Delivering Adventure
Episodes
Recognizing Hazardous Attitudes with Geoff Powter
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How can our attitude affect our decision-making? The Federal Aviation Agency in the US has identified five specific attitudes that are present in airl...
Longevity Delivering Adventure with Nadio Hachey
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Longevity Delivering Adventure with Nadio HacheyWhat does it take to enjoy a long career as an adventure guide, instructor or manager?The reality is t...
Smart Risk Taking with Barry Blanchard
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Smart Risk Taking with Barry BlanchardHow can you know when to actually take a risk on a personal or professional level? What would a good risk, or a ...
Case Study: Keeping Control with Madeleine Martin-Preney
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to delivering adventure, the difference between control and chaos can be as little as one small mistake. A situation can seem to be unde...
Improving Decision Making in Others with Bruce Wilson
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How can we improve the decision making in others? When we are delivering adventure to others, it isn’t just the leader that needs to have good judgm...
Self-Reflection as a Development Tool with Bill Mark
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How can leaders use self-reflection as a development tool with others? Self-reflection is one of the most effective learning and development tools tha...
How to self-reflect with Tracey Fraser
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How to self-reflect with Tracey FraserHow can we use self-reflection to improve our decision making, performance and experience delivery?One of the be...
Establishing Boundaries & Control with Madeleine Martin-Preney
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How can you keep control over a group without creating conflict? This is something that even the most experienced leader can find challenging.&nb...
Removing Obstacles to Self-Care with Sarah Janin
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What stops us from practising good self-care even when we know we should? What can we do about it? We all know that practicing good self-care is impor...
The Secret to Building Trust with Brenna Kelleher
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you build trust? The ability to build trust is an important skill for anyone who wants to build and maintain relationships. It is also essentia...
How Needs Affect Decision Making with Bruce Wilson
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do our human needs affect our judgement? What happens fro our decision making if our needs are not being met?Using Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, ...
Improving our Ability to Read People with Lee Povey
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How can we improve our ability to read people? Being able to accurately interpret the people we are leading so that we can see things from their persp...
How to be a Great Instructor with Cyril Shokoples
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you become a great instructor? No instructor or guide wants to be mediocre. Few students or guests want their instructor to deliver an average ...
Delivering Adventure to Challenging People with Colby Brokvist
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you deal with challenging people on an adventure? This is a challenge that can test even the most experienced and prepared leader.When it comes...
Delivering Adventure with Carv with Morgan Engel and Alex Jackson
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How can technology enhance our adventure experiences on skis? Is it possible that ski coaches, instructors and guides can be replaced by technology al...
How to Stay Positive Under Duress with Cyril Derreumaux
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you stay positive under duress? It doesn’t matter how adventurous, fit, risk tolerant or determined you are. At some point, you will find you...
How to help people through adversity with Jill Wheatley
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How can we help others when they are experiencing distress? We have all been in situations with friends, family or clients who are experiencing distre...
How to be More Adaptable with Wells Jones
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An essential adventure and life skill is the ability to be adaptable. Being adaptable allows us to adjust to change and to keep our cool when we find ...
How to Increase Physical Durability with Dr. Leslie Desrosiers
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to adventure sports, one of the best ways to manage risk is to ensure that you are as physically durable as possible. Being physically d...
How to Prepare for Big Adventures with Cyril Derreumaux
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How to Prepare for Big Adventures with Cyril DerreumauxWhat does it take to prepare for a really big adventure? One of the main reasons people get the...
Building Expedition Teams with Colby Brokvist
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to build an effective expedition team? In this episode, we are joined by master guide, guide trainer and author Colby Brokvist to di...
Building Resilient Teams Through Adventure with Brenna Kelleher
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can you build a resilient team? Building effective teams is an art in itself. Building teams that are resilient enough to withstand the challenges...
Designing Adventure Experiences with Chris Winter
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How do you design adventure experiences for success? It is easy to plan big adventures but getting them to be epic for the right reasons isn’t alway...
Case Study: Planning for Mishap with Will Gadd
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Adventures have risks. It doesn’t matter how much you plan, or how well you manage situations, if you are having an adventure, something can go wron...
Mastering Physical Self Care with Sarah Janin
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to delivering adventure, you will only go as far as your body allows. The challenge for many of us is that in our quest for adventure we...
Understanding & Managing Risk Tolerance with Robin Barnes
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the essential elements to managing risk when we are delivering adventure to others, is understanding and managing people’s risk tolerance. Ou...
How to Coach People Through Danger with Derek Foose
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to coach someone through danger? When it comes to taking risks, danger can come in the form of real and perceived threats to our saf...
Increasing Situational Awareness with Jerome David
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Increasing Situational Awareness with Jerome DavidHow can we improve our situational awareness so that we don’t miss important information? Situatio...
Building an Adventure Company with Chris Winter
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to build and operate a successful adventure company? In this episode, Chris Winter joins Chris and Jordy to discuss how he has built...
How to Work Through Adversity with Jill Wheatley
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to work through adversity? What happens when that adversity is coming from an injury that has transformed our life? These are two of...
Case Study: Communicating Under Stress with Erin Tierney
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How should a leader communicate to people when they are under stress? One of the hardest situations that a leader can find themselves in, is managing ...
Knowing When to go for it with Mike Adolph
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can we ever know when we should turn back or keep going? On paper, the safest decision to make is often to turn around or choose the route that ta...
Managing Plan Continuation Bias with Mike Adolph
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever pushed forward with something even when it became clear that you should probably change your plan or abort? If so, you may have succumbe...
Managing Misadventure with Moose Mutlow
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Managing Misadventure with Moose MutlowCan misadventure be turned into a positive experience? In this episode we are joined by Moose Mutlow who helps ...
Case Study: Selling People on What They Need with Ken Bélanger
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ken Bélanger shares a funny Heli skiing story that highlights the challenges of trying to talk people out of doing something that wi...
How to Communicate Risk with Will Gadd
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At the heart of every adventure, is a degree of risk taking. Being able to communicate the level of risk that people can expect to be exposed to is an...
Improving Performance in a Crisis with André-Jean Maheu
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can we improve our performance in a crisis? We spend a lot of time talking on Delivering Adventure about how we can avoid finding ourselves in cri...
Understanding Performance in a Crisis with André-Jean Maheu
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to adventure, a crisis can come in many forms ranging from getting lost, getting injured, pushing well past our capabilities and being f...
Understanding Human Factors & Judgment with Mike Adolph
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why is it so hard to make good decisions? One of the factors has to do with what are called the human factors. These include cognitive biases, heurist...
Power of Good Judgment with Will Gadd
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is good judgment the most important skill to have when it comes to delivering adventure? In this episode, professional adventure guide and athlete Wil...
How to be the Leader with Erin Tierney
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every group needs a leader. If you are a professional adventure guide or instructor, there is an expectation that you can be the leader. While being t...
How Guides can Deliver Exceptional Value with Ken Bélanger
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At some point in time, we all find ourselves in the role of being someone else’s guide. We could be guiding our friends, family or doing it professi...
Recognizing the Value of a Guide with Ken Bélanger
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why should anyone hire a guide? If you are in the role of being a guide, do you know why people would want your help? These are two of the topics that...
Understanding the Challenge Zone with Mark Sedgwick and Jeff Marks
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What is adventure and how can we deliver it? These are just two of the topics that Mark Sedgwick and Jeff Marks help us to explore as we talk about ad...
Season 2: Trailer
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Delivering Adventure returns with Season 2. In this season, we continue to explore what it really takes to share adventure like a pro - with yourself,...
How Organizations Help Deliver Adventure with Angela Hawse
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Who regulates adventure? Who trains guides and professionals? Who advocates for access or promotes safety and skill development? The answer to all of ...
Case Study: Sea Kayaking Recovery with Bruce Wilson
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The line between an adventure and a misadventure is often defined by our decisions, how we manage the challenges that we face and how the experience i...
Helping People to Succeed with Sylvia Forest
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How can we help people to succeed when they are faced with the challenges that come with adventure? In this episode, Sylvia Forest draws upon her expe...
Path to Delivering Adventure with Sylvia Forest
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sylvia Forest joins us to explore her path into the adventure delivery industry from being a park warden to becoming an ACMG / IFMGA Mountain Guide. S...
How to Deliver Adventure to Yourself with Angela Hawse
24 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to deliver adventure to ourselves? What are some of the key skills that great adventures possess? Angela Hawse joins Jordy and Chris...
How to Create Adventure – Part 2 with Curtis Pawliuk
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you create adventure? We continue to explore this question with snowmobile guide, avalanche educator, entrepreneur, and adventure innovator Cur...
How to Create Adventure – Part 1 with Curtis Pawliuk
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Curtis Pawliuk joins Chris and Jordy to talk about how he has helped to create adventure through the development of a mountain bike p...
Managing Risk in Adventure with Grant Statham
03 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What are some of the key strategies to managing risk while we are leading adventure and delivering it to ourselves? Grant Statham is back to continue ...
Understanding Risk & Adventure with Grant Statham
26 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Risk is an essential part of any adventure experience, but what is risk and what does it mean to manage it? In this episode, ACMG / IFMGA Mountain gui...
Coaching People Through Adversity - Part 2 with Peter Weiland
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we continue speaking with Peter Weiland on how we can help people to embrace adversity. Peter reveals some of his biggest challenges ...
Coaching People Through Adversity - Part 1 with Peter Weiland
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Weiland shares his perspective on why we need adversity and what takes to overcome it. Peter is a former semi-pro adventure racer, former owner ...
How to be a Great Guide with Bruce Wilson
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is a guide? What does it take to be a great guide? In this episode we explore these questions with master guide and guide educator Bruce Wilson. ...
How to Manage Fear with Geoff Powter
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How can you control your fear? What can you do to help other people to control their fear? These are the questions that psychologist, author, and adve...
How to Improve Performance with Tracey Fraser
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Top CSIA Level 4 ski instructor trainer Tracey Fraser shares how we can improve people’s performance. Being better at anything makes those tasks mor...
Making Adventure More Sustainable - Part 2 with Greg Hill
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Professional backcountry skier, athlete, explorer and guide Greg Hill continues sharing his perspective on what it takes to keep adventure sustainable...
Making Adventure Sustainable - Part 1 with Greg Hill
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Backcountry ski racer, athlete, and ski guide Greg Hill talks about what it takes to make adventure more sustainable for us. In this episode Greg Shar...
How to Live a Life of Adventure with Sarah Hueniken
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Master climber and ACMG Alpine Guide Sarah Hueniken talks about her path to becoming an adventurer, guide and guide examiner. Sarah shares how she got...
What it takes to deliver adventure like a pro with Sara Archer
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mountain Bike Tour Company owner Sara Archer joins Chris and Jordy to talk about what it means to deliver adventure like a pro. Sara shares her experi...
How to Deliver Adventure Like a pro with Krissy Montgomery
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Krissy Montgomery from the Surf Sister Surf School in Tofino, BC joins Chris and Jordy to talk about what it means to deliver adventure like a pro. Kr...
How to Avoid Misadventure - Part 2 with Will Gadd
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pro athlete, ACMG Alpine Guide and adventure influencer Will Gadd continues to share his philosophies risk taking. Will reflects on experiences from c...
How to Avoid Misadventure - Part 1 with Will Gadd
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pro athlete, ACMG Alpine Guide and adventure influencer Will Gadd shares his thoughts on adventure, misadventure and the line in between. Will has ice...
How to Achieve Adventure - Part 2 with Barry Blanchard
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
ACMG / IFMGA Mountain Guide Barry Blanchard continues sharing what it takes to deliver adventure to others and achieve it for ourselves. Barry recount...
Achieving Adventure - Part 1 with Barry Blanchard
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to deliver adventure to yourself? Barry Blanchard talks about what it takes to achieve adventure. Listen as he shares his views on a...
Exploring the Nature of Adventure with Lynsey Dyer
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pro freestyle and big mountain skier Lynsey Dyer shares her perspective on adventure as an athlete, adventurer, podcaster and soon to be mother. Hear ...
Introduction: What is Delivering Adventure?
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Adventure guides Jordy Shepherd and Chris Kaipio explore what it means to deliver adventure, how their new podcast can help you, and what you can expe...
Season 1 Trailer
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is the podcast for people who want to share adventure like a pro – with their friends, family, or as a profession.Each episode explores a diffe...