The First Mile is an immersive travel podcast, bringing you untold stories from the world of adventure. It is presented by Ash Bhardwaj and Pip Stewart — two travel journalists, who are adventurers in their own right — and explores everything from the ethics of cultural tourism, to documenting your journeys and making a living from travel. Ash and Pip navigate this territory with some of the world’s greatest travellers, who reveal how they got their first break in travel writing, planned remote expeditions, or made the switch from a corporate career to a life of adventure. Alongside these in-depth interviews are travel-narrative dispatches: evocative field recordings from Ash and Pip’s adventures, which take the listener along for the ride. New episodes are released weekly, in 10-episode seasons. ****** Season one’s interview guests include: author Monisha Rajesh, explorer Levison Wood, film-maker Reza Pakravan, and travel-writer Leon McCarron. Our dispatches come from Annapurna, Nepal, and Whanganui, New Zealand, where our hosts report back on rites of passage, celestial navigation, the joys of moonshine liquor, and a whole lot more. ****** Ash Bhardwaj is an award-winning broadcaster, film-maker and Telegraph Travel columnist. He regularly reports for BBC Radio 4 and the World Service, and his films have appeared on BBC, Channel 4, Discovery and National Geographic. Pip Stewart has cycled halfway around the world and completed a world-first kayak descent of Guyana’s Essequibo River (where she picked up a flesh-eating parasite). She is the former Red Bull adventure editor, and her presenting work has appeared on BBC, Al Jazeera and The Telegraph. ****** We hope you enjoy The First Mile. Please let us know what you think of it in the comments, and give us a rating, too.
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Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Rhiane Fatinikun on Getting Started in the Outdoors, and the Importance of Diversity.
In the final episode of Season 1, we meet Rhiane Fatinikun, the founder of Black Girls Hike.
Rhiane founded Black Girls Hike in 2019, to provide a safe space for Black women to explore the outdoors. It is now a thriving community, with groups based in the North West, the Midlands and London.
In this episode, Rhiane tells us about how she went from having no hiking experience or equipment (and being unable to read a map) to leading a national hiking movement. She also shares her hints and tips on how to create communities and take that first step towards trying something new.
This episode, discover:
- Why Rhiane’s first London meet up didn’t go entirely to plan.
- How she built and expanded a community.
- How to take that first step towards trying something new.
- How to overcome self doubt.
- The power of social media to connect people in real life.
- Why it’s important to take up and created spaces for people to feel like they belong.
- About racism in the UK and the outdoors community.
- Why we need to share both negative and positive experiences.
- How she went from being a beginner hiker to leading a group up Snowdon.
- Why you should trust that you will come into your own season.
- How to deal with negativity.
- Why to plan to have no plan when you travel.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Rhiane’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/itsnotrhiane/?hl=en
- Black Girls Hike Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bgh_uk/?hl=en
- Black Girls Hike Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bghmcr/
- Black Girls Hike Twitter https://twitter.com/ukbgh?lang=en
- Tales of a Hiker https://www.talesofahiker.com
- Tales of a Hiker Instagram
- Humans of New York https://www.humansofnewyork.com
- Kendal Mountain Festival https://www.kendalmountainfestival.com
- We Flock Together https://www.instagram.com/flocktogether.world/?utm_source=ig_embed
- Mountain Leader Training https://www.mountain-training.org/qualifications/walking/mountain-leader
- Moses Gate Park https://www.lancswt.org.uk/our-work/projects/kingfisher-trail/moses-gate-country-park
- Epping Forest http://www.visiteppingforest.org
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Aw thank you for all your support 🙏 Very much appreciated
Friday Jan 01, 2021
Interesting listening. Can't wait for the second season. We'll done to you both.
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
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