Inspiring Adventure by Vertebrate Publishing
Inspiring Adventure is the official podcast from Vertebrate Publishing and we hope that our episodes help inspire you to seek your own adventures. We want to connect all – young and old – with the outdoors and the positive impact it can have on well-being. We think it’s particularly important that young people get outside and explore the natural world. At Vertebrate Publishing we publish award winning books to inspire adventure. It’s our rule that the only books we publish are those that we’d want to read or use ourselves; beautiful books that stand the test of time and that you’ll be proud to have on your bookshelf for years to come. Everyone in the Vertebrate Publishing team are driven by their own passion for the outdoors, for exploration and for the natural world. Now we're sharing that passion with listeners as well as readers! Our podcast host is Rae Helm. She spent her great swathes of her childhood out in the UK's first National Park, the Peak District, making escapades in the outdoors a favourite pastime. That could mean climbing with the family along Stanage, camping in Snowdonia or striding along the Cotswolds - she's always looking for the next adventure! Visit our website: https://bit.ly/2pDUU3n
Episodes
In the summer of 2012, a team of six climbers set out to attempt the first ascent of one of the great unclimbed lines of the Himalaya – the giant Mazeno Ridge on Nanga Parbat, the world’s ninth highest mountain. At ten kilometres in length, the Mazeno is the longest route to the summit of an 8,000-metre peak. Ten expeditions had tried and failed to climb this enormous ridge. Eleven days later two of the team, Sandy Allan and Rick A...
We are all climbing where we are and with the gear we use in no small part due to Tony Howard’s quest for adventure.
Tony Howard rose to fame in 1965 as a member of a group of young climbers from northern England who made the first British ascent of Norway’s Troll Wall; a climb described by Joe Brown as, ‘One of the greatest ever achievements by British rock climbers’. Tony went on to design the modern sit harness, now used universa...
‘When an accident occurs, something may emerge of lasting value, for the human spirit may rise to its greatest heights. This happened on Haramosh.’
The Last Blue Mountain is the heart-rending true story of the 1957 expedition to Mount Haramosh in the Karakoram range in Pakistan. With the summit beyond reach, four young climbers are about to return to camp. Their brief pause to enjoy the view and take photographs is interrupted by an...
'Even the most casual reader among you will by now have worked out that the whole thing is little more than a delightful ruse for having a very good time.'
Experienced climber Charles Sherwood is on a quest to find the best climb on each continent. He eschews the traditional Seven Summits, where height alone is the determining factor, and instead considers mountaineering challenge, natural beauty and historical context, ai...
‘It’s a preposterous plan. Still, if you do get up it, it’ll be the hardest thing that’s been done in the Himalayas.’
So spoke Chris Bonington when Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker presented him with their plan to tackle the unclimbed West Wall of Changabang – the Shining Mountain – in 1976. Bonington’s was one of the more positive responses; most felt the climb impossibly hard, especially for a two-man, lightweight expedition. This wa...
This week's episode features a chapter from the award winning Tides by Nick Bullock.
- Winner: Mountain Literature Award, Banff Mountain Book Festival 2018
- Shortlisted for the 2018 Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature
Nick Bullock is a climber who lives in a small green van, flitting between Llanberis, Wales, and Chamonix in the French Alps. Tides, Nick’s second book, is the much-anticipated follow-up to his crit...
Welcome to Episode 30, the final chapter of the Shrine Bell Story Time podcast!
I have loved reading to you everyday, and I hope you've really enjoyed the “poptastic” Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson. These episodes will continue to be available on the Inspiring Adventure Podcast and via our website.
You can buy Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson from th...
Welcome to Episode 29 of the brand new Shrine Bell Story Time podcast!
Everyday there will be a new chapter of the “poptastic” Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson. The special episodes will be available on the Inspiring Adventure Podcast, via our website and on our YouTube channel from 5pm every day.
You can buy Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson from the Shrine...
Welcome to Episode 28 of the brand new Shrine Bell Story Time podcast!
Everyday there will be a new chapter of the “poptastic” Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson. The special episodes will be available on the Inspiring Adventure Podcast, via our website and on our YouTube channel from 5pm every day.
You can buy Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson from the Shrine...
In 1986, the legendary fell runner Joss Naylor completed a continuous circuit of all 214 Wainwright fells in the Lake District, covering a staggering distance of over 300 miles – plus many thousands of metres of ascent – in only seven days and one hour.
Those in the know thought that this record would never be beaten. It is the ultimate British ultramarathon. The person taking on this superhuman challenge would have to be willing to...
Welcome to Episode 27 of the brand new Shrine Bell Story Time podcast!
Everyday there will be a new chapter of the “poptastic” Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson. The special episodes will be available on the Inspiring Adventure Podcast, via our website and on our YouTube channel from 5pm every day.
You can buy Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson from the Shrine...
Welcome to Episode 26 of the brand new Shrine Bell Story Time podcast!
Everyday there will be a new chapter of the “poptastic” Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson. The special episodes will be available on the Inspiring Adventure Podcast, via our website and on our YouTube channel from 5pm every day.
You can buy Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson from the Shrine...
Welcome to Episode 25 of the brand new Shrine Bell Story Time podcast!
Everyday there will be a new chapter of the “poptastic” Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson. The special episodes will be available on the Inspiring Adventure Podcast, via our website and on our YouTube channel from 5pm every day.
You can buy Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson from the Shrine...
Welcome to Episode 24 of the brand new Shrine Bell Story Time podcast!
Everyday there will be a new chapter of the “poptastic” Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson. The special episodes will be available on the Inspiring Adventure Podcast, via our website and on our YouTube channel from 5pm every day.
You can buy Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson from the Shrine...
Welcome to Episode 23 of the brand new Shrine Bell Story Time podcast!
Everyday there will be a new chapter of the “poptastic” Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson. The special episodes will be available on the Inspiring Adventure Podcast, via our website and on our YouTube channel from 5pm every day.
You can buy Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson from the Shrine...
Welcome to Episode 22 of the brand new Shrine Bell Story Time podcast!
Everyday there will be a new chapter of the “poptastic” Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson. The special episodes will be available on the Inspiring Adventure Podcast, via our website and on our YouTube channel from 5pm every day.
You can buy Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson from the Shrine...
Welcome to Episode 21 of the brand new Shrine Bell Story Time podcast!
Everyday there will be a new chapter of the “poptastic” Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson. The special episodes will be available on the Inspiring Adventure Podcast, via our website and on our YouTube channel from 5pm every day.
You can buy Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson from the Shrine...
The wonderful John D. Burns reads an extract from Wild Country - The man who made Friends.
In early 1978, an extraordinary new invention for rock climbers was featured on the BBC television science show Tomorrow's World. It was called the 'Friend', and it not only made the sport safer, it helped push the limits of the possible. The company that made them was called Wild Country, the brainchild of Mark Valla...
Welcome to Episode 20 of the brand new Shrine Bell Story Time podcast!
Everyday there will be a new chapter of the “poptastic” Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson. The special episodes will be available on the Inspiring Adventure Podcast, via our website and on our YouTube channel from 5pm every day.
You can buy Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson from the Shrine...
Welcome to Episode 19 of the brand new Shrine Bell Story Time podcast!
Everyday there will be a new chapter of the “poptastic” Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson. The special episodes will be available on the Inspiring Adventure Podcast, via our website and on our YouTube channel from 5pm every day.
You can buy Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite by Matt Dickinson from the Shrine...
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