Send us a text For Episode 6 I am joined by one of the headline speakers from ClimbOut Festival that I sadly missed getting a chance to interview over the weekend. Abbie Robinson is a climber, coach and sport psychology student currently based in Leeds. Having competed for the GB Paraclimbing Team for the last 6 years in the B2 (visually impaired) …

Send us a text For the fifth episode I wanted to celebrate Climb Out Festival. Climb Out is the UK's first queer climbing festival - combining trad climbing, sport climbing, and bouldering with queer joy outdoors, they want to celebrate LGBTQ+ climbers and create a community centred on the intersection between queer joy and climbing. The Festival h…

Send us a text For the fourth episode I was joined by Varun Jyothykumar Varun is a very keen and very talented cyclist based in the Midlands. During the week he is a secondary school teacher, specialising in Design and Technology. And at the weekends, well his instagram and blog are a mere peek into his mileage, his love of bikes and how his heart …

Send us a text For the third episode I was joined by Ailish Breen. Ailish is a non-binary, queer hiker and outdoors person living on the outskirts of Manchester with their partner. They are a consultant, coach and trainer with expertise and experience building inclusion for the LGBTQIA+ community, particularly trans and non-binary people. Their bac…

Send us a text For the second episode I was joined by Carla Benton. Carla is a Clinical Psychologist, queer vegan and a lover of all things outdoors; adventurer, runner, endurance cyclist and lapsed climber based near the Peak District in the UK. She is an advocate for the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities taking up space in the outdoors and is a comm…

Send us a text It's here! The first episode of Out Outdoors and I am over the moon to share with you conversation with the incredible Nikki Smith. Nikki is an artist, writer, photographer, guidebook author, runner, and climber based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Much of her work is focused on trying to build a more inclusive, diverse, and safe community…