Philip Boucher Hayes

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3,375 appearances 85 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 6 Aug

Philip Boucher Hayes’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 85 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 58.

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Today with David McCullagh · Why Gen Z hikers keep getting lost up mountains? · 4 Aug 2026 podcast

Rob, is map reading an entirely lost skill to younger generations? voice-verified

I'm sorry, I'm not claiming that boomers and Gen Xers are necessarily great map readers either. voice-verified

But do you see anybody heading out into the hills with map and compass at all? voice-verified

One of your sister organisations, Rob, publishes reports on each of the call-outs. voice-verified

And when you look back over them, very often it's apparent that a couple has headed out, had a row and split up. voice-verified

How important is it for everybody to stay together, no matter how bad the mood of the conversation is? voice-verified

Can we just also underline at this point, you are all volunteers. voice-verified

You're not being paid to do this and people should probably bear that in mind before they put themselves in a situation where they need your help. voice-verified

Heather, essentials for the backpack. voice-verified

essentials in my backpack i think always more water than you think you'll need um layers including always a waterproof layer in there um you know definitely i actually just on the layers thing before you move on ideally something that will wick the sweat away from your skin because walking around in damp cotton clothing leads to exposure pretty quickly voice-verified

Absolutely, better to be looking at than looking for completely. voice-verified

What weight is your backpack? voice-verified

Rob, Heather is a big grown up experienced girl, very used to the mountains. voice-verified

If you're heading up with children, how should the contents of that backpack change? voice-verified

Would it be helpful if Instagram and Google Maps and whoever else is hosting any of these posts were to label them and were to say, listen, by the way, this lake is three quarters of the way up the highest mountain in Ireland, Rob. voice-verified

Yeah, it might not be as instantly attractive, Heather, as a picture of you frolicking at the base of Koolalingo Waterfall, but you could use social media to educate people here, couldn't you? voice-verified

Heather, is there in your mind, sorry, I'm going a little bit off topic here, but is there a correlation here between the popularity of Instagram posts and an increase in the amount of litter featured at the places featured in those posts? voice-verified

Indeed. voice-verified

Heather, Rob, thank you both very much for joining us this morning. voice-verified

Some of the texts on this read teenagers hiking, camping in Wicklow. voice-verified

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