Summit to Talk About

Dan has been wild camping for 15 years. In this time he has honed his skills, knowledge and kit to (almost) perfection. Like many of us,Dan has enjoyed the process of trying new things and camping in different places but continues to learn and improve.

We chat about how he started in his pursuit for the perfect wild camping setup from humble beginnings of canvas tents and big weights in his pack to the ultralight approach he now has. 

Dan loves an adventure and had plans to cross Lake Baikal pulling his pulk the whole way. His plans have changed and he'll now be hoping to cross Lake Winnipeg in Canada, an impressive 258 miles of ice and snow!

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Insta: @wildcamping.lifeuk
Facebook group: Wildcamping.lifeuk
YouTube: Wildcamping.lifeuk

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Series 2 is brought to you in association with Hiiker. Hiiker is the best app for planning your long distance hiking adventures with thousands of trails mapped out and packed with information for your hike. The app is free to downlaod! To unlock all of the extra cool features, treat yourself to Hiiker pro and use code 'STTA' at checkout.

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John Barker has spent much of his life outdoors but only really did it for pleasure later on. After many years in the British armed forces, he now spends time outside for pleasure rather than daily beastings! 

Like many of us, John captures his outdoors adventures on his camera phone and has created a big following through instagram  by sharing his images. He has a great eye for capturing the raw beauty of the outdoors and also often shares a glimpse of his legs!

A new year's tradition has been a jaunt up to Helvellyn for John, but one year, although the conditions were perfect one minute, the British mountain weather had other ideas and John found himself amidst a snow storm and unable to see where he was going. He tells us all about it!

Summit to Talk About has turned 1 and I would like to thank you all for your support and for listening. I hope I can continue to bring you many more inspirational guests in the future.

If you would link to support the podcast, please follow the link at the bottom where you can join the Facebook community and 'Buy me a coffee' - a small donation goes a long way to help with the overheads of running the podcast.

You can follow John on instagram by searching for @john__barker

You can also follow the podcast and associated pages such as the Summit to Talk About community including 'Walk for Your Wellbeing' group walk pages below.

Series 2 is brought to you in association with Hiiker. Hiiker is the best app for planning your long distance hiking adventures with thousands of trails mapped out and packed with information for your hike. The app is free to downlaod! To unlock all of the extra cool features, treat yourself to Hiiker pro and use code 'STTA' at checkout.

Click here for all STTA pages and Hiiker - https://linktr.ee/stta_podcast 

Luci, aka Van Life with Luci on Instagram is a teacher and lover of our great outdoors. She loves hiking, rock climbing, stand up paddle boarding and most of all, living the van life!

We chat about how it all began, where its going, the complexities of taking on a van conversion project and everything in between!

Throughout January, Luci is walking 50 miles to raise money for Mind UK. Help reach her fundraising target by donating anything you can in the link below:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/lucinda-olivia?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=lucinda-olivia&utm_campaign=pfp-whatsapp&utm_term=16e70306902e4426b1f98348a54194d7

Follow Luci here -

Instagram: @vanlifewithluci
TikTok: @vanlife with luci
Blog: https://vanlifewithluci.wordpress.com/blog/blogs/
Photography: https://lucindaoliviaphotography.com/
Wepage: vanlifewithluci.co.uk
YouTube: Van Life with Luci https://youtube.com/channel/UCmJBZ7qtO2dvvMUbzqpnPuw

You can also follow the podcast and associated pages such as the Summit to Talk About community including 'Walk for Your Wellbeing' group walk pages below.

Series 2 is brought to you in association with Hiiker. Hiiker is the best app for planning your long distance hiking adventures with thousands of trails mapped out and packed with information for your hike. The app is free to downlaod! To unlock all of the extra cool features, treat yourself to Hiiker pro.

Click here for all STTA pages and Hiiker - https://linktr.ee/stta_podcast 

John Beamson is a character full of energy. He runs Robustours, an outdoors company specialising in ultra events. When ultra long distances are your thing, there's no room for negativity or procrastination, it's all about doing what you say you're going to do and that's exactly what John does!

We chat about the highs and lows of doing an ultra event, positive mindsets, the Blencathra Summit stone replacement project and a bit of all sorts!

You can sign up to an ultra event by visiting the Robustours website:  https://robustours.co.uk 

and you can follow on instagram: @robustours

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Big thank you to John Barker for buying me a brew and supporting the podcast. Check him out on instagram for awesome outdoors photography: @john__barker (2 underscores).

For Series to 2 of the podcast, I've teamed up with Hiiker. Hiiker is the only app you'll ever need to plan and hike any long distance trail. With around 5000 trails all mapped out and packed with information on the way, there will definitely be something on there to inspire your next hiking adventure. You can join over 180000 other users by downloading the app for free. To unlock all the cool features such as downloadable maps and much more, you should definitely upgrade to Hiiker pro. You can now gift adventure with a voucher for Hiiker pro here: https://hiiker.app/purchases/gift#/
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We dive straight back in to day 5 of the West Highland Way in Tyndrum. Danny, Karla and I continue our chat about our last 3 days on the trail up to Fort William. This was, for me, the most scenic part of the WHW. 

We also discuss kit. What we took, what we wish we'd taken and what we wish we hadn't bothered carrying. 

I'm so proud to be able to share our adventure with you and I really hope you enjoy it. You can see exactly what we've been chatting about by heading over to Danny's YouTube channel where he has posted the videos from our adventure. Please he[p his channel grow by hitting subscribe - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBGKooNsAKhM1VopVvklxKw

If you've enjoyed this episode and wish to support the podcast, you can buy me a coffee here - www.buymeacoffee.com/sttapodcast

For this series, I've proudly teamed up with Hiiker and I do genuinely believe they have made the best app out there for planning your long distance hikes. The app is free to download with the option of upgrading for extra features. It's packed with trails from all over the world and each one has information on accommodation, shops, places to get fresh water and more. The app allows you to download the trails to your device so you can save your battery whilst you're out. Check it out now and start planning your adventures. Use code 'STTA' at checkout when upgrading - hiiker.app 

You can also follow STTA here - https://linktr.ee/stta_podcast

We are back with Series 2 and in this episode I chat with my good friends Danny and Karla about our recent multi-day hike on the West Highland Way in Scotland.

We chat about kit, planning the trip, the views,the terrain and everything in between! Our chat was a long one so you can catch part 2 in the next episode.

For a visual glimpse of our WHW hike, please subscribe to Danny's YouTube channel and help it grow. He made videos from our trip! Search Danny's Adventures on YouTube.

For series 2 I've proudly teamed up with Hiiker app. If you're planning a long distance hike, you should start with downloading Hiiker. It is the best (bar none) app for long distance trails. It's packed with trails all around the world and gives you all the info you need to plan your hike including accommodation details along your route. Head over to hiiker.app now and save 25% in the winter flash sale. Use code STTA at the checkout!

You can support the podcast by buying me a coffee. A small donation goes along way to helping with the overheads of running the podcast. If you want to buy me a coffee like @ukadventuredad did please head over to www.buymeacoffe.com/sttapodcast Big thank you to @ukadventuredad for being my first brew buddy, give him a follow on instagram.

In this final episode of series 1  I chat with Dexter who is a lover of long distance hikes. Seeing the first few miles of the Coast to Coast trail from a young age, the seed was planted and it was only natural for Dexter to do the full trail as his first thru-hike. 

After a long break, Dexter got back on trail and has since completed some of the UK's favourites including the West Highland Way, Cape Wrath Trail, Lands end to John O'Groats and most recently, The South West Coast Path.

We talk about all things hiking, the South West Coast Path and how to keep you pack weight down on a long distance hike.

You can follow Dexter on Instagram:-

@easydexter

You can also find his YouTube videos here:-

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=easy+dexter

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Jessica's love for the great outdoors started with a bang back in 2014 when she won a competition to climb Kilimanjaro which she later discovered is not in Wales!

She completed the trek to the summit and fell in love with hiking. She then went on to trek to Everest base camp, Stok Kangri and worked towards becoming a Mountain Leader.  Most recently, Jessica has completed her Wainwrights bagging adventure with her friends by her side at the finish line on Fleetwith Pike.

We chat also chat about other important things like snacks on the hills so listen out for Jessica's recommendations. 

You can follow Jessica on Instagram :
@jessicamather_

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There's a 'scene' for every hobby and community. When I was in my late teens it was any fast food restaurant car park blaring music from my clapped out fiesta. 

Neil, Matt and Andy said the same about the UK gay scene where coming in at 5am is the norm after a night on the dance floor. Now things are different and after joining forces to go out hiking they set up 'Homos That Hike'. Still in it's infancy, their instagram account is growing everyday with like minded hikers from the LGBTQIA+ community.

In this episode they share their reasons for loving the outdoors, the future of HTH, the wonders of hot flasks and we cover important things such as our favourite Disney theme tunes!

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@homosthathike
@stta_podcast

Sam Baynes is a physiotherapist who landed a dream job out in the Austrian Alps. Whilst out in the mountains celebrating New Year's Eve, a sledge accident stopped her life in it's tracks.

Sam was in a coma with a very small chance of pulling through and spent three months in hospital. She had to relearn how to walk and talk and miraculously made it through the other side. She has since gone on to summit 4000m peaks, Kilimanjaro and trekked to Everest Base Camp with a charity who help veterans.

We chat about Sam's mountain adventures, the importance of a positive mindset and her plans for the future.

Follow Sam on instagram @sam_baynes

If you have a story of adventure or your love for the outdoors or you have a Walk for Your Wellbeing story, please get in touch on instagram @stta_podcast or Summit to Talk About podcast on facebook.