Outdoor Lives by Mike Raine

Nov 17 2024 55 ep. 42 mins 25

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A podcast for hillwalkers and climbers about the people we share the hills with. Get to know some of the other users, managers, and owners of our uplands. Meet characters and personalities who live Outdoor Lives. This podcast is aimed at informing mountain leaders, hill and moorland leaders and mountaineering instructors, but it's hoped anyone who climbs or walks in the hills of the UK and Ireland might be interested too.

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Gus Routledge - ecoologist talks to Nathan Chrismas

Nov 17 2024 51 mins

Gus Routledge is a Scottish ecologist with a particular interest in bryophytes, though he also puts a good case for grasses and sedges. He operates in the uplands, where he has found several very rare plants. In this podcast he discusses with Nathan what he does and the projects in which he is involved. Take a look at his inspiring posts on Instagram @pinkfootedgus

Darren Johnson - Mountain Leader and Chair of BMC Midlands

Nov 15 2024 51 mins

Darren Johnson is a Midlands based Mountain Leader who is currently the Chair of the BMC Midlands committee. Darren has a lifetime of diverse experience and a passion for bringing people together, he brings more to the outdoors than a love for adventure. Over the years, he’s built a multi-faceted career, spanning local government management, social services, and business ownershi

Hazel Moran of the Martin Moran Foundation talks to Dr. Nathan Chrismas for the Outdoor Lives Podca

Nov 10 2024 40 mins

Helen Moran of the Martin Moran Foundation talks to Dr. Nathan Chrismas for the Outdoor Lives Podcast The https://www.martinmoranfoundation.co.uk/ aims to inspire people through the power of mountain adventure, climbing and community in wild places. To elevate the lives of young people through purpose, passion and powerful experiences in the mountains and to remove barriers for you

Outdoor Lives Podcast - Lou Reynolds, International Mountain Guide

Nov 08 2024 43 mins

Lou, from Devon, is now living and working in the French Alps as a Mountain Guide. She talks through gaining her Mountain Training Qualifications and then becoming a Guide. She tells us what it's like to work as a Guide. She now lives in Chamonix with her Mountain Guide husband and they are expecting their first child, which is always a challenge for self-employed people. We do, of

Outdoor Lives - Guided by Nature

Nov 01 2024 52 mins

Mia and Caroline are Dilyn Nature/Guided by Nature and they run the excellent Practical Mental Health Skills Workshop for Outdoor Leaders. I wanted to find out more about them, what they do and how they do it. We talk about each one of their personal journeys to form Guided by Nature/Dilyn Nature. We discover the range of work they do and more about future CPD plans. We finish with

Outdoor Lives series five - introduction

Oct 15 2024 6 mins

Hello, this is a short introduction to the forthcoming series with special news of a new development.

Snowdonia Society - Make a Difference Weekend

Aug 31 2024 29 mins

This is a special, bonus summer edition of the podcast. I visited the Cymdeithas Eryri/Snowdonia Society weekend in Nant Gwynant to find out more about the Society and the event. Cymdeithas Eryri's Make A Difference (MAD) weekend was funded by the UK Government, with funds administered by Gwynedd Council. A full new series will start in November

Angela Charlon - Director of Ramblers Cymru

Mar 26 2024 33 mins

Angela heads up the Ramblers in Wales. She leads a team campaign on behalf of footpaths and walkers. We chat about what the Ramblers are doing and how they are going about it. We touch on many topics, such as working with Welsh Government, volunteers and landowners.

Sarah Price, Lowland Leader at Walk Hay

Mar 19 2024 45 mins

Sarah believes passionately in the importantance of walking for all. Her business is based in a lowland area and she thinks the Lowland Leader could be more valued. “There are such a high percentage of the population that, if you have ‘hill’, ‘mountain’, ‘challenge’ or ‘hike’ in the title of anything, they won’t even consider it.” Sarah Price.

Nathan Jones - Discover a Guide

Mar 12 2024 30 mins

Staff Sergeant Nathan Jones is an Adventurous Training Instructor (ATI) in the Royal Army Physical Training Corps (RAPTC), Nathan is on a mission to transform people's lives through the power of the outdoors by connecting wannabe adventurers with professional guides and instructors through the Discover A Guide platform.