Mountaineering
The Documentary Podcast. Leo Houlding, Rock Climber. Audio, 28 minutes
How a hallucinogenic ceremony led to an attempt to climb Cerro Autana in Venezuela
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- Posted22 December 2017
Slow Radio. Sounds of a mountain climb in the Lake District. Audio, 25 minutes
The poet Helen Mort and her friend Andrew set off on a climb up Middle Fell Buttress.
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Open Country. Climbing High Pike with Sir Chris Bonington. Audio, 25 minutes
Mountaineer Chris Bonington takes Helen Mark to his favourite view in the Lake District.
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Sporting Witness. The Climbing Pioneer Who Conquered El Capitan. Audio, 9 minutes
Lynn Hill was first to free-climb 'The Nose', 3,000ft of vertical granite wall
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- Posted28 October 2017
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- Posted3 October 2017
Give Me Space Below My Feet. Audio, 30 minutes
Is it possible to take 93-year-old mountaineer Gwen Moffat climbing again?
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Sporting Witness. Alison Hargreaves. Audio, 9 minutes
Memories of the great British woman mountaineer killed in the Himalayas in August 1995.
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Short Cuts. Series 13, Afterimage. Audio, 30 minutes
Josie Long explores encounters which leave an indelible imprint.
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Ramblings. Series 32, Loughrigg Fell - Simon Ingram. Audio, 23 minutes
Clare Balding walks up Loughrigg Fellm near Grasmere, with the writer Simon Ingram.
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One to One. Steve Backshall meets Leo Houlding. Audio, 15 minutes
Steve Backshall speaks to professional rock climber Leo Houlding.
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Great Lives. Ian McKellen on Edmund Hillary. Audio, 25 minutes
Sir Ian McKellen nominates mountaineer Edmund Hillary as his inspirational figure.
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The Why Factor. Mountains. Audio, 18 minutes
What draws people to mountains and take risks scaling dangerous peaks?
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Desert Island Discs. Conrad Anker. Audio, 45 minutes
Conrad Anker, mountaineer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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Twenty Minutes. The Ascent of Mount Ventoux. Audio, 1200 minutes
Petrarch's account of how he and his brother once set out to climb a mountain in Provence.
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Great Lives. Hermann Buhl. Audio, 30 minutes
Mountaineer Joe Simpson takes up the cause of the pioneering Austrian climber Hermann Buhl
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