Episode 037: The Solitude Specials, Ben Saunders
The second episode in "The Solitude Specials" is with Ben Saunders.The Solitude Specials are a new series of shorter conversations with adventurous souls who know a thing or two about managing their p...
1 Apr 202025min
Episode 036: The Solitude Specials, Megan Hine
The first episode in 'The Solitude Specials' is with Megan Hine.The Solitude Specials are a new series of shorter conversations with adventurous souls who know a thing or two about managing their phys...
31 Mar 202026min
Episode 035: Life in Antarctica - The Not-So-Common Cold, Tash Burley
Having spent years working for the Royal Flying Doctors in Australia, and a season at Everest Basecamp, Tash Burley spent the 2019-2020 Antarctic season as camp medic for Antarctic logistics specialis...
28 Mar 202030min
Episode 034: Life in Antarctica - Tracks in the Snow, Kobus Stadler
The first episode in our Antarctic mini-series is with fourth-generation South African farmer Kobus Stadler, who spent the end of 2019 in Antarctica, helping maintain the camp and ski-way for Antarcti...
27 Mar 202024min
Episode 033: A High-Latitude Life, Ian 'Spike' Sykes
In the 1960s, Ian (Spike, to his mates, his family, and pretty much everyone else) Sykes spent two years as a dog sled driver for the British Antarctic Survey. With no previous experience, he boarded ...
20 Mar 20201h 18min
Episode 032: Mount Roraima – Anna's Journey
Anna Taylor had never travelled further than Germany when she boarded the plane to Guyana to join Leo Houlding on a world class expedition to Mount Roraima. The day after the helicopter whisked her aw...
2 Jan 20201h 46min
Episode 031: Mount Roraima - The Summit
On the 4th December 2019, Leo and the team stood on top of Mount Roraima in the darkness. With everyone on the summit, all that was left to do was haul the bags to the top and await the helicopter. Th...
31 Des 201933min
Episode 030: Mount Roraima – The Wall Camp
The team are now living on the wall, and finding their way up it. Waldo talks us through the route so far - right at Tarantula Terrace, right again at Invisible Ledge and round The Anvil - and the rol...
30 Nov 201937min
