The Ultimate Adventure Travel Podcast

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The Ultimate Adventure Travel Podcast is the show for people who want more from their travels than just ticking off the sights. Hosted by expedition leader and Ultimate Adventure Travel founder Jake Field, this weekly podcast is your guide to unforgettable group adventures — from Kilimanjaro and the Inca Trail to Everest Base Camp and beyond. Whether you’re preparing for your first big trip or looking to push your limits on your next one, you’ll find expert advice, real stories, and practical tips to help you get adventure-ready — physically, mentally, and logistically. Expect inspiring guests, honest insights, and plenty of motivation to get outside your comfort zone — and into the wild — with a group of like-minded people by your side.

  1. 1d ago

    The Adventure You Keep Putting Off: How to Finally Make It Happen

    “I’d love to do it, but…” Get fitter first. Find someone to go with. Wait until next year. Sound familiar? In this episode, I explore what’s keeping your dream adventure on hold and how to turn it into a realistic plan. We cover: Understanding what you actually want from your trip.Assessing your fitness and giving yourself time to prepare.Joining a group when nobody you know wants to come.Budgeting for flights, kit and the extras.Comparing adventure companies and knowing what to ask.Whether you’re thinking about Kilimanjaro, Everest Base Camp or your first overseas trek, leave with a clear next step towards making it happen. Explore our adventures and get in touch: https://www.ultimateadventuretravel.co.uk/ Take the Ultimate Readiness Quiz  Ultimate Guide Links;  Get the Free Adventure Travel Starter Pack  Get the Kilimanjaro Guide  Get the Everest Base Camp Guide  Get the Mount Toubkal Guide  Instagram https://www.ultimateadventuretravel.co.uk/

    The Adventure You Keep Putting Off: How to Finally Make It Happen

  2. Oct 13

    K2: The Savage Mountain | Why It’s Harder Than Everest

    Everest is higher, but what makes K2 such a formidable climb? In this episode, Jake explores the world’s second-highest mountain, from the remote trek to base camp to the technical skills and judgement needed above it. Discover the stories behind the 1953 rescue attempt, the first successful ascent in 1954 and the devastating 2008 disaster. Jake also shares his thoughts on Apple TV’s The Last First: Winter K2, which follows the historic 2021 winter season. Along the way, we explore teamwork, summit pressure and why getting home safely matters more than reaching the top. Thinking about your own adventure? Take the Adventure Readiness Quiz via the link in our social media bios. Explore our trips: https://www.ultimateadventuretravel.co.uk Enjoyed the episode? Follow the podcast and leave a rating or review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Take the Ultimate Readiness Quiz  Ultimate Guide Links;  Get the Free Adventure Travel Starter Pack  Get the Kilimanjaro Guide  Get the Everest Base Camp Guide  Get the Mount Toubkal Guide  Instagram https://www.ultimateadventuretravel.co.uk/

    K2: The Savage Mountain | Why It’s Harder Than Everest

  3. Oct 6

    Do You Need Expensive Hiking Gear? What to Buy, Borrow or Hire

    Replacing my worn-out trail shoes got me thinking about how much I spent on kit when I first started guiding, and what I’d do differently now. In this episode, I share where I’d invest, where I’d save and which items I’d hire for a first expedition. We cover: Hiking boots versus trail shoes, and why fit matters.What you get from a more expensive waterproof.Building a layering system using clothing you already own.Choosing sleeping bags and rucksacks without overspending.When premium upgrades are worth the money.With examples from Kilimanjaro, Everest Base Camp, Morocco and Peru, this is a practical guide to getting equipped without letting the shopping list put you off your adventure. Explore our trips or get in touch with a kit question: ultimateadventuretravel.co.uk Take the Ultimate Readiness Quiz  Ultimate Guide Links;  Get the Free Adventure Travel Starter Pack  Get the Kilimanjaro Guide  Get the Everest Base Camp Guide  Get the Mount Toubkal Guide  Instagram https://www.ultimateadventuretravel.co.uk/

    Do You Need Expensive Hiking Gear? What to Buy, Borrow or Hire

  4. Sep 29

    What’s in My Adventure Travel First Aid Kit? | Altitude, Blisters, Hydration & More

    What should actually be in your first aid kit for an adventure trek? And what happens if you get ill halfway up a mountain? This week, I’m breaking down the health and medical side of adventure travel, based on what I’ve learnt from years of leading expeditions. We cover: • What to pack in your personal first aid kit • Blisters and foot care • Hydration and electrolytes • Stomach problems • Sun protection at altitude • Travel insurance and vaccinations • Fitness and acclimatisation • Why fit people can still struggle at altitude • Summit fever and knowing when to turn around • What happens when somebody gets ill on an expedition I also share a few real examples from Everest Base Camp, Mount Toubkal and other trips I’ve led. PLUS: Book a 2027 Everest Base Camp, Kilimanjaro, Mount Toubkal or Machu Picchu trip with Ultimate Adventure Travel during our current offer and you’ll receive a professional training plan from The Altitude Centre, worth £120, included with your trip. Explore our trips: ultimateadventuretravel.co.uk Take the free Adventure Readiness Assessment: This episode is for general information and is not individual medical advice. Speak to an appropriate healthcare professional for personal medical or travel health advice. Take the Ultimate Readiness Quiz  Ultimate Guide Links;  Get the Free Adventure Travel Starter Pack  Get the Kilimanjaro Guide  Get the Everest Base Camp Guide  Get the Mount Toubkal Guide  Instagram https://www.ultimateadventuretravel.co.uk/

    What’s in My Adventure Travel First Aid Kit? | Altitude, Blisters, Hydration & More

  5. Sep 22

    My Top Adventure Travel Tips After 8 Years Leading Expeditions

    What actually makes an expedition easier? Often, it’s the little things you sort out before you leave. In this episode, I’m bringing together the tips I’ve picked up over eight years of leading trips around the world. Some are practical lessons I learned the hard way, including what happened when my water froze on a Kilimanjaro summit night. Others are things I see travellers overlook again and again. We’ll cover how to choose a trip you’ll enjoy beyond the finish line, train for what you’ll actually be doing, test your kit, dress for changing conditions and keep your bag organised when you’re tired. I also talk about travel insurance, what to tell your guide, travelling solo with a group and leaving enough room in your plans for the unexpected. Whether you’re preparing for your first adventure or you’ve already got a few expeditions behind you, I hope there’s something here that makes your next trip better. Take the free Ultimate Adventure Travel Readiness Quiz It takes around three minutes and helps you see which parts of your trip preparation are in good shape and where you might need to spend a little more time. If you enjoyed the episode and would like a part two, let me know. You can also listen to last week’s episode about our new Bear Grylls Sahara to Summit expedition. Take the Ultimate Readiness Quiz  Ultimate Guide Links;  Get the Free Adventure Travel Starter Pack  Get the Kilimanjaro Guide  Get the Everest Base Camp Guide  Get the Mount Toubkal Guide  Instagram https://www.ultimateadventuretravel.co.uk/

    My Top Adventure Travel Tips After 8 Years Leading Expeditions

  6. Sep 15

    Bear Grylls’ Sahara to Summit: A Brand-New Survival Expedition

    What if you could trek through the Sahara Desert, learn genuine survival skills and then finish the expedition on the summit of North Africa’s highest mountain? In this episode, Jake announces a brand-new eight-day expedition created by Ultimate Adventure Travel in partnership with the Bear Grylls Survival Academy. Departing on 3 May 2027, Sahara to Summit will take a limited group into two dramatically different environments. You will begin among the dunes of the Sahara, learning practical survival skills from a Bear Grylls Survival Academy lead instructor, before travelling into the High Atlas Mountains to attempt the summit of Mount Toubkal at 4,167 metres. Jake reveals how the expedition was created, what participants will experience and why combining the desert and mountains makes this far more than a conventional trekking holiday. In this episode:  The story behind the Bear Grylls Survival Academy partnership  What the eight-day Sahara to Summit expedition involves  Trekking and camping beneath the stars in the Sahara  Navigation, shelter, fire-lighting and water management  Traditional desert knowledge from the local Moroccan team  Leadership, teamwork and decision-making under pressure  Moving from desert heat into the High Atlas Mountains  Attempting the summit of Mount Toubkal  How difficult the expedition will be  The fitness and experience you will need  What participants can expect to take away from the experience  How to register your interest and secure a place You do not need to be an experienced mountaineer or survival expert. You will need a reasonable level of fitness, a willingness to learn and the determination to keep going when things become uncomfortable. This is the first expedition of its kind and there will be just one departure in 2027, with places available on a first-come, first-served basis. Departure: 3 May 2027 Duration: Eight days Location: Sahara Desert and High Atlas Mountains, Morocco Challenge: Trek the Sahara, learn practical survival skills and attempt Mount Toubkal at 4,167 metres Find the full itinerary and register your interest here:  If you are interested but unsure whether you have the fitness or experience required, contact Jake directly to arrange a conversation. A 10% deposit secures your place, with flexible monthly payment options available. View The Trip Here Take the Ultimate Readiness Quiz  Ultimate Guide Links;  Get the Free Adventure Travel Starter Pack  Get the Kilimanjaro Guide  Get the Everest Base Camp Guide  Get the Mount Toubkal Guide  Instagram https://www.ultimateadventuretravel.co.uk/

    Bear Grylls’ Sahara to Summit: A Brand-New Survival Expedition

  7. Sep 8

    Lewis and Clark Part Two: Across the Rockies to the Pacific

    Lewis has reached the Continental Divide, expecting to find a river that will carry the expedition towards the Pacific. Instead, he looks out across mountain range after mountain range. The route they were sent to find does not exist. In the second half of the Lewis and Clark story, the Corps of Discovery must find horses, cross the Rocky Mountains before winter and somehow survive as its food begins to disappear. With help from the Shoshone, Sacagawea is unexpectedly reunited with her brother, and an elderly guide called Old Toby leads the expedition into the Bitterroot Mountains. What follows is one of the most desperate sections of the entire journey. The men become cold, exhausted and dangerously hungry, eventually killing their horses for food. After reaching the Pacific, they must then turn around and make the entire journey home. In this episode:  Sacagawea’s extraordinary reunion with her brother  Negotiating with the Shoshone for horses  Following Old Toby into the Bitterroot Mountains  Starvation, snow and eating horses to survive  How the Nez Perce helped save the expedition  Running dangerous rapids towards the Pacific  The Corps finally reaching the ocean  The remarkable vote involving Sacagawea and York  A wet and miserable winter at Fort Clatsop  The difficult journey back across the continent  Lewis and Clark splitting the expedition  The deadly confrontation with the Blackfeet  Lewis being accidentally shot by one of his own men  The Corps returning to St Louis after being presumed dead  What happened to Lewis, Clark, Sacagawea, York and Pomp  Whether the expedition should really be considered a success  The complicated legacy it left behind Lewis and Clark failed to find the water route Thomas Jefferson wanted, but they returned with maps, journals and scientific records from an 8,000-mile expedition across the continent. It remains an extraordinary story of exploration, survival and adaptation, but also one with consequences that cannot be separated from the expansion that followed. If you enjoyed this two-part series, please follow The Ultimate Adventure Travel Podcast and leave a rating or review. It only takes a couple of minutes and helps more people discover the show. Take the Ultimate Readiness Quiz  Ultimate Guide Links;  Get the Free Adventure Travel Starter Pack  Get the Kilimanjaro Guide  Get the Everest Base Camp Guide  Get the Mount Toubkal Guide  Instagram https://www.ultimateadventuretravel.co.uk/

    Lewis and Clark Part Two: Across the Rockies to the Pacific

  8. Sep 1

    Lewis and Clark Part One: 8,000 Miles Into the Unknown

    In 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set off across an America that remained largely unknown to the government sending them. Their mission was to follow the Missouri River, find a practical route to the Pacific Ocean and return with maps, scientific discoveries and information about the lands and people they encountered. The problem was that nobody knew whether the route they were searching for actually existed. In the first half of this incredible expedition story, we meet the people who formed the Corps of Discovery, including Sacagawea, York and Lewis’s Newfoundland dog, Seaman. We follow the expedition upstream against the Missouri, through dangerous encounters, freezing winters, charging grizzly bears and a near-disastrous capsizing that almost destroyed their records. Then Lewis reaches the Continental Divide and discovers the truth. Instead of the easy river route they expected, he finds mountain range after mountain range stretching towards the horizon. In this episode:  Why Thomas Jefferson commissioned the expedition  The partnership between Meriwether Lewis and William Clark  How the Corps prepared for an expedition into the unknown  The complicated stories of Sacagawea and York  Dragging heavily loaded boats against the Missouri River  The expedition’s first and only death  The vital knowledge provided by Indigenous nations  The confrontation with the Lakota that nearly became violent  Surviving winter at Fort Mandan  Sacagawea’s introduction to the expedition  Encounters with grizzly bears  The capsized boat that nearly destroyed the mission  The month-long struggle around the Great Falls  Lewis’s discovery that the expected water route to the Pacific did not exist Part one ends at Lemhi Pass, with winter approaching, supplies running low and the most dangerous part of the expedition still ahead. Part two continues next week as the Corps searches for horses, enters the Rocky Mountains and attempts to reach the Pacific. If you enjoyed this episode, please follow The Ultimate Adventure Travel Podcast and leave a rating or review. It only takes a couple of minutes and makes a huge difference to the podcast. Take the Ultimate Readiness Quiz  Ultimate Guide Links;  Get the Free Adventure Travel Starter Pack  Get the Kilimanjaro Guide  Get the Everest Base Camp Guide  Get the Mount Toubkal Guide  Instagram https://www.ultimateadventuretravel.co.uk/

    Lewis and Clark Part One: 8,000 Miles Into the Unknown
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The Ultimate Adventure Travel Podcast is the show for people who want more from their travels than just ticking off the sights. Hosted by expedition leader and Ultimate Adventure Travel founder Jake Field, this weekly podcast is your guide to unforgettable group adventures — from Kilimanjaro and the Inca Trail to Everest Base Camp and beyond. Whether you’re preparing for your first big trip or looking to push your limits on your next one, you’ll find expert advice, real stories, and practical tips to help you get adventure-ready — physically, mentally, and logistically. Expect inspiring guests, honest insights, and plenty of motivation to get outside your comfort zone — and into the wild — with a group of like-minded people by your side.

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