Podcast

Leanne Bird runs a wellbeing and adventure business in Cardigan Bay, West Wales, combining surfing, stand up paddleboarding and yoga. She left her job as an ecologist to follow her business dreams, and shares how she helps others find wellbeing through adventure.

Jack Overhill is an outdoor instructor who has chosen to specialise in the underground world of exploratory caving. He now works full time for a UK adventure provider, and still finds time to explore and lead caves in the UK and abroad, including finding new ‘rooms’ in South Dakota.

Nick Cannon-Jones is a full-time outdoor instructor with over 20 years in the adventure industry. He runs More Than Mountains from the Lake District, delivering climbing and mountaineering courses all year round, and shares what two decades in the job have taught him.

Jenny Tough is a global adventurer, author and writer who specialises in self-powered expeditions. She’d just finished running solo across a mountain range on every continent when we spoke, and she shares how she has built a creative career around adventure.

Dan Tye runs the adventure blog Adventure 52, flies Twin Otter planes to the Scottish islands, and has worked as a ski instructor in Canada and as a postman. We uncover how his blog makes money, and he shares a huge amount of marketing and PR advice.

Keri Wallace is the co-founder of Girls on Hills, the UK’s only guided mountain running and trekking business designed specifically for women. Based in Glencoe, she swapped a stable career in science for running her own business, and hasn’t looked back.

Allan Shaw is head of outdoor education at Buxton and Leek College. He also leads and recces several overseas expeditions every year and runs a successful outdoor first aid business. From carpenter to head of department, his story is proof there’s more than one route into the outdoors.

Mike Raine is best known for his book Nature of Snowdonia: A Guide to the Uplands for Hillwalkers and Climbers, and he’s a highly experienced mountain professional and instructor in North Wales. We talk about why understanding wild places matters, and what he learnt publishing a book.

Welcome to the very first episode of the Adventure Pro Podcast. In this short introduction I explain why I started the show, who you’ll hear from and what you can expect from each conversation.

Al Topping runs Xtreme Exposures, a photography business working with outdoor brands. He’s a climber and mountaineer who has turned his passion for photography into a career, and he’s a self-confessed business book nerd, so this one is packed with practical advice.