18 episodes

A podcast from digital brand growth studio, Haus of Hiatus, to share first-hand accounts of real people balancing challenge, adversity, and purpose, with life, career, and family responsibilities.

Find out more at www.thetalesofadventure.com and www.hausofhiatus.com

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A podcast from digital brand growth studio, Haus of Hiatus, to share first-hand accounts of real people balancing challenge, adversity, and purpose, with life, career, and family responsibilities.

Find out more at www.thetalesofadventure.com and www.hausofhiatus.com

    Episode 18 ~ Hugh Keir, the power of group expeditions

    Episode 18 ~ Hugh Keir, the power of group expeditions

    In episode 18, I talk to Hugh Keir, a former Parachute regiment sniper, host of the H-Hour podcast and organiser of cool group expeditions that bring people together.We discuss the importance of community and how group expeditions can widen our personal and professional networks, making the stresses of life more manageable, what ‘Zillennials’ are, and how these things keep us sane when we pass 40.

    Around a ton of laughs, there is genuine ideas on how to get out of a rut if you’ve found yourself in one through life pressures.

     

    How to find him:

     

    Web: https://charliecharlieone.com

     

    X: https://twitter.com/HughKeir

     

    Insta: https://www.instagram.com/hhourpodcast

    • 47 min
    Episode 15 ~ Jo Bradshaw, Everest summiteer, and mountain guide

    Episode 15 ~ Jo Bradshaw, Everest summiteer, and mountain guide

    In episode 15, I interview Jo Bradshaw, a mountain guide and Everest summiteer who’s one mountain away from completing the Seven Summits challenge to fundraise for ‘Place2Be’, a children’s mental health charity.

     

    In the episode, she tells me how she started her adventurous on a bike ride in Peru in 2004, when she cycled over 500km from Lake Titicaca to Machu Picchu in Peru, to having just one climb left to join the Messner group of those that’ve stood atop the seven summits (the highest peak on each of the continents)!

     

    Having just got back from a successful summit of Toubkal in Morocco, and Antarctica before that (to strip and repaint Damoy Hut, aka “the world’s most southerly waiting room”!)  she shares her story of how she transitioned from a life as a business advisor in Buckinghamshire, halving her salary, selling her fancy 4x4, and renting out her house to move to Wiltshire, to join a small adventure consultancy in midst of the 2007 / 2008 global financial crisis (GFC).



     

    How to find her

     

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_jobradshaw/

     

    Website: https://www.jobradshaw.co.uk

     

    Place2Be

     

    https://www.instagram.com/_place2be/

     

    https://www.place2be.org.uk

    • 1 hr 16 min
    Episode 17 ~ Sam Sidiqi, the first Afghan to summit Mount Everest

    Episode 17 ~ Sam Sidiqi, the first Afghan to summit Mount Everest

    In this episode, I talk to Sam Sidiqi, now the first Afghan mountaineer to summit Everest!

     

    After interviewing him on Episode 11 of the Tales of Adventure podcast (which you can listen to here), his remarkable determination and achievement serves as an inspiring message to the youth of Afghanistan, encouraging them to believe in their own capabilities and strive for greatness.

     

    Motivated by his passion to foster mountain sports in Afghanistan, Sam embarked on his Everest expedition with the aim of raising awareness and generating funds for the development of skiing and mountaineering particularly in the remote highland regions. Through his charitable trust, Afghan Peaks, Sidiqi seeks to unlock the immense potential of Afghanistan's breath-taking mountains.

     

    Reflecting on his monumental summit, Sam expressed his desire to empower Afghan boys and girls, instilling in them the belief that they can accomplish anything they set their minds to. Despite the challenges that Afghanistan has faced over the past decades, Sam believes the country possesses boundless potential for growth. Through hard work and unwavering determination, he aims to pave the way for a prosperous future.

     

    Links:

    1.     https://www.afghanpeaks.org

     

    2.     https://www.instagram.com/afghanpeaks/

     

    3.     https://www.facebook.com/AfghanPeaks

     

    • 1 hr 26 min
    Episode 16 ~ Hari Budha Magar and Justin Oliver Davies, a pair of adaptive athletes aiming to summit Everest

    Episode 16 ~ Hari Budha Magar and Justin Oliver Davies, a pair of adaptive athletes aiming to summit Everest

    In episode 16, I interview Hari Budha Magar and Justin Oliver Davies, a pair of adaptive athletes aiming to summit Mount Everest!

     

    In the episode recorded in 2021, they tell me about their experience climbing Kilimanjaro, the narrow bosses ridgeline on the way to the Mont Blanc summit, the difficulties of finding prosthetics for mountaineering, and how they plan to tackle the challenge of summiting Mount Everest!

     

    Special thanks to Alec Seaman and Darren Coventry at BFBS Creative for helping to record the audio for this interview.

     

     

    How to find them

     

    https://www.haribudhamagar.com

     

    https://www.justinoliverdavis.com

    • 51 min
    Episode 14 ~ Wendy Searle, polar expedition leader, speechwriter, and the 7th woman in history to ski solo to the South Pole

    Episode 14 ~ Wendy Searle, polar expedition leader, speechwriter, and the 7th woman in history to ski solo to the South Pole

    In episode 14, I talk to Wendy Searle, who in January 2020, became the 7th Woman in history to ski solo to the South Pole. Now, she’s a polar expedition leader, speechwriter, an inspirational speaker on adventure and mental resilience, and also a mother of four.

    In the episode, Wendy highlights she had a relatively ordinary existence until 2015, when she met a team going to Antarctica. Afterwards, she began to wonder if someone with no experience, time, or money, could successfully complete a Polar expedition. An almost impossible challenge.

    Her story is one of the highs and lows of training with the dedication of an Olympic athlete, how she completed a fully unsupported crossing of Greenland, raised tens of thousands of pounds to fund the trip, and juggling the commitments of everyday life.

    She also offers insight into how to cope in the most difficult of situations, how to build mental resilience, and offers life lessons from the edge of existence.



    Image credit: Richard Grassie / Compeed / Shackleton



    Social media:

    https://www.instagram.com/betweensnowandsky/

    https://twitter.com/betweensnowsky?lang=en

    Web:

    https://southpole2020.com

    https://shackleton.com/en-ee/blogs/articles/wendy-searle-she-who-dares

    https://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/wendy-searle/

    • 52 min
    Episode 13 ~ Nick Spicer FRGS, a business founder, father, and disaster response volunteer aiming to complete the infamous Yukon 1000, a self-supported pairs canoe race through the US wilderness

    Episode 13 ~ Nick Spicer FRGS, a business founder, father, and disaster response volunteer aiming to complete the infamous Yukon 1000, a self-supported pairs canoe race through the US wilderness

    In episode 13, I talk to Nick Spicer FRGS, a father, disaster response volunteer, and founder of renewable energy company, YourEco, about his personal goal of completing the Yukon 1000, a race held in the remote backcountries of the US and Canada that ends inside the Arctic circle, and is completed in pairs using either sea kayaks, canoes, or stand-up paddleboard, in under 10 days.

    We discuss his experiences on other big endurance events (such as the Marathon des Sables, Brutal iron-distance triathlon, and ultramarathons), how he balances personal adventure goals whilst having a family and running a business, how to train when you’ve got a busy lifestyle, and what he plans to do to keep his life vibrant as he enters his forties.



    Instagram:

    https://www.instagram.com/yukon1000race/

    https://www.instagram.com/your_eco_/

    https://instagram.com/reduce_our_carbon_foundation



    Web:

    https://www.yukon1000.org

    https://www.yourecouk.com

    https://reduceourcarbon.org

    Charity fundraising page: https://express.adobe.com/page/9aYvoTiBt0zGc/

    • 49 min

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