Finding Our Way - Diverse Outdoor Voices

• S2 Ep6: Finding Our Way with Every Body Outdoors - Big bodies, good kit and community

  In this one we sit down with Steph Wetherell, co-founder of Every Body Outdoors, a group campaigning for better representation, clothing and gear for larger and plus-sized bodies in the UK outdoors. We talk about sizest attitudes, why seeing plus size people represented by brands and media is so important, and how clothes and kit can be more inclusive. And the unexpected joy of finding your ‘tribe’. How Steph got into hiking, and didn’t know bodies like hers could do it The barriers for plus size people  Why she feels like she represents plus size people every time she goes out Why brands and media should diversify the bodies they feature  The problems with outdoor clothing size and cut for plus sizes. Trousers, bellies and baggy legs! Not having waterproofs that fit and how that changes your experience and plans in the hills The potential market for curve-friendly outdoor clothing and equipment Quick fixes - size charts, pictures, shops Skills courses for plus size people. Pace, confidence, no judgement Finding her tribe  Falling in love with her body because of what it can do Future plans for Every Body Outdoors  A response from Berghaus product team! Show notes and full transcript available at https://www.thebmc.co.uk/ Follow Every Body Outdoors on social - @Every_Body_Outdoors Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/everybodyoutdoors/

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• S2 Ep5: Finding Our Way with Anoushé Husain – Paraclimbing, pain and the possible

  In this one we sit down with international paraclimber Anoushé Husain. She co-founded the group Paraclimbing London, competes internationally for the Luxembourg team, and recently became a Guinness World Record holder for the furthest distance climbed one-handed in one hour. She’s also a celebrated public speaker, an ambassador for Ehlers-Danlos Support, and Ambassador for Limb Power UK who work with amputees and people with limb difference. She’s also a practicing muslim and is married to paraclimber Kenneth Ellacott – we talk about that too!  How social justice and climbing come together for Anoushé Discovering the paraclimbing community Do’s and Don’t’s for non-disabled climbers  How climbing helps Anoushé manage her pain  Meeting (and marrying) paraclimber Ken Ellacott Being Muslim Becoming a Guinness World Record Holder Training for the challenge & mastering a different climbing technique Coping with Covid lockdowns and a cancer scare What Anoushé ate for breakfast on her Guinness World Record attempt day The mental strength it’s given her and the appeal of endurance challenges – an extreme way of finding normality Being called ‘Inspirational’ What’s next for Anoushé – training, and extending the paraclimbing community to Luxembourg Show notes and full transcript available at https://www.thebmc.co.uk/ Follow Anoushé on social - https://www.instagram.com/anoushehusain/ https://anoushehusain.com/ 

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• S2 Ep4: Finding Our Way with Richard Chapman - Grief and healing through climbing

  Content information: In this episode, Richard talks about his young son dying from cancer, and the impact of that traumatic experience on his mental health. He also describes how climbing has helped him recover and manage PTSD. Child Bereavement UK provides support for children, parents and families dealing with bereavement. They have a helpline 0800 02 888 40 or go to their website https://www.childbereavementuk.org/  If you need to talk to someone, you can call Samaritans any time day or night on 116 123.  In this one we sit down with climber and mountaineer Richard Chapman, who’s changing the way trauma is treated in mainstream healthcare. He has lived experience of trauma and PTSD, and says climbing outdoors helped him recover. He’s now helping develop NHS trials of ‘social prescribing’, where patients are offered non-medical, community-based interventions – including climbing – as a pathway to recovery and hope. Being introduced to the mountains by his Dad Richard losing his young son to cancer in 1998, at the age of 14 months The dangers of telling people about losing a child, the intensity of the emotions and the negative impact on Richard’s mental health Getting a diagnosis of PTSD and why grief counselling didn’t work The physical, psychological and emotional benefits of climbing outdoors The power of Nature Connection The neurological basis of trauma The reality of being ‘triggered’ Emotional agility and activities that can help you experience powerful emotions safely Yoga, singing, theatre…and climbing? Richard’s seven principles of why climbing is so therapeutic How this work has changed how Richard climbs – the appeal of the aesthetic line & scrambling Managing risk for people who are vulnerable What is social prescribing, why we need it, where it’s being rolled out Completing the NHS Peer Leadership Development Programme How this is a story of recovery, hope and being defined not just by what happened to you, but by what could happen next. Show notes and full transcript available at www.thebmc.co.uk/finding-our-way-podcast-rich-chapman-grief Follow Richard on twitter - @elchipmeister @climbingmatters

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• S2 Ep3: Finding Our Way with United We Climb (ft Marie Uri and Yasmin Lazarus) – Climbing Walls and Checking Privilege

  In this one we sit down with climbers Marie Uri and Yasmin Lazarus from United We Climb. Their group is committed to creating new opportunities and experiences designed specifically for – and with – people who are currently underserved and underrepresented in climbing and the outdoors. This includes paraclimbers, neurodiverse people and people of colour. United We Climb also work with climbing businesses to help them recognise and remove barriers to inclusive access. Marie and Yasmin on their first experiences of climbing Being the only black woman on a club meet and being stared at Experiences of beta-spraying at the crag United We Climb, a JEDI organisation: justice, equality, diversity and inclusion Empowering the climbing industry to be more representative and to make climbing more accessible A partnership needs to be more that just one project, it must be sustainable Research being conducted by United We Climb to develop training for climbing walls Building networks and why community groups are necessary If you want to have more diversity, don't wait for the diversity to come to you. Go to them Simple actions that promote inclusivity The Disability Price Tag Checking your privilege What’s next for United We Climb Show notes and full transcript available at https://www.thebmc.co.uk/finding-our-way-podcast-united-we-climb Follow United We Climb on social - @unitedweclimb https://unitedweclimb.com/

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• S2 Ep2: Finding Our Way with Dwayne Fields - Young People, Urban Britain and Nature Connection

  In this one we sit down with National Geographic explorer Dwayne Fields to talk about giving young people chance to shine, helping urban communities connect with the wild, advice for allies and how to respect the outdoors. Growing up in Jamaica and the traumatic transition to life in London How Scouts gave him freedom to be himself Training in UK mountain environments The special magic of challenging yourself in the outdoors Overcoming the fear of going into wild places for the first time Experiencing inner city gang violence – being robbed, stabbed and an attempted shooting Discovering the outdoors as a way to be his real self Being the first black Briton to walk to the North Pole, and what that was like Why outdoor and adventure communities aren’t representative, and what needs to change The We Two Foundation and giving underprivileged youngsters a chance The Scouts and the Agoonoree Camp for Scouts with special needs How to be an ally to improve diversity in the outdoors Leave No Trace and wild camping What’s next for Dwayne Show notes and full transcript available at https://www.thebmc.co.uk/finding-our-way-podcast-dwayne-fields-on-urban-britain-nature-connection Follow Dwayne on social - @dwayne_fields, @teamwetwo, www.dwayne-fields.com

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