche forecaster

   > Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.uk “It’s about being prepared for what nature throws at us” Interview recorded 27/09/23 Since 2009, Mark Diggins has been the coordinator of the Scottish Avalanche Information Service (SAIS). This valuable role means overseeing hazard forecasts for Lochaber, Glen Coe, Craigh Meagaidh, Torridon and the two halves of the Cairngorms… as well as being part of the team that inspects “the most unstable” slopes and snowpacks on a daily basis. In part thanks to this excellent service, Mark is keen to highlight that being…

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   S3 · E3 · 24 Jul 2023 · 53 min

   3#03 Jamie Aarons: the fastest Munroist in history

   > Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.uk “Underpinning it all was this ridiculously amazing team behind me… two years of planning was spent gathering an army of friends and strangers.” Episode 3#03 meets Jamie Aarons, who on 26 June 2023 became the fastest person ever to have completed a self-propelled round of the Munros. In doing so, she covered more than 2,576km of ground by foot, bike and kayak and recorded more than 135,000m of ascent. The entire round of Scotland’s 282 highest peaks took her just 31 days, 10 hours and 27 minutes. … but all of…

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   S3 · E2 · 1 Jun 2023 · 1 hr 1 min

   3#02 David “Heavy” Whalley: the Search and Rescue legend

   > Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.uk “There’s no greater feeling than finding people alive in the mountains.” Episode 3#02 meets a legendary figure in Search and Rescue circles. A member of RAF Mountain Rescue for 37 years, David “Heavy” Whalley has attended more than a thousand call-outs, and saved the lives of so many people in the hills that he’s routinely been approached by rescuees during his lecture tours in the years afterwards. He’s managed rescue teams across the UK’s mountain ranges, ice climbed in Canada, helped orchestrate a successful…

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   S3 · E1 · 14 Apr 2023 · 49 min

   3#01 Steph McKenna: the award-winning mountain campaigner

   > Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.uk “I get excited about something and I say yes, and then I do it. And I enjoy doing it, so I keep doing it.” Episode 3#01 of Mountain Air stars Steph McKenna, winner of the fabulously titled 2023 Fort William Festival “Scottish Youth Award for Excellence in Mountain Culture”. Steph was caught unawares by the award (mainly because she had not idea she’d been nominated), but look into why she won and it’s hardly a surprise at all. Though only 22-years old, she has lent emotional support to those that need it…

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   S2 · E12 · 22 Dec 2022 · 55 min

   2#10 Kirsty Pallas: the mountain safety advisor

   > Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.uk “I love being able to share what I experience… taking folk to places they wouldn't feel confident to get to by themselves.” Episode 2#10 is thrilled to meet Kirsty Pallas, of Oban in the West Highlands. Kirsty is an outdoor instructor of more than a decade’s experience who the 16,000 members of Mountaineering Scotland may also recognise as one of the group’s Mountain Safety Advisors. Kirsty’s progress in her outdoor career has been as swift as it has been successful: inspired by school-age work experience at her…

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    S2 · E11 · 6 Dec 2022 · 53 min

    2#09 Doug Bartholomew: the steward of Beinn Eighe

    > Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.uk “You’ve got to acknowledge that you’re just a fragment in time.” Episode 2#9 settles down with Doug Bartholomew, a man who has the dream job of managing one of Scotland’s great landscapes. Seek him on a weekday, Saturday or Sunday and you’ll find him and his team of fellow NatureScot employees on Beinn Eighe and Loch Maree Islands National Nature Reserve in Wester Ross. This 48 square kilometres of magnificent highland wilderness requires hard work to keep it running sustainably, and constant attention is…