Latest Record-breaking Podcast Episodes

015 Max Campbell: Sailing Across the Atlantic & Wild Swimming

Thinking Off-Piste - November 27, 2021 16:31 - 58 minutes
Max Campbell is a sailor from Cornwall who left his hometown of Falmouth at the age of 20 on a 22 ft wooden boat named Flying Cloud. Over the next two years, he sailed single-handed across the Atlantic to the Caribbean, and back again to the UK the following year. The journey encountere...

014 Andy Sward: Walking Across Canada to Collect One Million Bottles

Thinking Off-Piste - August 29, 2021 14:00 - 54 minutes
Andy talks to Becky about his inspiring journey across Canada, as he sets out on his mission to clean up one million bottles. After 35 years in the hospitality industry, Andy witnessed a large volume of food waste and lack of recycling and wanted to do something about it. Having cycled ...

013: Tom Grant: IFMGA Guide Skiing First Descents Around the World

Thinking Off-Piste - August 27, 2021 18:17 - 49 minutes
Steep skier, climber and IFMGA Mountain Guide Tom Grant shares his first-hand experience of skiing first descents all over the world. From technical lines in Baffin Island, BC to one of the world’s largest previously un-skied lines in New Zealand, Tom loves to push his boundaries and ta...

012 Caroline Leon: Climber Overcomes Life-Changing Injury & Takes on World Record

Thinking Off-Piste - June 23, 2021 11:48 - 56 minutes
Caroline recounts the story of her life-changing injury after having fallen from an outdoor climbing wall in Dubai. She was immediately rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries that included two shattered feet, a displaced & fragmented right pelvis that was no longer connected ...

012 Caroline Leon: Climber, Health & Fitness Advocate, and co-founer of the platform A Life Of Education

Thinking Off-Piste - June 23, 2021 11:48 - 56 minutes
Caroline Leon is an Australian born health & fitness advocate who holds a BA. in Medical Science, a Grad Dip. in International Health and is also a Health Coach, fitness professional and the Co-Founder of A Life of Education.   In 2015 Caroline fell from an outdoor rock-climbing wall i...

011 Aaron Rolph: Ski Touring the Haute Route in 31 Hours

Thinking Off-Piste - June 03, 2021 20:40 - 35 minutes
Aaron Rolph recounts his recent solo attempt to ski the Haute route non-stop which he completed in one self-propelled, sleepless push in only 31 hours! The route from Chamonix to Zermatt is usually skied over a week and covers a distance of 125km and climbing almost 8,000m in ascent. In...

010 JMK: Barefoot Runner - 4,654km from Canada to Mexico

Thinking Off-Piste - May 23, 2021 22:54 - 52 minutes
Joseph Michael Kai-tsu Liu Roqueni (aka JMK) is a Canada-based adventurer and photographer who ran 4,654km solo and semi-barefoot barefoot from Canada to Mexico. Shortly after completing his run, JMK had a life-changing snowboarding accident on Blackcomb. He catapulted through some tree...

009 Beat Steiner: Extreme Skier & Owner of Bella Coola Heli Sports

Thinking Off-Piste - April 27, 2021 13:58 - 1 hour
Beat Steiner is the co-owner of the world-class heli-ski operator, Bella Coola Heli-Sports. The company, which Mabey Ski works in close partnership with, offers multi-day heli-skiing and heli-boarding adventures on over 3,250,000 acres of wilderness. It is also the first, and only, clim...

008 Sean Burgess: 7 Emirates in 7 days

Thinking Off-Piste - April 12, 2021 14:43 - 1 hour
In May 2021, aspiring adventurer Sean Burgess embarked on a 650 km journey from one side of the UAE to the other. Running and walking for up to 20 hours a day, if Sean finished within 7 days he could claim the Guinness World Record for the ‘fastest crossing of the United Arab Emirates o...

007 Bridget McClarty: Endurance Ski Tourer, Outdoor Adventurer & Wildlife Biologist

Thinking Off-Piste - March 08, 2021 20:34 - 55 minutes
Bridget McClarty is a passionate ski tourer, outdoor adventurer, wildlife biologist and teacher. In 2013 she embarked on a month-long ski traverse from Whistler to the Homathko Valley. In this episode, Becky caught up with Bridget on the skills required to make her journey, the challeng...

006 Jasmine Harrison: The Youngest Woman to Row Solo Across Any Ocean

Thinking Off-Piste - March 04, 2021 15:15 - 49 minutes
On 20 February 2021 Jasmine Harrison broke the world record for being the youngest woman to row solo across any ocean. The 21-year-old swimming teacher, from Thirsk in North Yorkshire, set off on her 3,000-mile (4,828km) journey from La Gomera in the Canary Islands in December. She dock...

005 Emily Scott: Climbed all 282 Munros in Scotland Unsupported

Thinking Off-Piste - March 02, 2021 14:52 - 58 minutes
Emily Scott is a multiple Ironwoman triathlete, ski instructor, and adventure athlete who is also a founding member of the British Adventure Collective. In this episode, Emily talks us through her gruelling journey climbing all 282 of the Scottish Munros in one self-supported round trip...

004 Kristian Manietta: Ex-pro Snowboarder, Endurance Athlete & Performance Enhancement Coach

Thinking Off-Piste - February 16, 2021 18:05 - 58 minutes
Kristian Manietta is no stranger to pushing limits and living outside of his body's comfort zone. The endurance athlete is a sub 9-hour age group champion at Ironman, an ex-professional snowboarder, and a Performance Enhancement coach. He is also experienced at Trail Running, Ultra Raci...

003 Konrad Bartelski: First British Male Skier to Stand on the Alpine World Cup Podium

Thinking Off-Piste - February 09, 2021 11:52 - 1 hour
Konrad Bartelski is a former British Alpine Ski Racer who became the first male British downhill ski racer to stand on the Alpine Skiing World Cup podium. The skier and broadcaster turned professional photographer challenged the status quo by proving that it is possible for a man who is...

002 Jamie Barrow: Britain's Fastest Snowboarder

Thinking Off-Piste - January 14, 2021 00:09 - 56 minutes
In this episode of Thinking Off-Piste Becky chats to Jamie Barrow, Britain's fastest snowboarder​. After a serious snowboard accident whilst competing in a Snowboard Cross event in 2013 Jamie was forced to leave the British team due to a bad back injury. Despite doctors advising Jamie t...

001 Maria Leijerstam Edy: First Person to Cycle to the South Pole

Thinking Off-Piste - January 13, 2021 22:50 - 44 minutes
Maria Leijerstam Edy is a British polar adventurer and World Record holder. In 2013 she became the first person in the world to cycle to the South Pole from the edge of the Antarctic continent. Maria started her expedition on the Ross Ice Shelf at the edge of the Antarctic continent, an...