Mountain Air
Episodes
BONUS: Kelvyn James on “Walking Out of the Dark”
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Mountaineering, climbing - whatever name you want to give it - is probably the most honest thing there is”> Find galleries, blog posts and man...
3#10 Damian Hall: Ultrarunner
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“I can see now that I loved the training as much as the event: it was having a mission, some discipline and routine, pushing myself a little more…...
3#09 Becky Coles of Project Alpine Spirit
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
> Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.uk“I love getting out there and stripping everything away so that l...
3#08 Claire Maxted: the Wild Ginger Runner
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
> Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.uk“I want to help people and I want to be useful, and that’s the ...
BONUS: Shane Ohly on his continuous, 380km run along the “Dragon’s Back”
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Visit: https://mountainairpodcast.uk/Bonus episodes don’t come more exciting than this. To accompany a written interview on UKHillwalking, here’s ...
3#07 Maria Granberg: expedition climber, therapist and resident of ‘the pain cave’
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
> Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.uk“My strength is my curiosity, and being pretty good at suffering”...
3#06 Patrick Davies: the diplomat who walked the length of Britain
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
> Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.uk“Once you slow down you see it all”Interview recorded 24/01/24O...
3#05 Mark Diggins: the avalanche forecaster
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
> Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.uk“It’s about being prepared for what nature throws at us”Inter...
3#04 Dougie Baird: the mountain path builder
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
> Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.uk“It sounds a strange thing to say about a 400 million year-old mo...
3#03 Jamie Aarons: the fastest Munroist in history
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
> Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.uk“Underpinning it all was this ridiculously amazing team behind me...
3#02 David “Heavy” Whalley: the Search and Rescue legend
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
> Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.uk“There’s no greater feeling than finding people alive in the mo...
3#01 Steph McKenna: the award-winning mountain campaigner
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
> Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.uk“I get excited about something and I say yes, and then I do it. A...
2#10 Kirsty Pallas: the mountain safety advisor
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
> Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.uk“I love being able to share what I experience… taking folk to p...
2#09 Doug Bartholomew: the steward of Beinn Eighe
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
> Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.uk“You’ve got to acknowledge that you’re just a fragment in tim...
2#08 J.R. Harris: the lifelong adventurer
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
> Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.ukEpisode 2#08 sits down with the charming and disarming J.R. Harris....
2#07 David Lintern: the photojournalist
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
> Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.ukEpisode 2#07 gets to know none other than multi-talented photojourn...
2#06 Rob Woodall: the hill-bagging machine
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
> Find galleries, blog posts and many more episodes at www.mountainairpodcast.ukEpisode 2#06 welcomes a man that may be the most prolific hillwalke...
2#05 Sarah Jane Douglas: the natural-born Highlander
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 2#05 cosies up with the irrepressible Sarah Jane Douglas. In 2019 Sarah published her first book: Just Another Mountain, an autobiographical s...
2#04 Renan Ozturk: the mountain filmmaker
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 2#04 is thrilled to sit down with Colorado-based Renan Ozturk to discuss his latest film “The Sanctity of Space”. A climbing film at heart...
A quick word about “The Sanctity of Space”…
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A very quick update about the next episode in the series… > visit thesanctityofspace.com
2#03 Keri Wallace: the Girl on Hills
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 2#03 hears all about a big decision. Exhausted by commuting, frustrated by inflexible work and desperate to spend more time pursuing her love ...
2#02 Zac Poulton: the Fell Top Assessor
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 2#02 is in awe of Zac Poulton. Zac is one of the Lake District’s three “Fell Top Assessors”, which means that today, yesterday, tomorrow...
2#01 Sibusiso Vilane: the first black African on the roof of the world
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! And welcome to series two of Mountain Air! It’s an absolute pleasure for this episode to be supported by UKHillwalking.com, and an equal plea...
Introducing Series 2…
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Series 2 is here! And it requires a small amount of introduction. All of which you’ll find in the audio file you're currently browsing. However, for...
1#10 Dan Bailey: the guidebook writer
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #10 stars guidebook writer, website editor, mountaineering journalist and all round outdoor adept Dan Bailey. When not researching and writing...
1#9 Shane Ohly: the elite mountain runner
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #9 welcomes a man who’s not only a living legend in the worlds of climbing and mountain running, but also the organisational driving force b...
1#8 Hannah Lock: the expedition doctor
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #8... is delighted to meet Dr Hannah Lock! Currently a General Practice Speciality Registrar (i.e. a junior doctor) based at the mountaineer’...
1#7 Malachy Tallack: the Shetland wordsmith
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #7 welcomes a guest who’s not just a travel writer, an author of fiction, a chronicler of histories, an editor, and a passionate student of ...
1#6 Alan Hinkes: Yorkshire’s 8000-metre mountaineer
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #6 manages to make mention of both Nanga Parbat (8,126m, home to the towering four-and-a-half-kilometre tall Rupal Face), and the exquisite Ro...
1#5 Ross Worthington: the RAW Adventurer, part 2
27 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If episode #5 is going to teach us anything, it’s what Ross Worthington has “triple bagged and buried” in his back garden. But don’t just stay...
1#4 Kate Worthington: the RAW Adventurer, part 1
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #4 says hello to Kate Worthington. In 2008 Kate and her husband Ross* founded the outdoor activities company RAW Adventures. Based beneath the...
1#3 Nina Schlesener: the Berchtesgaden Guide
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #3 welcomes Nina Schlesener to the podcast. Born and raised in the Berchtesgaden Alps of Bavaria, Nina was until recently the youngest female ...
1#2 Nick Livesey: the Snowdonian photographer
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #2 is here, and it's all about photographer, writer and Mountain Leader Nick Livesey. Nick grew up in the city of Peterborough, a place he has...
1#1 Rob Johnson: the Mountaineering Instructor
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode #1 kicks off the podcast with Mountaineering Instructor Rob Johnson. Based in Snowdonia, he’s spent the past 20 years guiding clients across...