Outdoor Lives by Mike Raine

About Outdoor Lives by Mike Raine

A podcast for hillwalkers and climbers about the people we share the hills with. Get to know some of the other users, managers, and owners of our uplands. Meet characters and personalities who live Outdoor Lives. This podcast will be of particular interest to mountain leaders, hill and moorland leaders and mountaineering instructors, but it's hoped anyone who climbs or walks in the hills of the UK and Ireland might be interested too. Listed in the top 20 UK Nature and Wildlife Podcasts by https://www.feedspot.com

Publisher

Mike Raine

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Nov 2020

Latest episode

28 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

82 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Apr 2026

   Ramblings on Penyghent

   Just some thoughts, observations and comments from a Penyghent walk. Just me, wandering and chatty.

2. 

   17 Mar 2026

   Outdoor Lives - the final episode?

   Listen in and find out why this may be the last one.

3. 

   10 Mar 2026

   Martin Chester – UIAGM guide, Level 5 Kayak Coach and Chief Instructor at Joint Services Mountain Training.

   Martin Chester has built a reputation as one of the mostrespected figures in the outdoor world. A former Chief Instructor at the National Outdoor Centre, Plas y Brenin, before going on to help shape Mountain Training’s coaching programme. Along the way, he’s worked in television, becomea sought-after conference speaker and consultant. He continues to work in the role of Guide and Coach. Despite this we talk about imposter syndrome! A ski tourer at heart, Martin recently stepped into the roleof Chief Instructor for the MOD’s Joint Services Mountain Training - an organisation operating across Wales, Scotland, Norway and Germany. Martin is now the only person to have led both Plas y Breninand Joint Services Mountain Training - and alongside all of that, he’s a dedicated family man and a cancer survivor. Martin talks movingly about how tough the canccer challenge has been and still is.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

4.7 / 5

15 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 39 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

43

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85