Between The Mountains Adventure Podcast
Sports:Wilderness
Lucy is an expedition leader with an incredible resume of journeys. Starting in Svalbard at 18, Lucy's highlights see her hiking in the Hardanger region of Norway and the Finnsmarkvidda Plateau in the arctic circle, and dove straight into the Amazon rainforest from University. In addition, she has mountaineered in Argentina and Tajikistan, scaled Denali, solo-hiked in Picos de Europa, led a team in the Patagonia Expedition Race and skied the Norwegian/Russian border alongside expeditions to Greenland.
Lucy has also been to the High Sierra mountains in America and the Kanuka Mountains in Guayana, which I am happy to say we will be going to into more depth in 2 separate episodes!
Exploring From A Young Age
As a kid and only child, Lucy spent a lot of her time outdoors, roping her friends into exploring the outdoors with her. IT was early experiences from her home to Scotland that set some incredible foundations for her thriving career undertaking expeditions.
Setting Up For Expeditions
One of the many topics we chat about is preparation for expeditions. As someone who climbs Mont Blanc just for practice, Lucy chats about the different ways she prepares for her expeditions. She highlights the need also for your mindset to be correct, and explains how this comes with time spent in preparing and gaining experience.
For me, the biggest form of this requirement for mindset is the jungle. We talk about the need for fantastic and well-disciplined personal admin. You need to be stringent and dedicated to survival there, as everything around you is essentially designed to kill you.
Balancing Achievement And Escapism
For Lucy, expeditions are exactly about this. When you escape from civilisation and push your own boundaries and edge out of your comfort zone, that is when you grow as a person. Lucy explains how it is absolutely about getting to the location and pushing yourself, but it's also about getting back!
"I love escaping into a world where I feel very privileged to be there"
Lucy Shepherd
Lucy is a fantastic, humble, modest, and experienced adventurer and it was a pleasure having her on the podcast.
You can check out her website here, or one of her YouTube videos below.
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Liam Campbell | Pursuing Freedom in the Highlands | Ep.131
Naomi Atherton | Ambition Behind Adventure and Photography | Ep.130
Kate Sielmann | Perspective, Life, and Grit | Ep.129
Ego and Adventure Part 2 with Jason Hardrath | Ep.128
Ego and Adventure Part 1 with Jason Hardrath | Ep.127
Climbing Mount Kazbek | Ep.126
Sean Conway | Pursuing Endurance and Creating Memories | Ep.125
Pip Stewart | Adventure, Acceptable Risk, and the Essequibo River | Ep.124
Ashly Winchester | Positive Mindsets, ’Failing’, and FKT’s | Ep.123
Adri Brownlee | From 7 Summits to 14x8000 Metres | Ep.122
Nikki Love | Training Your Mind for 63 Marathons in 63 Days | Ep.121
Matt Pycroft | Fear, Fatherhood, and Transformative Moments in Adventure | Ep.120
Isaac Kenyon | Using Fear to Grow, and Adventure to Change | Ep.119
Jamie Ramsay | Adventuring For Fulfilment and Lessons Learned | Ep.118
Nick Morris | Trekking Through Nepal, Knoydart, and More | Ep.117
Lee Gallacher | Walk For Your Wellbeing | Ep.116
Mark Valentine | From PTSD to International Mountain Leader | Ep.115
Aaron Rolph | Adventure, Mountains, and the Haute Route Non-Stop | Ep.114
Jason Hardrath | 100 Mountains in 50 Days | Ep.113
Adventure Base | Humbled by the Mountains | Ep.112
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