#20 The fall, part II
Jackie Greaves survives for two nights during a big winter storm. She’s finally found by a search and rescue dog, bundled into a helicopter...
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Mountain
A show about adventure in wild places. Stories of climbers, explorers and those that go to the hills to go home. Hosted by Christopher Sleight.
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20 episodes#19 The fall, part I
February, 1994. The Cairngorms are in the grip of an Arctic storm. Alone and in a whiteout, Jackie Greaves strays out on to a cornice. Secon...
#18 Where the road runs out
Bikepacking coast-to-coast across Scotland. Adventure cyclist Lee Craigie loves to ride her bike, but when the road ends and the trail begin...
#17 In footsteps
There are days in the mountains that have you hiding behind rocks to get out of the relentless wind. Days when you tug your hood over your f...
#16 A quarry full of ghosts
Even small hills have secrets. A chance discovery on a mountain walk leads to a hidden tunnel entrance and an abandoned village. Music Cloud...
#15 The scream
Ben Nevis, February 2015. Climbers on Ben Nevis are enjoying some of the best ice conditions in decades. And then a chilling scream cuts thr...
#14 This is Mountain
The best moments from the first year of the Mountain podcast. Music Hands of Time by Amy Sayer. All the other music used is credited on the...
#13 The famous first screech
Adventurer Alastair Humphreys has cycled around the world, walked across deserts and rowed the Atlantic. His last expedition was a simple wa...
#12 The hills I call home: Arran
We all love to explore new places, but most of us also have some hills we call home. For Kirstie Smith, it’s the heart of the northern mount...
#11 Race on the edge
Beach, bog, mountain and sea. Triathletes Cat Morrison and Caroline Wallace take on one of the UK’s toughest adventure races through one of...
#10 Lomond the long way
Get up early, grab a bike and take a look round the back of your favourite hill. You might be surprised at what you find. Music Cycling Thro...
#9 A last letter home
North-east Afghanistan, July 2010. On the edge of the Little Pamir range, in a tiny village surrounded by mountains, a phone call changes ev...
#8 Mountain shorts: The Auch Jig
A bonus episode, with more from fiddle player Siobhan Anderson on how she chose the music for episode 7 – and her deep family links to Beinn...
#7 Seat of all seats
With modern maps, GPS and aerial photography, we like to think we know the hills better than anyone. But open an Ordnance Survey map of any...
#6 A journey inwards
Assynt, in the far north-west of Scotland, is one of the world’s most startling landscapes. Shark’s fin mountains rise vertically from a pla...
#5 The Angel of Camasunary
Skye, late September 1981. A young woman sits in a dark bothy, staring into a fire. A pair of flimsy shoes are propped next to her, drying i...
#4 Every mountaineer loves a ridge
As the climber Mo Anthoine used to say, sometimes you have to feed the rat. After a winter indoors editing podcast episodes about other peop...
#3 A call for help
On 19th May 2015, Adrian Oram was traversing a section of the Cuillin Ridge with his novice climbing partner Mike. The ridge was harder than...
#2 The definition of adventure
It’s Easter Saturday, 1998. Two climbers are alone in a tiny tent in an isolated Himalayan valley. There’s a gnawing cold and the snow condi...
#1 A day at the skyrace
Inside the mind of elite mountain runner Joe Symonds, as he takes on Scotland’s first skyrace – a 50 km route over summits and along ridges...
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