Podcasts about climbing days

In this episode, Adam Biles is joined by writer Dan Richards to talk about his new book Overnight, a deep dive into the world of the night and the people who live and work while the rest of us sleep. From ferry captains and bakers to ICU nurses, researchers, and racing drivers, Richards explores the unseen rhythms and quiet heroism of nocturnal life. The conversation touches on the origins of the book—an unexpected night stranded on a mountain with his father—and how a life-threatening experience during the pandemic reshaped his understanding of vulnerability, care, and community. With warmth, wit, and poetic insight, Richards discusses circadian myths, the industrialisation of sleep, bats, and the benevolence of those who keep the world turning in the dark. Overnight is a tribute to those who inhabit the night, and this conversation shines a light on their often-unseen contributions.Buy Overnight: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/overnight*Dan Richards is the co-author of Holloway (with Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood), and the author of The Beechwood Airship Interviews, Climbing Days, Outpost and Overnight. Only After Dark, a BBC Radio 4 series about the nocturnal world, was broadcast to acclaim in 2022. Dan has written for the Guardian, Economist, Esquire and Monocle.Adam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company. His latest novel, Beasts of England, a sequel to Animal Farm, is available now. Buy a signed copy here: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/beasts-of-englandListen to Alex Freiman's latest EP, In The Beginning: https://open.spotify.com/album/5iZYPMCUnG7xiCtsFCBlVa?si=h5x3FK1URq6SwH9Kb_SO3w Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dan Richards is the co-author of Holloway (with Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood), and the author of The Beechwood Airship Interviews, Climbing Days, and Outpost. Only After Dark, a BBC Radio 4 series about the nocturnal world, was broadcast to acclaim in 2022. Dan has written for the Guardian, Economist, Esquire and Monocle. On this episode of Little Atoms he talks to Neil Denny about his latest book Overnight: Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Iain is joined by adventurer Elise Wortley. In the last 7 years, Elise has taken on some hugely challenging projects to highlight some of the original – and largely forgotten - female mountaineers and explorers.  What makes her ‘Woman With Altitude' project unique is that she has climbed and trekked in places such as the Himalayas, the Alps and the Cairngorms using the same equipment and clothing that was available to her female predecessors at the time. We discuss what it's like trying to summit Mt Blanc in hobnail boots, how you source a wooden-framed backpack and the challenges of hiking in woollen knickerbockers.  Elise also featured in the Channel 4 programme ‘Alone' where she spend over a month in the Canadian wilderness completely alone.  Discount Code for Intersport Ski Hire If you are heading to the snow then don't forget that you can save money when you book your ski hire at intersportrent.com and use the code ‘SKIPODCAST'  You'll get a guaranteed discount for ski hire in France, Austria and Switzerland and to make it even simpler you don't even need to use the code, just take this link and your basket will automatically be reduced.  SHOW NOTES Listen to Iain's previous interviews with: ·       BBC Ski Sunday presenter Chemmy Alcott ·       GB Snowsport CEO, Vicky Gosling  ·       Former Erna Low MD Joanna Yellowlees-Bound ·       Team GB freestyle skier, Zoe Atkin Inghams are celebrating their 90th anniversary this winter (2:45) Take a look at Elise's website ‘Woman With Altitude' (3:30) Elise was inspired by Alexandra David-Neel's book ‘My Journey to Lhasa' (4:00) Nan Sheperd wrote ‘The Living Mountain' after hiking in the Cairngorms (11:30) Find out more about Iain's ski touring trip to Ben Lawers in Scotland (15:15) Find out more about Elise's Scottish adventure (15:30) Jane Inglis-Clarke founded the Ladies' Scottish Climbing Club in 1908 (17:00) Henriette d'Angeville was the first woman to climb Mont Blanc solo (17:30) Look out for Henriette on the mural in the centre of Chamonix (18:15) Elise's hobnail boots were supplied by shoe specialists Trickers (20:15) Dorothy Pilley wrote the book ‘Climbing Days' and was the co-founder of the Pinnacle Club (24:00) Elise travelled from Bastia to Monte Cinto in Corsica in February 2025 (24:30) Watch the Channel 4 series ‘Alone' (26:15) [Spoiler] Elise came second after spending 34 days in the Canadian wilderness (32:00) Elise will be returning to Chamonix in June 2025 to try and complete her recreation of Henriette d'Angeville's historic climb (33:00) Hotelplan are funding Elise's 2025 attempt on Mont Blanc (34:15) Only 2% of mountain guides are women (35:30) FEEDBACK (37:00) I enjoy all feedback about the show, I'm always interested to hear what you think, so if you enjoyed this episode, please do let me know on social @theskipodcast or by email theskipodcast@gmail.com  We've had a couple of items of feedback since the last podcast:  Emma Budget: “Fantastic podcast! My husband and I have been listening religiously since before Covid. Now that we're taking our first holidays as a young family, it's been so useful picking up tips and tricks from your episodes about skiing with kids! It's unbelievably rewarding skiing the slopes for the first time with them. Thanks for the podcast, we love it!” Ian Simpson: "Great podcast. Gives me so many travelling ideas especially by train. Any chance you could do one exploring by motorhome? Small community type resorts working together for the van people who like exploring the mountains in Europe." [Try this episode, Ian] There are now 253 episodes of The Ski Podcast to catch up with and 166 of those were listened to in the last week. If you've enjoyed this episode, why not to go theskipodcast.com and take a look around the tags and categories – you're bound to find something of interest.  If you like the podcast, there are three things you can do to help:    1) Follow us. Just take a look for that button and press it now  2) Give us a review or just leave a comment on Apple Podcasts or Spotify  3) Book your ski hire with Intersport Rent using the code ‘SKIPODCAST' or take this link You can follow Iain @skipedia and the podcast @theskipodcast. You can also follow us on WhatsApp for exclusive material released ahead of the podcast. 

In this episode of Simplified Speech, Andrew and Kassy share stories about their latest travels. Kassy talks about her trip to Thailand with her four-month-old son. She explains what it was like to ride a speedboat and go through airport security with a baby. Andrew describes his plan to visit Taebaek, the small Korean city where he first lived. He looks forward to hiking the local mountain and seeing how much the city has changed. Listen to learn useful English words and phrases about travel, family, and exploring new places! How this episode will improve your English: Vocabulary: Learn new words and expressions about traveling, flying with a baby, and planning a holiday trip. Listening: Practice understanding natural, easy-to-follow English conversations about everyday life and travel. Speaking: Gain confidence by discussing your own travel stories with friends or in Culips small-group English classes. Culture: Hear about what it's like to visit Thailand with a baby and learn about local food and customs in Korea. Fluency: Improve your overall English skills by listening to real conversations that help train your ears and mind to think in English. The best way to learn with this lesson: Culips members get an interactive transcript, helpful study guide, quiz, ad-free audio, and more for this episode. Take your English to the next level by becoming a Culips member. Sign up and become a Culips member now! Members can access the ad-free version here: Click here. Join our Discord community to connect with other learners and get more English practice. Click here to join.

This week's podcast guest is Lise Wortley who has been on some fascinating journeys, conceived out of her curiosity about adventurous women from history. Lise has chosen to follow in the footsteps of women who 'pushed the boundaries' in the world of adventure in the early 20th century and who unwittingly played a huge part in making adventure accessible to women today. She tells Kenton about the depth of her research, the clothing she has sourced, and the people she has met whilst following in the footsteps of some remarkable women in India, Scotland, Iran and France. What's Lise reading? Climbing Days by Dorothy Pilley What's Lise listening to? Drum and Base, and The Guardian podcast every morning

There was much celebration in Caithness a few weeks ago when it was announced that, after decades of planning and preparation, The Flow Country has been awarded UNESCO World Heritage Status. It's the first in Scotland to be granted this status on purely natural criteria and is also the only peatbog in the world with World Heritage status. At one time, scything would have been common practice in Scotland, for making hay or harvesting crops. But, with the advent of machinery, land managers were no longer reliant in this ancient bit of kit. But it would appear that this traditional practice is undergoing a bit of a revival, not least for conservation purposes where a low impact approach to the land is being encouraged. Last week, Crown Estate Scotland organised an event offering people the chance to have a go at a wildflower meadow in Tomintoul. Alarming news this week that five more seabirds have been added to the red list which puts them at greater risk of extinction. The state of the oceans is behind a lot of this, and this is being recognised by one group of very active young people in Ullapool who are doing their bit to improve the marine environment. They are the Ullapool Sea Savers. Back in October Mark visited the Huntly TOADS after school club as they were about to embark on a project to build a garden shelter out of traditional materials. Mark visited a session recently involving water, mud, straw and a paddling pool. This week's callout is about the World Stovies Championships at the annual Huntly Hairst Festival.We hear an extract from the Scotland Outdoors podcast as Helen Needham discusses the republishing of pioneering climber Dorothy Pilley's book ‘Climbing Days' with her great great nephew Dan Richards.Rachel has a mindful moment at the Falls of Clyde.

Let's make you a little bit smarter about the history of the sport you are doing! Let's talk about climbing history, with Zofia Reych. They have written a book about climbing history - although it's not the typical kind of history book that you would expect. Zofia connects for example social questions and historical facts with the climbing history and also tells their own climbing history in the book. And you will learn how the sport became what it is today. So have fun with the talk with Zofia and if you like - read the book! It's called “Born to Climb: From rock climbing pioneers to Olympic athletes” Cover picture by Andy Day / @kiellgram +Shownotes + Zofia Reych on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/upthatrock/?hl=de The book “Born to Climb: From rock climbing pioneers to Olympic athletes” https://www.adventurebooks.com/products/born-to-climb Zofias booklist: MacFarlane, R., “Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination”, Granta, 2003 https://www.thalia.de/shop/home/artikeldetails/A1046569737?utm_source=www.billiger.de&utm_medium=PSM&ProvID=11002841&pup_e=5664&pup_cid=406307&pup_id=A1046569737&soluteclid=b674cc1f1806438bbad051283c78b6b1 Stephen, L., “The Playground of Europe”, Longmans, Green & Co., 1907 https://www.hugendubel.de/de/buch_kartoniert/leslie_stephen-playground_of_europe_the-2915390-produkt-details.html?tduid=16814faba0a4459f252b5a935bf942aa&utm_source=trd&utm_medium=af&partner=tradedoubler&*_td_*KEEP_NEWEST Dowling, C., “The Frailty Myth”, Random House, 2008 https://www.hugendubel.de/de/taschenbuch/colette_dowling-the_frailty_myth-3358601-produkt-details.html?tduid=16814faba0a4459f252b5a935bf942aa&utm_source=trd&utm_medium=af&partner=tradedoubler&adCode=520R10G22A11P&utm_content=Lkg Pilley, D., Climbing Days, Harcourt Brace, 1935 https://www.hugendubel.de/de/taschenbuch/dorothy_pilley-climbing_days-15023938-produkt-details.html Spence, M., D., "Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks", Oxford University Press, 2000 https://www.hugendubel.de/de/taschenbuch/mark_david_spence-dispossessing_the_wilderness_indian_removal_and_the_making_of_the_national_parks-3601349-produkt-details.html Dawes, J., "Full of Myself: Johnny Dawes", Johnny Dawes Books, 2011 https://www.hugendubel.de/de/buch_gebunden/johnny_dawes-full_of_myself-18135321-produkt-details.html Hill, L., Child, G., “Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World”, W. W. Norton & Company, 2002 https://www.hugendubel.de/de/taschenbuch/lynn_hill-climbing_free_my_life_in_the_vertical_world-2192001-produkt-details.html Burgman, J., “High Drama: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of American Competition Climbing”, Triumph Books, 2020 https://www.hugendubel.de/de/taschenbuch/john_burgman-high_drama_the_rise_fall_and_rebirth_of_american_competition_climbing-37705907-produkt-details.html Bourdieau, P., Sport and Social Class, SAGE Journals, 1978 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/053901847801700603?journalCode=ssic Smart, D., “Paul Preuss: Lord of the Abyss: Life and Death at the Birth of Free-Climbing”, Rocky Mountain Books, 2019 https://www.hugendubel.de/de/buch_gebunden/david_smart-paul_preuss_lord_of_the_abyss_life_and_death_at_the_birth_of_free_climbing-37040482-produkt-details.html Zofias movie list: Valley Uprising, Mortimer, P., Rosen, N., Sender Film Productions, USA, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o86TpaSBcWw "E Pericoloso Sporgersi", Nicod, R., France, 1985 https://www.mntnfilm.com/en/film/e-pericoloso-sporgersi-1985 “La Dura Dura”, Lowell, J., Big Up Productions, Sender Films, USA, 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtqkA8lZquE “The Story of the Indian Face: the UK's First E9 Climb”, teamBMC, accessed 20.03.2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMX4NAw0NSE Magst du mich bei meiner Podcast-Arbeit unterstützen? Damit ich meine Arbeit machen kann gibt es auf der Plattform Steady ein Crowdfunding. Here is the link to my Steady crowdfunding: https://steadyhq.com/de/binwegbouldern

In this episode, Coach Matt Pincus and I discuss the extremely important topic of crag etiquette. As more climbers join the sport and crags and boulder fields become more crowded, there's a growing need for us all to be on the same page about who gets to climb when, how to communicate with each other, and what our expectations are of each other in general. This conversation's purpose is to bring some difficult topics into the light and hopefully to help climbers understand each other better, have more tools to use with each other in sticky situations, and to–more than anything–help us all have an amazing and safe time climbing outside with each other. Here's what we talked about: Communication a. Who's climbing when b. For how long c. Permission to join bouldering crew d. Brush holds e. Beta sharing desires f. Encouragement desires Taking up space a. Yard sale b. Loud conversations c. Taking long time to get ready when there's a queue d. Talking to belayers Impact on others a. Smoking b. Music c. Screaming performatively on climbs d. Wobbling e. Yelling at ppl for waiting for a route you're currently on f. Dogs I hope this conversation sparks conversations of your own with your climber friends! Show Links Do an hour coaching session with Matt for 15% Off Work with Matt as your coach Do Matt's Bouldering Training Program for 35% off Have topics you want us to cover? Email matt@trainingbeta.com or neely@trainingbeta.com    

This is a description of one of the most difficult climbing days I have ever had. With the difficulties came great rewards. It was awesome to be able to climb in the ice Falls for 4 hours SOLO while the crash of ceraces crack all around me. It's unbelievable to explore this kind of terrain under a three quarter Full Moon. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/b-rad-life-and-adventures/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/b-rad-life-and-adventures/support

Charlie and Dan Richards (Holloway, The Beechwood Airship Interviews, Climbing Days, Outpost) discuss asking to join well-known people for lunch and producing fascinating interviews for your book, travelling the less beaten paths of your mountaineering great-great aunt, finding society in isolated places, and looking ahead to how we might continue to approach humanity's harming of nature after the benefits to scaling back have been shown by this current crisis. Some podcast apps do not show description links properly unless the listener subscribes to the podcast. If you can't click the links below and don't wish to subscribe, copy and paste the following address into your browser to access the episode's page on my blog: http://wormhole.carnelianvalley.com/podcast/episode-13-dan-richards Dan's articles at Caught by the River 'Dream ticket – the night train from Cologne to Vienna' ‘My search for the real Moominland' BBC Radio 4: Start the Week – Life in the Wilderness Wikipedia's entry for Dorothy Pilley (includes photographs) Second-hand copies of Dorothy's memoir on AbeBooks (there are a couple of 1935 and 1965 editions on there) Question Index 00:46 How did you get into writing, specifically the type you do? 02:39 The first book to be written was the second published… 03:37 Tell us about the interviewing process for The Beechwood Airship Interviews 07:43 Has this book had a knock-on affect on your further work in ways we may not pick up on? 08:56 These books are a mixture of travel/adventure (and so on) and there's a lot of your personality there… 10:11 Tell us about mountaineer Dorothy Pilley and how she inspired you 15:00 How did the women mountaineers of the time help future generations? 18:58 Is Dorothy's 1935 memoir available to purchase? 19:51 What was the easiest part of your Climbing Days adventure? 22:26 What did you learn about yourself? 27:27 What draws you to the wilderness? 27:57 You talk about our human destruction of nature – what do you hope will happen following this time that we're living in right now? 31:01 Tell us about the supernatural aspect of the first outpost; did you experience anything yourself? 34:27 In all the outposts you went to, what surprised you the most? 35:11 How did the social aspect of these otherwise isolated places impact your experience of it? 38:52 What's next? Purchase Links Holloway: Amazon UK Amazon US Amazon Canada Waterstones Hive The Beechwood Airship Interviews: Amazon UK Amazon US Amazon Canada Waterstones Barnes & Noble Climbing Days: Amazon UK Amazon US Amazon Canada Waterstones Hive Outpost: Amazon UK Amazon US Amazon Canada Waterstones Hive Barnes & Noble I am an Amazon Associate and earn a small commission on qualifying purchases. Photograph used with the permission of the author.

Dan Richards is the co-author of Holloway (with Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood) and the author of The Beechwood Airship Interviews and Climbing Days. He has written for the Guardian, Harper’s Bazaar, Caught by the River, Monocle and the Quietus. He is an RLF Fellow at Bristol University. Dan's latest book is Outpost: A Journey to the Wild Ends of the Earth. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Alps have loomed large in the artistic imagination since the Romantic poets explored them in search of ‘the sublime'. Historian Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough talks to writer Abbie Garrington and climber Dan Richards. His book Climbing Days tells the life of his Great-Great Aunt, Dorothy Pilley, a pioneering woman climber, and reflects on the appeal of the mountains and how the landscape can be a force for creativity, in music and literature. Abbie Garrington, from Durham University, has a Leverhulme Research Fellowship to work on a literary history of mountaineering.Producer: Zahid Warley

Completing the 7 summits in the world in 42 days is only one of the many incredible things that Ac Sherpa has accomplished. I met Ac a few years ago when he was promoting International Sherpa guides at the NY Times travel show. Ac's humanitarian work and climbing the 7 summits is so incredible that I had to share his story with you! Ac was born in a small village in Nepal where he, along with many others in his town struggled daily. Ac then immigrated to the U.S. and lived with his brother but left home at the age of 13. Seeing the many struggles in Nepal, Ac decided to climb the 7 summits to raise awareness. Today Ac continues to do humanitarian work with the  7summitsfoundation.org where he provides education, health care, and homes for the people of Nepal. Sponsors: Skyscanner: Find the best deal on your next travel destination! Visit offbeatflight.com to learn more.    Don't forget to leave us a review! Text this podcast with a friend: itunes or iphone podcast app      

This month we talk literary peaks  and mighty vistas in some of our current favourites, starting with an interview with author Dan Richards. Dan is a long-time friend of Mr B's and author of Climbing Days, a remarkable journey in the foot-steps of the pioneering mountaineer Dorothy Pilley. Our Juliette Bottomley and Lucinda Corby also share some striking examples of novels in which mountains represent the utmost freedom as well as the depths of the underworld. Hosted by Jessica Johannesson Music by The Bookshop Band   Books and authors mentioned in this podcast: Climbing Days by Dan Richards Down to the Sea in Ships by Horatio Clare Trieste & The Meaning Of Nowhere by Jan Morris A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler Hell is Empty by Craig Johnson Mountains of the Mind by Robert MacFarlane

In the first of the Wales Arts Review Murenger Social live evenings, acclaimed author Dan Richards charmed the audience with an elegant, witty, and passionate account of his adventures. In Climbing Days, Dan Richards is on the trail of his great-great-aunt, Dorothy Pilley, a prominent and pioneering mountaineer of the early twentieth century. For years, Dorothy and her husband, I. A. Richards, remained mysterious to Dan, but the chance discovery of her 1935 memoir, Climbing Days, leads him on a journey. Perhaps, in the mountains, he can meet them halfway? Following in the pair's footholds, Dan begins to travel and climb across Europe, using Dorothy's book as a guide. Learning the ropes in Wales and Scotland, scrambling in the Lake District, scaling summits in Spain and Switzerland, he closes in on the serrate pinnacle of Ivor and Dorothy's climbing lives, the mighty Dent Blanche in the high Alps of Valais. What emerges is a beautiful portrait of a trailblazing woman, up to now lost to history - but also a book about that eternal question: why do people climb mountains?

Cal Flyn is a freelance journalist from the Highlands of Scotland. She has been a reporter for the Sunday Times and the Daily Telegraph, and a contributing editor at The Week magazine. She has been published in the New Statesman, The Observer, The Independent, Telegraph Magazine and FT Weekend, and won the 2013 Brandt/Independent on Sunday travel writing prize. Her first book is Thicker Than Water. Dan Richards studied at UEA and Norwich Arts School. He is co-author of Holloway with Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood, and The Beechwood Airship Interviews, a book about the creative process and the importance of art for art’s sake, which we talked about last year on Little Atoms. His latest book is Climbing Days. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Libby Purves meets illustrator and author Liz Pichon; pianist Melvyn Tan; travel writer Dan Richards and food writer Meera Sodha. Dan Richards is a travel writer. In his book Climbing Days, he is on the trail of his great-great aunt, Dorothy Pilley, a pioneering mountaineer of the early twentieth century. Using Dorothy's 1935 memoir Climbing Days as a guide, Dan begins to travel and climb across Europe, ending up at the serrate pinnacle of his aunt's climbing life, the mighty Dent Blanche in the high Alps of Valais. Climbing Days is published by Faber. Meera Sodha is a food writer and cook. In her book Fresh India she celebrates Indian vegetarian dishes. Many of the recipes were passed down through her family, her mother in particular who was brought up in Uganda but came to the UK after Idi Amin ordered the expulsion of the Asian minority in 1972. The recipes in Fresh India are inspired by Meera's childhood in Lincolnshire: by the rainbow chard that her aunt and uncle used to grow on their allotment, the cabbage that grew in fields behind her house and the mushrooms that were plentiful in her garden. Fresh India is published by Penguin. Melvyn Tan is British Singaporean-born pianist. To celebrate his 60th birthday this year he is exploring a new spectrum of compositions including a new score written for him by Jonathan Dove which he is including in his Cheltenham Music Festival recital. Born in Singapore, Melvyn came to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School at 12. In 1980 he made the decision to specialise in fortepiano and more recently began exploring works on the modern concert grand piano. Melvyn is performing at the Cheltenham Music Festival. Liz Pichon is an illustrator and author. Her 10th book in the Tom Gates series, Super Good Skills (Almost...), is a colourful doodle-your-own extravaganza. After studying graphic design Liz started her career in the music industry, working as an art director before turning her hand to the world of children's books. She later went on to create the bestselling Tom Gates series which has sold over 2m books in the UK alone and has been translated into more than 40 languages. Super Good Skills (Almost...) is published by Scholastic Children's Books. Producer: Paula McGinley.