Tough Girl Podcast
800 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThe Tough Girl Podcast is all about inspiring and motivating YOU!
I will be interviewing inspirational women from around the world, who’ve faced and overcome difficult challenges and situations, they will share their story, their knowledge and provide advice and essential tips for you to overcome your own personal challenges.
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Donna McConnell - The Iron Empress. Ironwoman - IM Barcelona 2021. Working to increase female participation in Ironman races.
May 31, 2022 07:00 - 55 minutes - 44.3 MBDonna (@fitfetishtri) 52, mother of one (27yrs). Recently completed Ironman Barcelona (Oct 3rd 2021) her first full distance endurance triathlon after being inspired to sign up by 10 Ironwomen, a group who are working to increase female participation in Ironman races. Donna was one of 194 women that took part in the event out of 1500 athletes. It was only her third triathlon event, she had also never run a marathon before. Learn more about Donna, her early years, her reasons...
Kate Pilcher - Founder & guide of Globetrotting - sharing her passion for horses and exploring horse cultures around the world.
May 24, 2022 07:00 - 49 minutes - 39.6 MBKate Pilcher is the founder & guide of Globetrotting, a worldwide travel agency that specialises in horse riding experiences to all corners of the globe. Kate discovered this form of travel as part of a quarter-life crisis and ran away to Argentina and then Kenya to discover herself from the back of a horse. Now in her forties Kate leads globetrotting rides to some extraordinary places with her three daughters and husband in toe. Kate in her own words: “I started Globetrotting a ...
Dr. Sophie Redlin - Expedition Doctor, Researcher and emerging filmmaker with a passion for improving mental healthcare through cross-cultural learning and promoting access to natural environments.
May 17, 2022 07:00 - 45 minutes - 36.6 MBSophie in her own words: “I am a GP and mental health trainer practising in West London. My exposure to diverse pockets of humanity has taught me that social struggles, such as loneliness, don’t discriminate and that the resulting emotional distress is real and reaching pandemic levels. My heart lies in challenging perceptions of these problems and how we support those suffering. I am striving to increase awareness and education around responding to distress within the current UK...
Shikha Tripathi - Outdoor Writer and Adventurer who has participated in expeditions in the Himalayas.
May 10, 2022 07:00 - 40 minutes - 32.6 MBShikha is a writer based in Uttarakhand, India. Specialising in stories woven around nature and the outdoors, sustainable living, and those with a cultural insight from the remote mountains of India, Nepal and Bhutan. Her travel stories appear in a wide variety of publications such as the National Geographic Traveller, Travel + Leisure, Conde Nast Traveller, Lonely Planet, and more. Her environmental and social interest stories have appeared in newspapers such as The Hindu, The...
Dr. Eleanor Drinkwater - Bug nut and Adventurer. Awarded Inspirational Explorer of the Year award by the Scientific Expedition Society.
May 03, 2022 07:00 - 52 minutes - 42.3 MBEleanor Drinkwater is a bug nut and adventurer. Her love of all things creepy-crawly has led her to carry out research in field sites across the world, from Australia to the Amazon. She is fascinated by invertebrate behaviour and has been awarded Inspirational Explorer of the Year award by the Scientific Expedition Society for her work looking into the behaviour of the biggest beetle on the planet. However, she is equally fascinated by the weird and wonderful critters we have i...
Helen Butters - Having a positive mindset during times of immense stress. Lessons learned from rowing the Atlantic Ocean.
April 28, 2022 07:00 - 55 minutes - 44.3 MBHelen Butters is a Sunday Times Bestselling author, keynote speaker, communications & engagement expert, qualified performance coach with NLP, and a member of the National Council of Psychotherapists. In 2016 she followed her dream of rowing across both the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean with a team of 3 amazing women and gained a Guinness World Record and an Honorary Doctorate. A lot of people ask Helen how she coped with the level of endurance rowing, 2 hours on and 2 hour...
Michelle Moore - Real Wins - Race, Leadership and how to Redefine Success. One of the UK’s 50 Most 'Influential Women in Sport’.
April 26, 2022 07:00 - 50 minutes - 40.5 MBMichelle Moore is an award-winning leadership coach, author, speaker and educator voted as one of the UK’s 50 Most 'Influential Women in Sport’. Based on a twenty year’ career in senior leadership roles across sport, government and education, her pioneering work and coaching and leadership programmes have transformed the lives of professionals, young people, athletes and the culture of many organisations. Winner of the 2016 UK Precious Award for ‘Outstanding Woman in Sport’, a Footba...
Jill Heinerth - Underwater Explorer, with expeditions into icebergs in Antarctica, volcanic lava tubes, and submerged caves worldwide. Author of INTO THE PLANET.
April 21, 2022 07:00 - 40 minutes - 32 MBJill is an underwater explorer, writer, photographer, speaker, and filmmaker. A pioneer of technical rebreather diving, she has led expeditions into icebergs in Antarctica, volcanic lava tubes, and submerged caves worldwide. Jill is the first Explorer-in-Residence of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Her memoir, INTO THE PLANET, has been lauded by the Wall Street Journal, Oprah Magazine, and the New York Times. Her children’s book THE AQUANAUT is a Blue Rib...
Abi Melton - Neurodivergent, Fat Cyclist, Co-Author of ‘Gears for Queers’. Promoting body positivity and encouraging everyone to get on their bike.
April 19, 2022 07:00 - 50 minutes - 40.6 MBAbi is a white, neurodivergent and fat writer, artist, cyclist and student nurse. She recently featured in Cycling UK’s 100 Women in Cycling 2021 for her working promoting fat lib in cycling. Abigail was nominated for the 100 Women in Cycling by Chloe Bramwell who said: "Abigail shows that cycling is open to everyone. Not just only women, but LGBT women, too. Her work embracing body positivity has made me change my relationship with my own body. I make healthier choices for myself...
Omie Dale - Keen outdoor swimmer and coach, who loves getting people swimming outdoors for the first time.
April 14, 2022 07:00 - 43 minutes - 35.1 MBOmie in her own words: “I’m a keen swimmer and swim teacher, having worked in the leisure industry since 2013. In my teaching role I've worked with a variety of different ages and abilities both in the UK and abroad. I have been exploring the issue of diversity in aquatics and the leisure industry with my own project titled, ‘If 71% of the world is water, how can we feel at home if we don't know how to swim?’. I currently work for the Black Swimming Association in communit...
Abhejali Bernardová - Completing an extreme ultra-triathlon from Dover to Prague (1,111 km) in 7 days 12hrs and 5 mins.
April 12, 2022 07:00 - 45 minutes - 36.5 MBAbhejali Bernardova (44, Czech Republic) of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team completed an extreme ultra-triathlon from Dover to Prague, during which she covered a total of 1111 km across the 3 disciplines: 34 km swimming, 895 km cycling, 182 km running. It took her 7 days, 12 hours and 5 minutes. She started on Monday September 13 2021 at 3am from Dover. In very challenging conditions, with the wind at force 5, she swam the English Channel in 15 hours and 33 minutes. The only other succe...
Rebecca Lowe - Author of “The Slow Road to Tehran” - documenting her year-long cycling journey from London to Tehran.
April 07, 2022 07:00 - 49 minutes - 39.4 MBRebecca Lowe is a freelance journalist from London who specialises in human rights and the Middle East. In 2015-16, she cycled 11,000km solo from London to Tehran. Her first book, THE SLOW ROAD TO TEHRAN, documenting her year-long journey, paints a living portrait of the Middle East through its people, politics and historic relationship with the West, and challenges much of the perceived wisdom about this region of the world. It was published in March 2022 by September Books in...
Kumbirai Kariwo - Senior NHS Nurse and climber - sharing her love for the outdoors to inspire others to explore and be adventurous.
April 05, 2022 07:00 - 38 minutes - 30.6 MBKumbi in her own words: “I’m Kumbi, a fun loving adventurous woman. I was born and raised in Zimbabwe and came over to England to study nursing when I was 18. I love all things outdoors, from climbing, hiking, camping, cycling. I am a senior nurse in the NHS, and I have been very thankful that I have the ability to go outdoors and destress. It is one of the places that I am able to practice Mindfulness, which has kept me grounded through some of the most challenging ...
Nicola Hardy - Adventurer and outdoor writer - Climbing all 282 of Scotland's Munros and walked 330km from her birthplace in Sheffield to her new home in Cockermouth, Cumbria.
March 31, 2022 07:00 - 53 minutes - 43.2 MBNicola Hardy worked in IT in South Yorkshire for a decade before diving into freelance life as an adventurer and outdoor writer in 2019. She began by climbing all 282 of Scotland's Munros and - after her plans to hike 3000km in New Zealand were scuppered by Covid - she continued adventuring closer to home. In 2020 she walked 330km from her birthplace in Sheffield to her new home in Cockermouth, Cumbria, journeying on foot across three national parks; and in 2021 she climbed all 214 Wa...
Tasha Thompson - Founder of Black Girls Do Run UK - A community to inspire, encourage and motivate Black women to run.
March 29, 2022 07:00 - 39 minutes - 31.3 MBTasha, 43, from London is the founder of Black Girls Do Run UK. In 2019, Tasha set up the online community to inspire black women to run for their health, fitness and mental wellbeing. Tasha talking about running: “I am a runner and running is definitely part of my identity and how I am often identified by others. For me, being a runner is to simply be someone who runs, enjoys running and becomes miserable if they cannot run – because it is such a big and important part ...
Miriam Diaz Gilbert - Runner since 1989; ultra-runner since 2005. Training for her 30th ultra - the Dawn to Dusk to Dawn 24-hr track ultra in May 2022.
March 24, 2022 07:00 - 35 minutes - 28.5 MBMiriam in her own words: “I am also an ordinary ultra runner. I have finished eight 50 mile ultras, three 100 mile ultras, six 24-hour, 1 48-hour ultra, and one 60 hour ultra. I also ran several virtual ultras and marathons during the Covid-19 pandemic. I began running ultras after watching Leslie Stahl interview elite world-class ulta runners Dean Karnazes and Pam Reed on 60 Minutes in 2004. I have been running ultras since 2005. Prior to running ultras, I completed nine ...
Dr. Sarah McCormack - Mountain runner and UK Athletics-Certified Trail & Fell Running Coach. Inov-8 Ambassador.
March 22, 2022 07:00 - 41 minutes - 32.9 MBIn 2019 Sarah was crowned World Cup champion by the World Mountain Running Association. After a series of seven races throughout the season, including a win in Wales, Sarah secured victory with a second place in Slovenia, the final race in the series. Sarah is a Cumbrian-based athlete, a brand ambassador for Inov-8 – who sponsor the Lakeland Trails series – an Irish international mountain runner (representing her country no less than 25 times!), a qualified ecologist and a profe...
Dr. Lois Haruna-Cooper - GP, Clinical teaching lecturer, mother of 3, daily runner.
March 17, 2022 07:00 - 39 minutes - 31.5 MBLois @lois_lo_lo - lives in Luton, is a GP, Teaching lecturer in Medical Education and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion lead. She is passionate about running and staying active and sharing her enthusiasm for running with others. She has always been interested in sports, playing netball and basketball competitively for many years. Running was always a reserve activity for her, something to do between seasons, when she felt guilty about her inactivity. This all changed after her second...
Sara Crosland - Overcome fear and achieve your potential. Author of #SickbedToSummits. Running from Land’s End to John O’Groats (LEJOG) in September 2022.
March 15, 2022 07:00 - 45 minutes - 36.4 MBAfter a few months of feeling unwell, Sara’s life was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour. Following a haemorrhage and major brain surgery that left her unable to walk, with impaired vision and balance, as well as permanent profound hearing loss, she has been focused on getting back everything the tumour took away from her, and much more. Now she’s sharing the story of how she overcame adversity to get from sickbed to summits. During this epis...
Janelle Lincks - Began trail running in 2020. Her rapid progress in two years has been incredible. Crowned the Golden Trail National Series women’s champion in October 2021
March 10, 2022 07:00 - 55 minutes - 44.1 MBJanelle in her own words: “Trail runner born and raised in the front range of Colorado. Started running as a kid with my dad then picked it back up in high school and went to Colorado State University on track and cross country scholarship. Started racing on trails in 2020 and have had a couple wins at broken arrow sky race and the golden trail national series race in the Azores. Signed on with Inov-8 as an ambassador at the beginning of 2022” New episodes of the Tough G...
Mariam Kilpatrick - Ultra-runner and Women’s Health Physiotherapist running the West Highland Way (96 miles) in 24hrs!
March 08, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBMariam Kilpatrick is a Women's Health Physiotherapist and ultra-runner based in Glasgow, Scotland. She is an outdoor enthusiast and can usually be found up a hill in the Highlands of Scotland or travelling and exploring new places with her young family in their camper van. It may come as a surprise to a lot of people, but Mariam only took up trail running after the birth of her daughter in 2017 when her husband decided to surprise her by entering her into an "ultra" six months after g...
Sophie Ruffles - Mum, runner, & wild swimmer. Host of @whatnextmumpodcast 1x100km ultra, 7x marathons. Fast-packed The Jurassic Coast!
March 03, 2022 07:00 - 45 minutes - 36.5 MBSophie in her own words: “I am a solicitor and mum of one, currently pregnant with my second. I’m a runner, outdoor swimmer, paddle boarder and host of the What Next Mum Podcast. I have been running for 12 years and have run plenty of half and full marathons. When I had my son I had a real fear that I would lose my identity as a runner but that hasn’t been the case. Since having him I cycled the 100 mile ride London 4 months post birth and ran a one day 100km/62 mile race....
Amy Bushatz - Getting outside for 20mins everyday and how it’s changed her life. Plus going after a 100 miler mountain run!
March 01, 2022 07:00 - 55 minutes - 44.7 MBAmy Bushatz is an Alaska-based journalist and host of the podcast Humans Outside. Since September 1, 2017, she’s spent at least 20 minutes outside every day as part of an experiment to see how building and keeping a daily nature habit can change her life. What she found was benefits including making her happier, healthier and more creative while improving her relationships, making new friends and more. Since starting her outdoor journey Amy has also become an ultra runner, skie...
Kelly Smith - On the Go - Being passionate about the outdoors and showing people there is a place for physical activity outside of elite sport.
February 24, 2022 07:00 - 53 minutes - 42.8 MBKelly in her own words: “I’m passionate about the outdoors, it’s a love started from childhood adventure, grew into teenage curiosity, and now is a form of adult stress relief. Fitness for leisure, health, and well-being is more important to me than the competition or the ability to perform well at any one thing. To be, on the go is something I do for me. My former self trying to be better for my future self. Me vs Me. I swim in the pool, lakes, and sea, I cycle with TWR,...
Quinn Brett - First person to hand-cycle the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route from the Canadian border to the Mexico border.
February 22, 2022 07:00 - 40 minutes - 32.3 MBQuinn in her own words: “I live in Estes Park Colorado. For five years, I worked as a climbing ranger, doing technical Search and Rescue, in Rocky Mountain National Park. To compliment the rescue and medical component of this job, I taught Wilderness Medical Courses. Rest days…. what are those? Climbing, mountain running, triathlons, mountain biking, summit handstand and mini golf—- were just a few sports I was into. I cherished pushing my body and my mind, finding comfort in th...
Preet Chandi - aka Polar Preet - 1st woman of colour to reach the South Pole after a SOLO, 700 mile journey taking 40 days.
February 15, 2022 07:00 - 48 minutes - 39 MBPreet recently became the first woman of colour to complete a solo expedition in Antarctica. She completed the 700 miles in 40 days pulling all of her kit and equipment and tackling temperatures of -50° with wind chill. When she reached the South Pole she said on her audio blog: “This expedition was always about so much more than me. I want to encourage people to push their boundaries and to believe in themselves, and I want you to be able to do it without being labelled a rebel. ...
Gail Muller - Adventurer and Author of “Unlost: A journey of self-discovery and the healing power of the wild outdoors”.
February 10, 2022 07:00 - 49 minutes - 39.5 MBGail Muller is an adventurer, writer and educator. She was told at 14 she’d need to use a wheelchair by the age of 40, but at 41 embarked on one of the world’s toughest treks over 6 months in the USA – The Appalachian Trail. For fifteen years she struggled with muscular-skeletal issues, chronic pain and the mental health issues that arise from them, but she never gave up hope of healing and resolution. Her debut memoir 'Unlost' is an inspiring, uplifting and moving account of one...
Jessica Hepburn - Adventure Activist - Her journey to climbing Mt. Everest and completing her “Pond to Peak” Challenge.
February 08, 2022 07:00 - 50 minutes - 40.7 MBJessica’s ‘adventure activism’ is, by her own admission, a bit of an accident as she hates exercise and considers herself to be the most unlikely athlete. However, over the last decade she has been taking on some of the world’s most iconic physical and mental endurance challenges to turn the sadness she’s been through into something positive and at the same time raise awareness of what it means to struggle to conceive and to encourage new ways of thinking about family. She has ...
Namratha Nandish - “Alpine Girl” - 1st Indian woman to trek to ALL 50 Alpine Lakes in Kashmir in one season (2021).
February 03, 2022 07:00 - 34 minutes - 27.8 MBNamratha believes one should find ways to be more grounded and closer to nature. She has found that for herself through meditation and trekking. Namratha would love to do her part in encouraging people to pursue a healthy lifestyle. She always thinks that one should be mentally and physically fit to be able to do what one wants irrespective of the age. Listen to Namratha as she shares more about her childhood, how she got into trekking and why she decided on this challenges, sh...
Dr Easkey Britton - marine social scientist, writer and ocean leader from Ireland, with a deep love and passion for surfing and the sea. Her work explores the relationship between people and nature.
February 01, 2022 07:00 - 50 minutes - 40.7 MBEaskey on Freedom, Mindfulness and Connection: Freedom - “I find freedom in movement, in nature, through new experiences. Freedom has the qualities of spontaneity, passion, flow, adventure, risk, independence and creativity. It’s about expressing myself creatively, doing what matters most, and the power of play.” Mindfulness - “I’ve always believed surfing is an amazing tool for a mindfulness practice. It’s very much about mindfulness-in-movement. If I truly get into why I sur...
Laura Massey-Pugh - ultra/long distance cyclist, planning to break the tandem around the World Record with her husband Stevie in 2022.
January 27, 2022 07:00 - 46 minutes - 37 MBLaura in her own words: “I’m a 35 yo Veterinary Surgeon, ultra/long distance cyclist, hiker and runner who loves having adventures... and this year, 2022 I plan to break the tandem around the World Record with my husband Stevie. I started out in life not at all sporty or fit but adventurous: white water kayaking, cycling, hiking and camping. I realised mid-twenties I wanted to get fitter as well and this coincided with meeting Stevie and being introduced to long distance ...
Shilletha "Dragonsky" Curtis - Hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2021 and her goal of becoming the 2nd Black woman to achieve the Triple Crown of Hiking.
January 25, 2022 07:00 - 49 minutes - 39.7 MBShilletha Curtis - Trail name “Dragonsky” is 30 years old and is from New Jersey, USA. She is an established writer and hiker and is inspiring to be the second Black woman to achieve the Triple Crown of hiking (The AT, PCT, CTD). She recently completed the Appalachian Trail and is preparing for the Continental Divide Trail (CDT). She graduated from Rutgers in 2014 and has worked in the social work and veterinary field for years. She is currently working as a free...
Helen Dainty - Full time global hobo cycling the world on AU$100/week. 5 years in and 58,000 km cycled so far…
January 20, 2022 07:00 - 38 minutes - 31.1 MBHelen in her own words: “Full time global hobo cycling the world on AU$100/week creating vlogs, blogs, and photo’s as I go. On the road in one form or another since 2004. I left the UK with a round-the-world ticket on what should have been my ‘year out’ but never properly returned. Living out of a backpack ever since, I taught English in South Korea, travelling back overland along the Silk Road before emigrating to Australia in 2007 where a travel fundraising job meant I c...
Hazel Oakes - Illustrator and mural artist, passionate about empowering women to reach their goals and to become more adventurous.
January 18, 2022 07:00 - 46 minutes - 37.2 MBNocciola The Drawer (Hazel Oakes) is an artist and designer from the UK. She has lived in 8 different countries, visited almost 40 countries between 5 continents. She’s hiked the peaks of the Balkans, completed half marathons and the Athen’s marathon. Hazel is military trained and has a joy for life, for sharing and inspiring other women to become more adventurous. Hazel has a nomadic spirit and feels her sense of community with women anywhere in the world. She specialise...
Samantha Turner - Serial challenge adventurer, executive coach, mum of two boys, and unfortunately, recently diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.
January 13, 2022 07:00 - 51 minutes - 40.9 MBBio written by her friend: “Sam, 47, has an interesting and diverse background, having Indian and English heritage and growing up between the UK, USA and Middle East. Over the past few years she has set herself multiple challenges raising money for charity or just doing for fun. In 2019, Sam set herself 12 challenges: Cold Water Swimming Championships 10K Winter run Climbing one of the more challenging routes up Snowdon Swimathon (5k swim) Great Northern SwimRun...
Person Irresponsible - Author of "Everything You Ever Taught Me". Female, fat, funny, forty-something and in her 4th year of recovery from Alcoholism. Walking 2,653 from Mexico to Canada on the PCT.
January 11, 2022 07:00 - 49 minutes - 40 MBAbout Person Irresponsible in her own words: "In 2020 the world went to hell in a handbag. This isn’t exactly headline news - although it was then. I went from perfectly locatable in the Cotswolds to utterly baffled in the American wilderness when I embarked on a quest to walk from Mexico to Canada for reasons that escape me. It was most probably nothing more dramatic than a mid-life crisis. Perhaps I should have come ‘home’ but I lived in the deluded optimism the pandemic would ...
Leah Goldstein - The 1st female ever to WIN the overall SOLO division of the gruelling Race Across Across America in its 39 year history!
January 06, 2022 07:00 - 51 minutes - 41 MBLeah was born in Canada, conceived in Israel, and raised in Vancouver, B.C. by new immigrant parents. Growing up in Richmond, B.C., daughter of a boxer. Leah became involved in martial arts, Tae Kwon Do and Kickboxing. After being told she should never fight again because she had herniated disks in her back, Leah won the Bantamweight World Kickboxing Championship at age 17, against a 25 year old fighter a foot taller than she was! Leah felt a deep desire to serve her time in th...
Kristen Berkeley - City girl who moved to the subarctic! Advocating diversity and inclusion outdoors. Founder of Amplify Outdoors.
January 04, 2022 07:00 - 44 minutes - 35.6 MBKristen (she/her) is originally from Toronto and has been living in the Northwest Territories for nearly four years. Kristen is a former journalist that enjoys writing about social issues and outdoor lifestyles. When she's not cooking delicious meals, Kristen can be found exploring the Northwest Territories and promoting diversity in outdoor spaces with her organization Amplify Outdoors. About Amplify Outdoors: “Amplify Outdoors was established to elevate and encour...
Eleanor Carey - Adventurer and Ocean Rower, 2x GWR holder for rowing 2,400 miles across the Pacific Ocean.
January 01, 2022 07:00 - 49 minutes - 39.9 MBEleanor Carey is the first Australian woman to row across the mid-Pacific Ocean. Rowing 2,400 miles from California to Hawaii. Spending 62 days at sea in a 7.5m ocean rowing boat with two other women, as she battled extreme seasickness, sleep deprivation, multiple hurricanes and forty foot waves to set two Guinness World Records as part of a trio. A true adventurer at heart, Eleanor has also cycled solo across Europe, conquered a 100km ultra-marathon and completed many more multi-day h...
Julie Veloo - Canadian Adventurer for Good. Expeditions Chief, Horse Trek Mongolia and Founder of The Gobi Gallop.
December 30, 2021 07:00 - 51 minutes - 41.6 MBBorn the youngest of 6 children and raised in small town in Northern B.C. Canada, Julie never expected she would end up in Mongolia, feeding, caring for and educating hundreds of Mongolian children in need at her two Children of the Peak Sanctuary or Narnii Huuhduud charity kindergartens. She and her husband, Chelvan, a Mining Engineer and the President of Veloo Foundation, have lived and worked in Indonesia, Australia and The United States before settling in Mongolia. During her 10 ...
Gowri Varanashi - Environmental Educator, Climber and founder of Climb Like A Woman (CLAW) - inspiring more women to climb in India.
December 28, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes - 35.5 MBGowri is a naturalist and environmental educator who loves finding an excuse to be outdoors in nature—and climbing is one of her favourite excuses. Gowri grew up climbing trees and scrambling on rocks in India, she went on to become an outdoor guide in the Peruvian Amazon. Gowri currently teaches nature connection to kids in Upstate NY and India and also teaches Indian women climbing. A few years ago she received the Live your Dream Grant given by American Alpine Club an...
Anna Taylor - Rock climber who recently completed a link up of all 83 Classic Rock climbs in the UK, while cycling 1,500 miles between them.
December 25, 2021 07:00 - 33 minutes - 27.2 MBAnna is an up and coming British trad climber based in the Lake District. She has multiple climbs in the E6-E8 range on her CV and favours bold and often unprotectable climbs Anna started climbing at age 10. Competitions didn't really suit her, and she quit the sport in her teens for a while before getting into outdoor bouldering age 17. At 19, on a family holiday, she discovered she had a taste for hard trad and hasn't looked back. Anna has lived in the Lake Dist...
Annie Voigt - Running 1,000km solo from the lowest to highest point of Germany, after having started running only six months prior.
December 23, 2021 07:00 - 53 minutes - 42.7 MBAnnie in her own words: “My adventure career began with climbing, when I ticked off nearly every single box of "Mistakes to Avoid While Trad Climbing Outside" on my first ever outdoor trad climb. I survived and went on to see what other mistakes I could make that would not kill me. I took my bike on the 3000KM solo ride to the Nordkapp at age of 26. My latest adventure feat is successfully running a solo 1000KM Ultramarathon from the Lowest to Highest point of Germany, af...
Pammy Johal - Founder and Operations Director of Backbone. Addressing inequalities in the great outdoors. Celebrating Diversity Through Adventure.
December 21, 2021 07:00 - 47 minutes - 37.8 MBAbout Pammy: Born in the 60’s in inner city Coventry to a Sikh immigrant family. At 16, a school trip introduced her to the mountains where she experienced the WOW moment that changed her life. A force much bigger than her took her to explore wild landscapes of the world! Not something her parents or community were keen on. “It’s not what our girls do!.. what will everyone say??!!” Her drive was so strong she did it anyway at the risk of totally losing her world. She encountere...
Ann Bancroft - First women to ski to both poles, and lead the first all women's expedition to the South Pole. Helping girls and women find their voice and potential in whatever they do.
December 18, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBMinnesota native. Earned a teaching degree from the University of Oregon and taught a short few years before joining a team to dogsled to the North Pole. As first known woman to travel across the ice to the top of the world, I made a promise to not only follow my dreams but create something bigger than my own personal ambitions. All my expeditions since have education with them - thus inspiring millions of kids. One focus always is helping girls and women find their voice and...
Marcia Roberts - First woman to record an official time for cycling 1,725 miles from Lands End to John O’Groats and back, after completing her epic journey in 11 days, 13 hrs and 13 mins.
December 16, 2021 07:00 - 52 minutes - 41.7 MBAs she approached middle age, Marcia discovered a love for getting on her bike and riding a long way. In fact, when things got tough cycling regularly saved her sanity. In 2020 she had her sights on riding the Race around the Netherlands, but Covid put an end to that, at least for that year. But feeling the fittest she had ever been, and not wanting to waste a winter of hard training she cooked up a domestic adventure instead, and because the first woman to have attempted cycli...
Preeti Khattri - Engineer, trail runner, and founder of trail running company Nepal Trail Series.
December 14, 2021 07:00 - 47 minutes - 37.8 MBPreeti in her own words: “I come from the land of beyuls, the sacred valleys according to Himalayan Buddhism, where the physical and spiritual world connect with each other. Running through some of the most spectacular landscapes and remote regions of Nepal has made me experience that the health and wellbeing of people largely depend on the natural environment around them and vice versa. Through my work as both an engineering consultant and trail run organizer, I try to p...
Debbie North - Wheelchair user, “Making the inaccessible accessible” - Passionate about creating a countryside for all.
December 11, 2021 07:00 - 45 minutes - 36.1 MBSince becoming a wheelchair user Debbie has campaigned tirelessly to break down barriers in all aspects of promoting accessibility for all. Debbie lives on a sheep farm in Cumbria, on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. She is a member of the Local Access Forum for the YDNP and chair of the Access For All group. She is a volunteer for the National Park with the responsibility of auditing the ‘Miles Without Stile’ routes. For the past 6 years Debbie has been the expe...
Jill Wheatley - Visually impaired, traumatic brain injury survivor. Adventuring in the mountains around the world.
December 09, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes - 40.7 MB“In the blink of an eye, I went from being an active, autonomous athlete to suffering a traumatic brain injury (TBI) that took 70% of my vision and nearly my life. Now I aim to be mindful in every moment and strive to make every second count while adventuring in mountains around the world.” Jill in her own words: “On a day that began like any other in a high school Physical Education class, September 2014 began an expedition of survival. A line drive, a hardball to the head, b...
Anja Madhvani - Completing her first ultra the Marathon Des Sables with undiagnosed Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Now fully recovered she is training for the London Marathon in 2022.
December 07, 2021 07:00 - 43 minutes - 35.2 MBAnja Madhvani is a writer and drinks industry worker with a passion for adventure. Anja studied classical piano performance at The University Of Huddersfield, and has gone on to perform as a violinist and singer with a number of post-rock bands, most notably Her Name Is Calla. She has spent 13 years in the beer industry, managing venues, hosting brewery tours and tastings, and working in sales and communications. She also works with Club Soda, a mindful drinking movement who aim...