Adventure Diaries: Exploration, Survival & Travel Stories

🎙️ Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It really helps the show, Thanks! What does it take to survive the extremes—not just of the wild, nature, but of pressure, fatigue, and the unpredictable? In this episode, I sit down with Megan Hine , one of the most trusted survival consultants, expedition leaders, and adventure safety producers on the planet.  From guiding A-list cel...

Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It Really helps the show, Thanks! What if the heart of adventure isn’t in conquering landscapes, but in the friendships you forge along the way? In this episode, expedition cyclist and filmmaker Gerhard Czerner joins us to reflect on what it really means to travel deeply—where human connection becomes the compass and the journey is shared...

Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It Really helps the show, Thanks! What happens when a bear sneaks up behind you—while you’re mid-squat in the Alaskan wilderness? For Erin Ranney, it's just another story from the field. In this episode RECAP, Erin—wildlife cinematographer, conservationist, and chicken-showing champion! —joins us for a conversation that blends humour...

Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It Really helps the show, Thanks! How do you balance big dreams with grounded impact? In this episode, polar explorer, army veteran, entrepreneur, and adventurer Justin Packshaw reminds us that change—both personal and planetary—begins with a bold step, a bit of discipline, and a deep belief in what’s possible. LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE...

Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It Really helps the show, Thanks! Adventure doesn’t always require plane tickets and summit selfies. Sometimes it starts with a ferry, a friend, and the commitment to pass on what you’ve learned. In this episode, adventurer, author, and advocate Lauren Roerick shares what happens when you stay local, go slow, and share the wild with someo...

Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It Really helps the show, Thanks! What if your next great adventure isn't out there waiting—but already inside you? In this recap episode, outdoor enthusiast and founder of the True North Project, Deon Barrett, joins us to remind us that adventure doesn’t need to be epic—it just needs to be honest. Deon’s call to adventure is disarmi...

Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - it really helps surface the show to a wider audience (which i thank you for!) What does it feel like to immersive in the landscape, to meet strangers with no barriers, to carry your home on your back and sleep under the stars? In this recap episode, adventurer and Desert Island Survival founder Tom Williams joins us to explore the raw int...

Please click here to 'Follow' the show - it really helps get the show to a wider audience What if adventure wasn’t something distant or dramatic—but something you could claim this Saturday? David Haze, known as The Nomadic Paddler , believes that adventure isn’t about the epic—it’s about the everyday. In this episode, he reminds us that you don’t need to cross oceans to find purpose. You...

🎙️ Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It really helps the show, Thanks! What does it mean to truly explore—not just terrain, but trust, time, and human connection? In this episode, legendary explorer and storyteller Benedict Allen joins us to reflect on a life shaped not by conquest, but by curiosity and community. LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE Benedict doesn’t chase adv...

🎙️ Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It really helps the show, Thanks! In this conversation, we journey with Alice Morrison—broadcaster, adventurer, and storyteller—as she reflects on what it means to begin, to belong, and to believe in something greater than yourself. LISTEN TO THE GULL EPISODE HERE Alice's pay-it-forward takes us to Uganda, where her heart remains...

🎙️ Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It really helps the show, Thanks! In this recap episode, we meet Mark Agnew—Arctic rower, endurance adventurer, and advocate for mental health through nature. Mark takes us behind the oars of his record-breaking journey through the Northwest Passage, sharing what brought him there, what nearly broke him, and what continues to carry him...

Please click here to 'Follow' the show - it really helps get the show to a wider audience In this gentle close to our episode, I sit down with Valerie Gagné, better known as The Running Panda, to reflect on what it means to find adventure close to home and give back to the communities that shape us. LISTEN TO FULL EPISODE HERE For Valerie, the pay-it-forward moment is clear: Impossible2P...

🎙️ Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It really helps the show, Thanks! In this vivid close to our conversation, explorer and wilderness guide Anders Anderson shares a heartfelt call to adventure – one that goes beyond thrill-seeking and into the soul of the rainforest. LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE Anders urges listeners to travel with intention: to seek out the deep, b...

🎙️ Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It really helps the show, Thanks! In this RECAP EPISODE, I sit down with former Royal Marine and adventurer Mitch Hutchcraft before he completed what's been dubbed the "world's longest triathlon." Over 240 days, Mitch swam the English Channel, cycled nearly 12,000 km across 19 countries, ran 900 km to Kathmandu, and...

🎙️ Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It really helps the show, Thanks! In this RECAP EPISOE ( listen to the full episode here) , filmmaker and expedition leader Matt Pycroft shares two closing reflections that land like calls to both action and awareness. The first—a Call to Adventure —challenges how we define the word “adventure” itself. Matt offers a twofold prompt: shi...

🎙️ Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It really helps the show, Thanks! In this closing chapter of our conversation on SEASON 3 Episode 1 ( LISTEN TO FULL EPISODE HERE )  I ask expedition leader Oli France to leave us with two things: a Call to Adventure and a Pay It Forward —traditions we close every episode with on Adventure Diaries . Oli’s call? A challenge rooted in si...

🎙️ Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It really helps the show, Thanks! It’s been a couple of months since season 3 ended—but we’re back. Season Three wrapped on March 20th, and now, hot on its heels, Season Four arrives May 29th , carrying with it 15 new stories that reach across landscapes, cultures, and the human spirit. We kick off with Megan Hine—wilderness guide, sur...

🎙️ Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It really helps the show, Thanks! 🚨 Don't FORGET to Join the Adventure Newsletter Here 🚨😎 Gerhard Czerner: Biking Down Kilimanjaro and Across the Glaciers of the Karakoram In this extraordinary episode of Adventure Diaries , we meet Gerhard Czerner —mountain biker, climber, and master of taking two wheels where no trail exists....

🎙️ Please make sure to  'Follow' the show - It Really helps the show, Thanks! 🚨 Don't FORGET to Join the Adventure Newsletter Here 🚨😎 Filming Bears, Deep Seas & the Matriarchs of the Wild 🎙️ Adventure Diaries Podcast From grizzly bear close calls in Alaska to exploring 4,000 meters below the sea, wildlife cinematographer Erin Ranney takes us deep into some of the wildest plac...

🎙️ Please make sure to   'Follow' the show - It Really helps the show, Thanks! 🚨 Don't FORGET to Join the Adventure Newsletter Here 🚨😎 Adventure Diaries: Justin Packshaw MBE – Pushing Human Limits in the Harshest Environments In this episode of Adventure Diaries , I sit down with Justin Packshaw MBE—adventurer, entrepreneur, and modern-day explorer. From the frozen extremes of An...

Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It Really helps the show, Thanks! 🚨 Don't FORGET to Join the Adventure Newsletter Here 🚨😎 Exploring the Hexatrek with Lauren Roerick In this episode of Adventure Diaries , I sit down with Lauren Roerick , an adventurer, thru-hiker, and content creator who completed the Hexatrek , a 3,034 km long-distance trail across France . As t...

Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - It Really helps the show, Thanks! 🚨 Don't FORGET to Join the Adventure Newsletter Here 🚨😎 From a turbulent childhood to nearly facing prison, Deon Barrett found purpose through outdoor adventure, the military, and the True North Project —his initiative to bring outdoor education into schools and make adventure accessible to all. I...

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Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - it really helps surface the show to a wider audience (which i thank you for!) Tom Williams went into the Canadian wilderness with a gill net, a knife, and a handful of survival skills he'd honed on tropical desert islands. He came out 35 days later as the winner of Alone UK — feeling, by his own account, the happiest and healthiest h...

Please make sure to click the 'Follow' the show - it really helps surface the show to a wider audience (which i thank you for!) 🚨 Don't FORGET to Join the Adventure Newsletter Here 🚨😎 Welcome to another episode of Adventure Diaries ! In this inspiring conversation, we sit down with David Haze , also known as the Nomadic Paddler , to uncover his incredible journey from the confine...