A very special edition of Cool Conversations.

Richard Walker climbed Everest only a few days ago with me. In this podcast, we talk through the ascent, his fears, feelings and elation. We used our layover in Doha airport to catch the opportunity to record this episode, thus giving us a rare raw and unfiltered view of Everest.

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Tommy Gustafsson is a longtime mountain lover, climber and hiker with a background in leading international sports and travel companies.  

Since 2015, he has lived in Namche Bazaar in the upper Khumbu region, acting as Project Director for the Sagarmatha Next Center. What is the Sagarmatha Next Center? We'll let Tommy explain...

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Today, Billi Bierling is a renowned mountaineer. However, it wasn't always like that; in fact when she was growing up she almost felt slightly oppressed by the snowy peaks surrounding her hometown in Germany.

So what changed? Simple. A trip to Nepal in 1998, where she fell in love with the mountains and started high-altitude climbing. Since then, she has scaled six of the 14 8,000m-peaks, namely Mount Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, Cho Oyu, Manaslu (fore summit) and Broad Peak – the latter three she summited without the help of supplemental oxygen. In 2004, Billi started assisting the late Elizabeth Hawley with her work documenting expeditions to the Nepal Himalayas. Together with a team, Billi continues to interview expedition leaders for Liz Hawley's archive, which is now called 'The Himalayan Database'.

When she is not gallivanting around the high Himalayas or chasing expeditions in Kathmandu, Billi works for Swiss Humanitarian Aid as a communications expert, writes mountaineering articles for German and English-speaking magazines, translates or writes books and leads mountain treks and expeditions in Nepal and around the world. In short, she's a busy person, which makes the time she spent with Kenton recording this podcast all the more valuable. 

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Yorick Vion is a 3rd generation French mountain guide, ski racer, free-ride skier and all round ‘big deal.’

We catch up in his home town of Courchevel to discuss his passion for the mountains and how being rooted in the process is more uplifting and meaningful than the summit.

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Long-term podcast friend Guy comes back for a second episode.

We catch up on his work with "Serve On" and the purpose and learnings this has given him… it's something we can all learn from. 

My take away…' Be More Guy

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Only four months(!) after they said they would try and record a Coolaboration episode every month, Kenton and Dave's paths finally cross for a catch-up on KC's two trips to Antarctica, being environmentally conscious, DC's latest running adventures and their respective plans for this Spring and Summer.

Grab a coffee, hit the trails, or put it on in the car. Wherever you listen, we hope you enjoy this latest episode from the Cool Conversations team.

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In January 2020, four Royal Navy Submariners became the first-ever Royal Navy team and the fastest military team in history to row any ocean. The team spent 37 days, 6 hours and 40 minutes battling across the North Atlantic to reach Nelsons Dockyard, Antigua. Their endeavours raised more than £100k for project HMS Oardacious which supports Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Submarine community.

In this episode of Cool Conversations, Kenton talks to one of the 4 members of that Royal Navy crew, Hugo Mitchell-Heggs. 

Hugo describes himself as "An enthusiastic individual constantly striving for excellence in all facets of both professional and personal life." We say, "he's that and so much more". 

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In the second part of the Tails from the Trails series, "The Antarctica trip", Kenton makes his way to the summit of Mount Vinson, the highest mountain in Antarctica.

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The southernmost continent on the planet, Antarctica, is the home of the Vinson Massif. And it's that Massif, and in particular, Vinson, the highest mountain on the continent, that's the topic of this series of Tails from the Trails.

Part one of a two-part series. Kenton is your guide to the top of Antarctica.

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Richard is best known for his fight against palm oil and single-use plastic, but there is way more than environmental activism to his CV.

As Chairman of the Iceland supermarket chain, Richard looks after more than 1000 outlets with a combined turnover of more than £4 Billion.

When not in business mode, he can be found catching waves or climbing mountains.

In this episode, Kenton catches up with Richard after a day of ice climbing in Norway. The pair talk about the family business, his passion for sustainability, and how a company can live in harmony with the environment.

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