The Outdoors Station

The Outdoors Station

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The Outdoors Station episodes

  • No 489 - Jenny Davis Pt1 - Antarctic Record Attempt
    You may recall a news story at the beginning of the year when Jenny Wordsworth (Nee Davis) was emergency air lifted from her solo, unsupported and unassisted Antarctic land ski speed attempt from the South Pole. This may have been the first time you heard her name or became aware of this extraordinary endurance athlete.
    In this first podcast of a two part interview we talk about the preparation and planning which goes into attempting something like this and the eye watering costs involved. Towards the end you’ll hear the moment it came to an end and the fortunate decision the Medivac team made which ultimately saved her life.
    32 min
  • No 488 - The 82 Island Challenge
    This podcast features the effervescent artist Katie Tunn. Katie has a thing about islands and has just embarked on a challenge to bivvy camp on 82 of them around the UK. To explore the character of each location and use it as a platform to educate visitors and campers alike on Leave No Trace and to promote interaction with local businesses.
    35 min
  • No 487 - Beth Foot Forward
    This podcast is an interview with Beth Wickes. Someone who has given up her home and possessions to walk around the coast of the UK for the benefit of three very important outdoor based organisations.
    42 min
  • No 486 - Iceland - What Went Wrong?
    In this podcast we catch up with Dermot Cosgrove who we spoke to back in Podcast No 482 as he was completing his prep in 40C heat of North Africa before walking the 620km trek though Iceland. This is the story of how the trip was suddenly ended.
    30 min
  • No 483 - Preparing your body for an Adventure
    I cant image there are many hikers who at some stage or another haven’t complained about back, knee or ankle pains in some form or another and no doubt we have all just put it down to being just ‘one of those things’.
    Or maybe you are someone who states that you have weak ankles, but maybe have never thought to ask yourself how, why and when that became a problem for you.
    Some people train for the hills by just hiking, others mix it with the gym and maybe the rare few actually try yoga or pilates, however as good as all these are, they may not be hitting the spot as regards solving your particular problem, which is where Rowan Smith one of the very few personal trainers specialising in trekking fitness, come into play.
    38 min
  • No 482 - Trekking North to South in Iceland
    Iceland has to be one of the last true raw hiking wilderness experiences there is left in the world.
    Just a few kilometres south of the Artic Circle it isn’t the most welcome environment with temperatures at their height in the summer just topping 10C with daylight which lasts virtually 24 hours, it doesn’t make for a good night sleep.
    49 min
  • No 481 - Alastair Humphries and his Adventures
    Alastair Humphries is a name probably well known in the UK within outdoor circles and by those who follow professional adventurers.
    His CV is quite extensive involving cycling around the world, walking across India, rowing the Atlantic and running across the Sahara to name but a few of his better know exploits.
    However as he’s become older his awareness of what Adventure really is has changed and he has begun to question whether bigger is necessarily better.
    50 min
  • No 480 - Time To Panic?
    In recent weeks the news and media have been filled with reports about protesters demanding action on climate change.
    There’s so much information and misinformation floating about, is it any wonder we all find ourselves confused and dazed. Often burying our head in the sand hoping that others will bring about changes which the world sorely needs. The activists, the protesters, the people who are in the news today while I'm watching from a safe distance.
    1 hr 12 min

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