Ep 5: From Couch To 5k, and Back to Kili
One Step Beyond
English - June 11, 2020 15:24 - 36 minutes - 66.1 MBFitness Health & Fitness Society & Culture Places & Travel travel fitness adventure travel kilimanjaro mtkilimanjaro international culture mountains climbing trails environment Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Hey you... Join author, journalist, broadcaster and music-lover Tony Fletcher, on this new podcast about positively engaging with the world outside our door.
EPISODE 5:
In December 2019, 52-year old high school teacher Paula Lucas could barely walk up her building’s stairs, due to breathlessness, heart palpitations and other health concerns from being severely overweight. Concerned that she might drop dead in front of her students, she turned vegan before the year was out, and in March, embarked on the From Couch to 5k Program, running for the first time since she was herself at high school. I talk to her about her journey.
You can view Paula Lucas’s video diaries, Paula’s Plant Based Pilgrimage, on YouTube:
Following up on the mini-series ‘From Kingston to Kilimanjaro,’ I also talk to Henry Stedman, author of ‘Kilimanjaro: The Trekking Guide to Africa’s Highest Mountain,’ and a tour operator in his own right. He discusses how the coronavirus has put an end to almost all mountain climbs, and what his company and others are doing to ensure the welfare of the mountain’s guides and porters. You can find Henry at ClimbMountKilimanjaro.com. The Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project is at kiliporters.org
Plus, I find solace hiking in the Catskill Mountains, question what it means to “step outside your comfort zone” in the quest for racial justice and equity, and point listeners to other podcasts that delve deeper into some of these issues. It’s a magazine show, after all.
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