S1 Episode 25 - Alan Hinkes Pt 1

S1 Episode 25 - Alan Hinkes Pt 1

The first part of our interview with legendary British mountaineer Al Hinkes, Yorkshireman and the first Brit to successfully summit all 14 8000m mountains. I hope you enjoy.

S1 Episode 24 - Anselm Murphy Pt 2

The second part of our interview with Anselm Murphy, the youngest Irish person to summit Everest. Includes a short update on Irish climbers attempting Everest this season. Enjoy. All photo credits to Project Himalaya website.

S1 Episode 23 - Anselm Murphy Pt 1

Join us as we speak to Anselm Murphy, who in 2008 become the youngest Irish person to summit Everest. Anselm is a Londoner with strong Irish roots in Wexford, enjoy! (Photo from the Project Himalaya website, all credit to https://project-himalaya.com/dispatches/2008/08-everest-18-summit.html)

S1 - Episode Twenty Two - Adam Sweeney

Welcome to the latest episode of the Why The Mountains Podcast. In this episode we chat with Adam Sweeney, a 22 year old mountaineer from Waterford, who will be attempting to climb Mount Everest from the south side in the spring. For more information check out: https://irishadventurer.com/ https://www.instagram.com/adamtsweeney/ https://www.tiktok.com/@adamtsweeney

S1 - Episode Twenty One - Jen Copeland Pt 2

Welcome to the latest episode of the Why The Mountains podcast with me your host, Stephen Farley. This is part two of our chat with Jen Copeland. If you haven’t listened to part one, I suggest you do that first. We start this episode on summit day, where Jen describes in detail what it is like to make the final push towards the summit, the difficulties and the hardship that precede the highs of reaching the top, and in the case of Jens expedition, the tragedy and loss that is never far away from those who venture into the death zone on the highest mountains on the planet. We hope you enjoy!