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Recently a listener in Australia enquired about the 2006 TGO Challenge series which I mentioned in the recent tribute to Andy Howell. (Podcast 539)

Although it is in the listing, it wasn’t live, so I’ve decided to re-release it once again as it still contains relevant information about the event and many interesting interviews with people, some of whom aren’t with us any more.

This was the crossing where one of our party had a serious fall breaking a few ribs. The TGO Challenge is no walk in the park, but it is a glorious celebration and privilege to walk across and landscape and learn more about yourself and your fellow (often solitary) backpackers.

This is part six of ten.

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Recently a listener in Australia enquired about the 2006 TGO Challenge series which I mentioned in the recent tribute to Andy Howell. (Podcast 539)

Although it is in the listing, it wasn’t live, so I’ve decided to re-release it once again as it still contains relevant information about the event and many interesting interviews with people, some of whom aren’t with us any more.

This was the crossing where one of our party had a serious fall breaking a few ribs. The TGO Challenge is no walk in the park, but it is a glorious celebration and privilege to walk across and landscape and learn more about yourself and your fellow (often solitary) backpackers.

This is part five of ten.

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Recently a listener in Australia enquired about the 2006 TGO Challenge series which I mentioned in the recent tribute to Andy Howell. (Podcast 539)

Although it is in the listing, it wasn’t live, so I’ve decided to re-release it once again as it still contains relevant information about the event and many interesting interviews with people, some of whom aren’t with us any more.

This was the crossing where one of our party had a serious fall breaking a few ribs. The TGO Challenge is no walk in the park, but it is a glorious celebration and privilege to walk across and landscape and learn more about yourself and your fellow (often solitary) backpackers.

This is part four of ten.

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Recently a listener in Australia enquired about the 2006 TGO Challenge series which I mentioned in the recent tribute to Andy Howell. (Podcast 539)

Although it is in the listing, it wasn’t live, so I’ve decided to re-release it once again as it still contains relevant information about the event and many interesting interviews with people, some of whom aren’t with us any more.

This was the crossing where one of our party had a serious fall breaking a few ribs. The TGO Challenge is no walk in the park, but it is a glorious celebration and privilege to walk across and landscape and learn more about yourself and your fellow (often solitary) backpackers.

This is part three of ten.

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Recently a listener in Australia enquired about the 2006 TGO Challenge series which I mentioned in the recent tribute to Andy Howell. (Podcast 539)

Although it is in the listing, it wasn’t live, so I’ve decided to re-release it once again as it still contains relevant information about the event and many interesting interviews with people, some of whom aren’t with us any more.

This was the crossing where one of our party had a serious fall breaking a few ribs. The TGO Challenge is no walk in the park, but it is a glorious celebration and privilege to walk across and landscape and learn more about yourself and your fellow (often solitary) backpackers.

This is part two of ten.

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Recently a listener in Australia enquired about the 2006 TGO Challenge series which I mentioned in the recent tribute to Andy Howell. (Podcast 539)

Although it is in the listing, it wasn’t live, so I’ve decided to re-release it once again as it still contains relevant information about the event and many interesting interviews with people, some of whom aren’t with us any more.

This was the crossing where one of our party had a serious fall breaking a few ribs. The TGO Challenge is no walk in the park, but it is a glorious celebration and privilege to walk across and landscape and learn more about yourself and your fellow (often solitary) backpackers.

This is part one of ten.

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I know it has been some 8 months since my last podcast and this latest release will fill you in with some of the reasons for the silence.

It has been a strange 8 months. I’m not sure if it is the result of the third Covid lock down which I found harder than the previous 2 or the subjects I mention in the podcast, but the effect was the same and silence the result.

In August following some enthusiastic support and supportive comments I was beginning to get new plans together for the next series and have been contacting potential contributors to add their spin.

However I had some shattering news this week that Andy Howell a close friend, outdoor companion and supportive shoulder for all my podcasting efforts had suddenly passed away from an undiagnosed cancer. You will have heard him in many of my podcasts and he is well known in the outdoor community.

So this podcast is raw and open and dedicated to him. A friendship I’ve cherished and meant more to me than my humble words can describe.

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Meli and Rensso Hinostroza, are the sister and brother team behind Arms Of Andes. Their Peruvian parents were raised in small, mountain towns in the highlands of Peru and family vacations have always been to their ancestral home.

Following a lot of research they discovered that Alpaca has similar properties to merino wool and the potential to perform even better.

But they didn’t want to just make outdoor apparel, they also wanted to lead the way in sustainable manufacturing practices. Manufacture of most clothing involves shipping materials to different countries for each part of the production process; but they realised that by keeping production in one place – Peru – they could greatly reduce the company’s carbon footprint.

Furthermore, alpaca wool is natural, renewable, and sustainably produced, so by including additional sustainable practices, such as using other natural materials (like natural dyes and cotton for labels and stitching) and reducing packaging they could make the most sustainable outdoor clothing. In fact, their naturally coloured shirts, beanies and neck gaiters are now 100% biodegradable, leaving no trace when composted!

Family and where you come from are major cornerstones of the Peruvian culture, and who they are as a company. This is even reflected in their name: “Arms” is a combination of the first name initials of us four siblings and our roots are “of the Andes”.

Join us in this podcast to hear the full story, or watch the reply now on YouTube. There is a limited time discount code at the end of this podcast.

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After she walked the Camino de Santiago, solo, in 2017, Fran Turauskis became uncomfortable with descriptions such as 'brave' and 'inspirational' when people learned about her epilepsy diagnosis. She created Seize Your Adventure to normalise the idea of epilepsy in adventure. 

As host, editor and producer, she collates all audio and visual content on the podcast, website and social media. her co-host Frankie York is a passionate surfer, who for six years, had suffered frequent and debilitating seizures that stopped her from surfing entirely until the success of recent treatment that allows her to enjoy her water based passion once more.

In this interview we discuss the art of balancing the condition with ambition in the outdoors and the perceptions of epilepsy in society and the adventure community.

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For those who enjoy the freedom and rights to walk in or on our National Parks, Footpaths and rural byways in fact anywhere which is recognised as a national Right Of Way you are probably unaware of the historic nature of how this came into being following the Kinder Scout Trespass of 1932.

Kinder Scout was a turning point in outdoor history. Without it we would be excluded from all wild places which would be fenced off and under strict private control of landowners through the UK.

Currently access to the inland waterways in the UK is restricted to 4%. Imagine if we only had access to 4% of the the land and parks and open places we take for granted. We would be outraged and yet the water based enthusiasts have to accept this, or do they?

There is currently a campaign gaining momentum for all water based enthusiasts, paddlers, wild swimmers, SUP users to gain Clear Access Clear Waters and work in harmony with other respective organisations to find a path through this confusing legislation.

The waterways are no different to our other land based highways. Everyone from walkers to lorry drivers have to work with all the other users to maximise use and pleasure and functionality from the highways. Be it walkers, cyclists, equestrian, motorbikes, cars through to heavy good vehicles.

This interview is with Ben Seal, Places To Paddle Manager at British Canoeing who are a main instigator in this campaign for all water enthusiasts. if you feel strongly about what you hear place sign the petition and support their efforts.

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