1. EachPod

Mountain - Podcast

Mountain

 Christopher Sleight

Mountain is a podcast about adventure in wild places. We tell stories about climbers and explorers, lovers and kidnappers, racers, travellers and even violinists. Hosted by Christopher Sleight.

Wilderness Sports
Update frequency
every 31 days
Average duration
28 minutes
Episodes
20
Years Active
2015 - 2017
Share to:
#20 The fall, part II

#20 The fall, part II

Jackie Greaves survives for two nights during a big winter storm. She’s finally found by a search and rescue dog, bundled into a helicopter and flown to hospital. Jackie’s safe, but then another orde…

00:28:41  |   Fri 14 Jul 2017
#19 The fall, part I

#19 The fall, part I

February, 1994. The Cairngorms are in the grip of an Arctic storm. Alone and in a whiteout, Jackie Greaves strays out on to a cornice. Seconds later, the snow collapses into air.

Music

Ascent by Jo…

00:31:26  |   Sun 28 May 2017
#18 Where the road runs out

#18 Where the road runs out

Bikepacking coast-to-coast across Scotland. Adventure cyclist Lee Craigie loves to ride her bike, but when the road ends and the trail begins, the ride becomes so much more than a simple journey thro…

00:31:59  |   Sat 29 Apr 2017
#17 In footsteps

#17 In footsteps

There are days in the mountains that have you hiding behind rocks to get out of the relentless wind. Days when you tug your hood over your face to shield it from blasts of hail. Days when you think: …

00:29:53  |   Thu 23 Mar 2017
#16 A quarry full of ghosts

#16 A quarry full of ghosts

Even small hills have secrets. A chance discovery on a mountain walk leads to a hidden tunnel entrance and an abandoned village.

Music

Cloud Line by Blue Dot Sessions, Seeing The Future and Shootin…

00:34:43  |   Sun 19 Feb 2017
#15 The scream

#15 The scream

Ben Nevis, February 2015. Climbers on Ben Nevis are enjoying some of the best ice conditions in decades. And then a chilling scream cuts through the mist.

Music

Cylinder Four and Cylinder Seven by…

00:19:34  |   Fri 20 Jan 2017
#14 This is Mountain

#14 This is Mountain

The best moments from the first year of the Mountain podcast.

Music

Hands of Time by Amy Sayer. All the other music used is credited on the individual episode pages.

Credits

You heard the voices …

00:34:27  |   Fri 23 Dec 2016
#13 The famous first screech

#13 The famous first screech

Adventurer Alastair Humphreys has cycled around the world, walked across deserts and rowed the Atlantic. His last expedition was a simple walk across Spain, but it brought him face-to-face with his d…

00:34:10  |   Fri 25 Nov 2016
#12 The hills I call home: Arran

#12 The hills I call home: Arran

We all love to explore new places, but most of us also have some hills we call home. For Kirstie Smith, it’s the heart of the northern mountains on the Isle of Arran.

Music

A String (Instrumental)…

00:28:41  |   Sat 22 Oct 2016
#11 Race on the edge

#11 Race on the edge

Beach, bog, mountain and sea. Triathletes Cat Morrison and Caroline Wallace take on one of the UK’s toughest adventure races through one of the country’s most extraordinary landscapes.

Music

Air H…

00:34:17  |   Sat 24 Sep 2016
#10 Lomond the long way

#10 Lomond the long way

Get up early, grab a bike and take a look around the back of your favourite hill. You might be surprised at what you find.
00:32:03  |   Sat 27 Aug 2016
#9 A last letter home

#9 A last letter home

North-east Afghanistan, July 2010. On the edge of the Little Pamir range, in a tiny village surrounded by mountains, a phone call changes everything. Music Cylinder Two and Cylinder Four by Chris Zab…
00:41:17  |   Thu 28 Jul 2016
#8 Mountain shorts: The Auch Jig

#8 Mountain shorts: The Auch Jig

A bonus episode, with more from fiddle player Siobhan Anderson on how she chose the music for episode 7 - and her deep family links to Beinn Dorain.
00:11:13  |   Fri 01 Jul 2016
#7 Seat of all seats

#7 Seat of all seats

With modern maps and GPS, we think we know the hills better than anyone. But open a map of any mountain in the Scottish Highlands and there’s evidence those who roamed these hills long before us knew…
00:29:40  |   Fri 17 Jun 2016
#6 A journey inwards

#6 A journey inwards

Assynt, in north-west Scotland, is one of the world’s most startling landscapes. Shark’s fin mountains rise vertically from a plateau of three-billion-year-old rock. But for a landscape of real beaut…
00:28:27  |   Wed 04 May 2016
#5 The Angel of Camasunary

#5 The Angel of Camasunary

Skye, late September 1981. A young woman sits in a dark bothy, staring into a fire. A pair of flimsy shoes are propped next to her, drying in the heat, and a kettle comes to the boil. Who was the Ang…
00:24:08  |   Tue 22 Mar 2016
#4 Every mountaineer loves a ridge

#4 Every mountaineer loves a ridge

As the climber Mo Anthoine used to say, sometimes you have to feed the rat. After a winter indoors editing podcast episodes about other people's adventures, Mountain host Christopher Sleight heads to…
00:21:01  |   Tue 23 Feb 2016
#3 A call for help

#3 A call for help

On 19th May 2015, Adrian Oram was enjoying a good day in the mountains with his climbing partner Mike. But for their friends back home, a completely different story was playing out. Adrian and Mike h…
00:28:10  |   Sat 23 Jan 2016
#2 The definition of adventure

#2 The definition of adventure

It's Easter Saturday, 1998. Two climbers are alone in a tiny tent in an isolated Himalayan valley. There's a gnawing cold and the snow conditions are against them. Should they go for the summit again…
00:20:05  |   Wed 09 Dec 2015
#1 A day at the skyrace

#1 A day at the skyrace

This week, Mountain goes deep inside the mind of elite runner Joe Symonds, as he takes on the UK's first sky race - a 50 km route over summits and along ridges in a trial of the body and mind.
00:21:41  |   Mon 09 Nov 2015
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are the property of Christopher Sleight. This content is not affiliated with or endorsed by eachpod.com.