255: Walking to the Alps in Ski Boots, Montane’s Repair Claire & the Re-Action Collective

We find out what it’s like walking to the Alps in ski boots, plus we have a focus on sustainability, looking at how different ski businesses are working together; what the UTMB are doing to reduce their impact; plus we have an interview with ‘Repair Claire’ from Montane.

Host Iain Martin was joined in the studio by Heather Davies from the Re-Action Collective and by Reuben Gray and Matt Brinkley from King of the Hill, and down the line by Rachael Oakes-Ash in Australia.

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SHOW NOTES

Miss SnowItAll, Rachael Oakes-Ash runs the Snowsbest.com website (3:30)
Details of the apres ski bands for the London Snow Show have been announced (5:15)
Iain and our equipment expert, Al Morgan, will be talking about this year’s new kit on Saturday
Listeners to the podcast can get free tickets for the show (6:00)
Iain took part in the OCC ultra marathon (6:30)
UTMB have introduced some impressive new policies on sustainability (7:00)
Iain spoke with Fabrice Perren, head of sustainability at UTMB (7:00)
Find out about The Green Runners (7:45)
UTMB are introducing a new system of compulsory offsetting (8:15)
Iain used a Minimus Lite running jacket from Montane at the OCC (9:00)
Listen to Episode 218 for more on Arcteryx’s repair work (9:45)
Iain spoke to ‘Repair Claire’ from Montane (9:45
Heather is a co-founder of the Re-Action Collective (13:15)
One Tree at a Time was set up by Gavin Ferney-Jones (13:30)
Check out back catalog for interviews with Cirkel Supply, Montagne Verte, EcoSki and Whitestorm
Find out about Tentshare (21:30)
Find out about the new film ‘Actionism’ (23:00)
Reuben and Matt walked in ski boots to the Alps (25:30)
Look out for their new app King of the Hill (27:00)
The boys used Sidas Boot Traction to protect their boots (31:30)
It took them 50 days to walk 690 miles (32:15)
Follow the boys on Instagram(36:30)
They have raised money for Snowcamp and McMillan Cancer Research (37:00)

Feedback (37:00)
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Lynsey: "Always listen to the podcast and it's been a lovely escape in the recent hot weather! Bring on the winter!"

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Dennis: “I'm a big fan of your podcast and I thoroughly enjoyed your appearance on Stuart Winchester’s Storm podcast.”

Comment on Spotify: “Hi, I'm 13 and love skiing. This podcast is helping me get through the summer. I’m from Germany by the way!”

David Musson enjoyed my interview with Mark Smith, The Man in Seat 61, in Episode 233

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