Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast Always Another Adventure
| Titre | Date | Durée | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81. Ian Hughes. Bike industry insider. | 01 Aug 2024 | 00:38:45 | |
Founder of boutique bike brand Vielo, Ian was the man who brought Scott to the UK. Not bad for a former DJ. | |||
| 80. Laval St Germain. The Seven Summits & More | 01 Jul 2024 | 00:51:52 | |
Laval St Germain is a Canadian who has climbed the highest mountain on every continent, the seven summits, including Everest, from the north side, without supplemental oxygen. He was the first Canadian to do so. | |||
| 71. Jamie Aarons. Record breaking Munro round. | 30 Sep 2023 | 00:45:11 | |
In the Spring of 2023 Jamie Aarons set a new record for a self-propelled round of The Munros, Scotland's 282 mountains over 3,000ft in elevation. Here she talks about her background, discovering hill-running, the community that helped her complete the challenge and the problems she overcame along the way. | |||
| 70. Lee Craigie. Other Ways To Win - pt 2 | 06 Sep 2023 | 00:29:44 | |
Part 2. Former British Mountain Bike champion, Active Nation Commission for Scotland, and now author of an excellent memoir (sort of memoir) Other Ways to Win we'll hear from the inspiring Lee Craigie. Lee and I take a short ride together, chatting about the book and some of its deeper themes. Lee reads passages from the book and these act as springboards for our conversation. | |||
| 69. Lee Craigie. Other Ways To Win - pt 1 | 03 Sep 2023 | 00:45:03 | |
Former British Mountain Bike champion, Active Nation Commission for Scotland, and now author of an excellent memoir (sort of memoir) Other Ways to Win we'll hear from the inspiring Lee Craigie. Lee and I take a short ride together, chatting about the book and some of its deeper themes. Lee reads passages from the book and these act as springboards for our conversation. | |||
| 68. Markus Stitz. Bikepacking Scotland | 31 Jul 2023 | 00:52:21 | |
Single-speed round-the-world cyclist Markus Stitz has written another book Bikepacking Scotland. He runs the website of the same name and I met Markus in his home in Edinburgh. | |||
| 67. Pip Hare. World's hardest endurance event. Solo ocean racing | 30 Jun 2023 | 00:43:29 | |
The parallels between solo ocean racing and other ultra endurance sports are not immediately obvious. But as I listened to Pip Hare talk about her goal to complete the Vendee Globe - solo around the world race - for the second time, age 50, I heard striking and surprising parallels between this multi-million euro sport and simple ultra running or cycling. At which Pip also excels. She is part of the only team - a pair - to ever complete the running, cycling and sailing stages of the Three Peaks Yacht Race. | |||
| 66. Cory Jones. First Aid Training | 31 May 2023 | 00:32:06 | |
If you, a friend or a family member has an accident in the outdoors or elsewhere, would you know what to do? Many lives have been lost because people wait for trained help to arrive rather than carrying out simple first aid. I took a two-day first aid course with the First Aid Training Cooperative, part-owned by Cory Jones. He talks us through the thinking behind outdoor first aid, and you'll hear clips from the training and my reaction to the pressure of realistic scenarios. | |||
| 65. Donnie Campbell. Ultra gravel cycle racing & The French Divide | 30 Apr 2023 | 00:42:25 | |
Better known as a mountain and trail runner, when Donnie Campbell took up gravel cycling he started winning races and smashing FKTs. Donnie has been on the podcast twice, talking about the wild places he runs (Ep. 2) and setting a new record for the fastest self-propelled round of Scotland's "Munro" mountains (Ep. 35). | |||
| 64. Ron Strickland. A life on the trail. | 21 Apr 2023 | 00:30:47 | |
He’s one of America’s great hikers and the man who devised and created the Pacific Northwest Trail. Ron Strickland has lived what he calls a "vagabondish" lifestyle, either on the USA’s trails or in Washington DC campaigning for his own. | |||
| 63. Jenny Graham. Coffee First then the World | 11 Apr 2023 | 00:37:05 | |
As the fastest woman around the world on a bicycle releases the book of her journey and embarks on a UK speaking tour, this is an updated version of an interview we recorded three years ago. | |||
| 62. Bella Molloy. Australia to Pyrenees & ultra cycling | 31 Mar 2023 | 00:53:19 | |
lAdventures come in all shapes and forms. The more complicated ones are often the most interesting. Bella & Steve Molloy quit corporate jobs in their native Australia to set up a travel advisory business in the French Pyrenees. Along the way, Bella got into ultra cycling and as recently started a podcast. | |||
| 79. Duncan McCallum. Sport climber & wall designer | 01 Jun 2024 | 00:43:27 | |
Duncan McCallum has been a big part of the Scottish climbing scene for years, designing walls, presenting TV programmes and climbing hard. | |||
| 61. Pacific Crest Trail, Then & Now. New podcast series | 28 Feb 2023 | 00:36:29 | |
The first episode of a new podcast series which you'll find here | |||
| 60. Moose Mutlow. From the UK to Yosemite Search & Rescue | 31 Jan 2023 | 00:43:50 | |
For the last twenty years, an Englishman has been a senior trainer and key family liaison member of Yosemite Search & Rescue, one of the world's busiest organisations of its kind. Moose Mutlow's curious career path took him through stints as a street-performing juggler, a deputy headmaster in the Kalahari and more than 2000 days leading and instructing in the wildest of the world’s places. | |||
| 59. Helen Todd. 20 years of Scotland's "Right to Roam" | 31 Dec 2022 | 00:41:49 | |
In February 2023 Scotland will mark twenty years of Land Reform legislation that gave a Right of Responsible Access to the countryside. Yet challenges remain with some confusion about what's allowed and a reduction in the number of staff who had been appointed to upload access rights. There's also a challenge of equality of access, to widen the number of people taking physical activity in open spaces. Helen Todd, the campaigns and policy manager at Ramblers Scotland, guides us on the way ahead. | |||
| 58. Cory Jones. Canoeing Canadian Wilderness | 30 Nov 2022 | 00:42:17 | |
In the summer of 2022, Cory Jones led a group of six paddlers through the Yukon territory in Canada. Their group of six covered 1000 miles, through two time zones and six river systems. However, the adventure wasn't exactly harmonious eventually splitting into two groups. Age was the dividing line. | |||
| 57. Richard Lang. Cycle coaching AI App | 29 Oct 2022 | 00:42:18 | |
A phone app that offers cycle coaching using artificial intelligence. It learns from how your workout performance and adjusts future sessions. We hear how former professional cyclist Richard Lang moved from racing to coaching, before making the leap to tech-business start-up. We can offer a discount code for Spoked to use at Sign Up. Please don't ask me how to use Spoked - check their 'How To' video or contact Spoked direct. | |||
| 56. Simon Willis. My Torino-Nice Rally Ride. | 30 Sep 2022 | 00:38:45 | |
This is a strange one, because the host, Simon Willis, becomes the guest. Sean McFarlane interviews me about my Torino Nice Rally ride. Here are links to things we talk about; videos of the ride, preparation videos, maps and information about travel / kit as well as the Resources page of AlwaysAnotherAdventure.com | |||
| 55. Phil Burt. Bike fit. | 31 Aug 2022 | 00:27:26 | |
A world-renowned authority on bike fit, Phil Burt quite literally wrote the book; the link to buy the new edition is below. | |||
| 54. Markus Stitz. Great British Gravel Rides. | 31 Jul 2022 | 00:38:46 | |
Round the world single speed cyclist Markus Stitz has written a new guidebook to the best gravel rides in Great Britain. Here Markus takes us on an urban gravel ride around Edinburgh. | |||
| 53. Calum Maclean. SwimPacking Loch Morar into Knoydart | 22 Jun 2022 | 00:38:35 | |
Recorded on location with Calum Maclean, one of Scotland's best known open water swimmers. He takes Simon and Liz Willis on their first Swim Packing adventure. | |||
| 52. James Olsen. Torino-Nice Rally FAQs | 08 Jun 2022 | 00:33:04 | |
The Torino-Nice Rally is a 700km journey through the Alps over high cols, mixing road and gravel riding. Its creator James Olsen answers many of the questions riders might have before undertaking this journey. | |||
| 78. Simon Willis on the Adventure Audio Podcast | 01 May 2024 | 00:58:32 | |
This month I'm sharing an episode of different podcast, the Adventure Audio Podcast, in which I am the guest. | |||
| 51. Dr James Douglas. Medical advice for wild swimmers | 21 Nov 2021 | 00:27:51 | |
Many people have started wild swimming during the pandemic as a way to de-stress and stay fit. Lifelong swimmer Dr James Douglas, a General Practitioner in the Scottish Highlands, has advice for new swimmers and those who have been doing it a long time. He describes two (thankfully rare) conditions that can affect outdoor swimmers, one of which is very like a stroke. Yet some doctors might be unaware of its existence. | |||
| 50. Jamie McDonald. Adventureman, running America | 31 Oct 2021 | 00:46:04 | |
The one and only Adventureman superhero, Jamie McDonald has run across continents to raise money for hospitals which treat sick children. Here he talks about running 5,500 miles across 22 States of the USA entirely unsupported. | |||
| 49. Mike Dales. Exercise every day. | 30 Sep 2021 | 00:33:24 | |
Many listeners will be used to training for events of big trips. Mike Dales calls these 'five course days' and wants you to pay more attention to the 'bread and butter' days. | |||
| 48. Nick Butter. Running Britain's coast & The 196 Foundation | 09 Sep 2021 | 00:26:41 | |
We’re stepping out of the monthly schedule with this podcast to bring you something extra. | |||
| 47. Martyn Howe. Tales from the big trails. | 31 Aug 2021 | 00:40:10 | |
There are nineteen, sort of official, long trails on this island and Martyn Howe has waked them all. I’ll talk to Martyn about Long Distance Walking and his new book Tales From The Big Trails. And we won’t stop there. Because Martyn is quite a cyclist too having, among many other things, circumnavigated the north-sea by bike. | |||
| 46. Marie 'Lootie' Leautey. Running around the world. | 31 Jul 2021 | 00:35:45 | |
She set out to run around the world. She could become the first person to do it during a global pandemic. | |||
| 45. Elise Downing. Running Britain's Coast | 30 Jun 2021 | 00:43:50 | |
It’s hard to overstate how ill prepared Elise Downing was to run around the coast of Britain. But she did it, covering the five thousand miles in ten months. Her very readable book about the adventure is published July 2021 and is called Coasting. Here Elise reads excerpts from the book and how she went from jogger to ultra-runner. | |||
| 44. Dr Ian Walker. Ultra-distance running, cycling and research on road safety | 11 May 2021 | 00:43:36 | |
We cover a lot of ground with Dr Ian Walker, which seems rather fitting. He ignored sport until the age of 40 then threw himself into ultra-running before abruptly switching to ultra-distance cycling and setting the trans-Europe world record. He's also a psychologist researching drivers' behavior towards cyclists and has some fascinating insights about helmets and staying safe on two wheels. | |||
| 43. Henry Gold. Tour d'Afrique and global cycling | 30 Apr 2021 | 00:47:10 | |
Henry Gold runs the travel company TDA Global Cycling which organises epic, expedition- length rides that cross continents. This is not an advert for his business, it’s a story of life filled with adventure. Henry is not an athlete and regards cycling as a means to an end. It was almost by accident he started a business which allows other adventurers to fulfill their cycling dreams. | |||
| 42. Dean Dunbar. Blind adventure | 31 Mar 2021 | 00:37:42 | |
He has twenty five world-firsts to his credit, including the first person to reach the remote Scottish archipelago of St Kilda by paddle board. In his twenties, Dean lost his sight but found adventure and in this podcast he shares some of his greatest stories. | |||
| 77. Glen Van Peski. Take Less, Do More. Ultralight lessons. | 01 Apr 2024 | 00:33:22 | |
Glen Van Peski is well known in the United States as a leading member of the ultra-light hiking community and founder of https://www.gossamergear.com/ His new book extends the 'take less do more' philosophy, from backpacking to life as he and his wife Francie live it. We met in 2002 when Glen helped Liz and I on our PCT thru-hike, and it was great to reconnect with him. | |||
| 41. Kevin Webber. Four Marathon des Sables with cancer | 28 Feb 2021 | 00:43:19 | |
By his own admission Kevin Webber is not a great runner, yet he has tackled some of the world's most challenging multi-day races. His moment of inspiration came from a very dark place, after being diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer. He was told he had two years to live - six years ago. In this podcast Kevin mixes stories of adventure with inspiration to step off the hamster wheel and live the life you want. "Every one has two lives", says Kevin, "and the second starts when you realise you only have one". | |||
| 40. Josh Reid. Cycling home from China. | 31 Jan 2021 | 00:40:20 | |
Where do you go when you want a new bike? Your local bike shop? The internet? Josh Reid went to the factory of bike maker Giant, in China. Then he rode the bike home to Newcastle and made an excellent film about his adventure. | |||
| 39. Patrick Winterton. Kayaking Shetland to Norway | 31 Dec 2020 | 00:53:31 | |
Patrick Winterton made the first successful kayak crossing of the widest part of North Sea in a double kayak, together with Olly Hicks, retracing the route of the wartime 'Shetland Bus' from Scotland to Norway. | |||
| 38. Nick Butter. Running the World. | 30 Nov 2020 | 00:46:04 | |
Nick Butter ran a marathon in every country as recognised by the UN, all 196 of them, and completed the adventure within two years. His book Running the World has just been released yet he's off on another adventure. Now he's tackling 100 marathons in 100 days, running the length of Italy, a country badly hit by Covid and, like the rest of Europe, heading into its second lockdown. We chat with Nick in the back of his converted van the day he ran from Rome to the coast. | |||
| 37. Mark Beaumont. The business of expedition cycling. | 31 Oct 2020 | 00:52:11 | |
Mark Beaumont is one of the world's greatest endurance athletes. He rode around the world in 78 days, averaging 240miles each day. | |||
| 36. Josh Ibbett. Winning GB Duro 2020 | 30 Sep 2020 | 00:43:25 | |
It’s a bike race so hard, even the organisers weren’t sure anyone could complete it. Competitors had to carry everything they needed, from food to fuel, to be entirely self-sufficient, right from the start. No outside help was allowed. | |||
| 35. Donnie Campbell. Fastest self-propelled Munro round. | 05 Sep 2020 | 00:47:18 | |
Donnie Campbell ran all 282 of Scotland's 'Munro' mountains in a new record time of less than 32 days, from 1st August to 2nd September 2020 cycling and kayaking between. Here, for the first time, he tells the full story of his amazing August adventure. | |||
| 34. Emily Chappell. Self-supported ultra-distance cycle racing | 31 Aug 2020 | 00:43:43 | |
The world of self supported, ultra distance cycle racing can seem a strange sub culture. Emily Chappell has captured the essence of being one of these sleep deprived, exhausted riders in her book Where there’s a Will. She came to this odd type of racing after being a cycle courier in London, an experience captured in her first book What Goes Around. In this podcast Emily's reads from both books and these excerpts guide our conversation. | |||
| 33. Duncan Dollimore. Cyclists & new Highway Code | 13 Aug 2020 | 00:41:24 | |
The Highway Code is changing and we all have the chance to influence those changes. If you ever ride a bike (or for that matter drive or walk down a street) it is worth having your say. | |||
| 32. Jade Perry. Ice swimmer | 31 Jul 2020 | 00:40:51 | |
This is for anyone who thinks swimming is boring. Ice swimmer Jade Perry talks us through her more unusual swims; glacial lakes, jungle reservoirs, the world ice swimming championships in Russia, and how she became the first person to swim between East and West Falkland Islands with no wetsuit. | |||
| 76. Dr Peter Clarkson. Cardiologist & climber. How hard should older athletes train? | 01 Mar 2024 | 00:35:21 | |
Dr Peter Clarkson, is an NHS Cardiologist based in the Scottish highlands, and a very keen and talented rock climber. He has also competed in triathlons. | |||
| 31. Trevor Potts. In the wake of Shackleton | 23 Jul 2020 | 00:40:26 | |
In 1993 Trevor Potts was part of an expedition to recreate Shackleton's audacious voyage from Elephant Island, off the Antarctic peninsula, to South Georgia. Trevor now alternates his time between life of the Ardnamurchan Peninsula in Scotland and lecturing on Antarctic cruise ships about Shackleton and other explorers. I spoke to Trevor in 2012 for Sea Kayak Podcasts, an earlier podcast series, and believe his story is so exceptional it should also be part of this series of great adventurers sharing their great adventures. | |||
| 30. Dr Andrew Murray. Running Scotland to the Sahara and more... | 16 Jul 2020 | 00:40:28 | |
Once you have run an ultra-marathon on each of the seven continents you join an elite running group with only five members. One of them in Dr Andrew Murray from Edinburgh. We talk about that achievement in this podcast, along with running in Mongolia, working for the NHS during C19 and the future for all of us living in a Covid world. Plus the not so small matter of running 2660 miles from John O'Groats to the Sahara desert. | |||
| 29. Chris Pountney & Dea Jacobson. Cycling the world, twice | 09 Jul 2020 | 00:41:33 | |
Chris Pountney set out to circumnavigate the planet by bicycle and boat, avoiding all motorised vehicles and aircraft. When he was forced into a car on a border crossing, he started the circumnavigation again, eventually going around twice. Along the way he was joined by Dea Jacobson and they both join me for this podcast. Chris has written two excellent books about this adventure, and I really do mean excellent. That's why I tracked him down for a chat. | |||
| 28. Dr Max Holloway. Wild swimming and Antarctic adventures | 02 Jul 2020 | 00:32:47 | |
Dr Max Holloway worked with the British Antarctic Survey on climate change research and in this podcast we talk about the adventure of traveling to and working in a place so few of us will visit. Max is an accomplished wild swimmer and, last winter, was invited to train the world renowned swimmer Lewis Pugh in the cold waters off the Outer Hebrides in preparation for Lewis' own swim in Antarctica. | |||