Below I share some of the people I follow and a variety of their achievements and subsequent media that I have been inspired by, learnt from, or simply just enjoyed.
These come in various mediums - videos, reports, book recommendations, blog posts and podcasts, across various areas of action and adventure sports from around the world.
My preference is for longer reads, feature-length videos, and extended conversations. Most commonly covered are themes of travel, adventure, exploration, connection, community, self-discovery, plus entrepreneurship, startup business, and brand innovation.
Watch
Film playlists (YouTube):
Read
Online - articles & reports:
Huw Oliver
Unravelling: A 2022 Highland Trail 550 Story
Hazel Findlay
Reflecting on Magic Line
Dean Leslie
Beyond the Edge - Running the Great Himalayan Trail
Stefan Amato
Extraordinary Worlds // The Silk Road Mountain Race 2019
Kilian Jornet
The Steep Skiing of Tomorrow
Climbing in Himalaya: Does the style matter?
Jenny Tough
Run the Mountains of the World
Alex Roddie
Attitudes and Altitude: Tranter's Round
Jack Boffy
London to Hong Kong
Jugaar on the Karakoram Highway
Tom Grant
Steep Skiing on Denali
After the Taliban
Colin Haley
Back in Chamonix
Luke Douglas
Crossing the Pamirs
Dr. Lou Luddington & Tom Luddington
Sailing Light, Lift in Motion, Caribbean Cruisin’ & Homecoming
Ryan Wilson
The Altai Traverse: Finding Tracks in the Mongolian Countryside - part 1, 2 & 3.
Joe Cruz
A History of Bikepacking - Weaving the Thread of Dirt Intentions
Anton Krupicka
Southwest Super Tour
Michael Gardner
Worth the Weight?
Offline - books & magazines:
Live Lived Wild, Rick Ridgeway
The Art of Shralpinism, Jeremy Jones
A Fine Line, Graham Zimmerman
There and Back, Jimmy Chin
Roaming - Roark’s Adventure Atlas, Rizolli
Listen
Podcasts:
The Mountain People
Rab Carrington: Pioneering Climber and Founder of Rab - part 1 & part 2
Looking Sideways
Leo Holding / The Spectre
Jamie Thomas / Ground Zero
Jonathan Weaver / Jack To A King
Mike Lay / Enter a Cloud
The Announcement Episode 1: Decision
The Announcement Episode 2: Scrutiny
The Announcement Episode 3: Legacy
Snow Brains
Bjarne Salen – Filmer of “The Fifty” w/ Cody Townsend, Hardcore Ski Mountaineer, Adventurer, Philosopher
Zahan Billimoria: IFMGA Mountain Guide, TGR Ski & Snowboard Movie Guide, Samsara Experience CEO, Jackson Hole Local
Kit DesLauriers - The 1st Person to Ski All of the "Seven Summits", National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, 2-Time Freeskiing Champion
The Adventure Podcast
Kenton Cool, Ego vs Humility
Charlie Walker, Ekspeditsiya - The Last Tourist in Russia - parts 1, 2, 3 & 4
Matt Sharman, To Humbly Go
Jon Gupta, No Such Thing As Too Much Experience
James Hayden, Nothing Left Unfinished
Hazel Findley, State of Mind
Jeremy Jenson’s Adventurepreneur Podcast
Cody Townsend on The Golden Era of Free Skiing, Digital Detox, Tips for A Successful Passion Project, and Reinventing Yourself - part 1 & part 2
Noah Howell on Forging Your Own Path, Ski Mountaineering, and Building a Popular Video Production Company
The Firn Line
Life Lived Wild: Rick Ridgeway
Dangerous Liaisons
The Nugget Climbing Podcast
Leo Holding - A life of adventure, climbing big walls with kids and epic stories from El Cap
The Enormocast
Steve House – The Art of Alpinism
Tyler Karow – Engineering the Stoke
The Powell Movement
Paddy Graham, Pro Skier
The Surfers Journal presents Soundings
Yvon Chouinard
Low Pressure Podcast
Ming Poon
Surf Splendor
Jeff Johnson - part 1 & part 2
Water People
John Florence: Navigating Edges
The Cutting Edge
A Bold Way Down Denali: Cutting-Edge Ski Alpinism with Tiphaine Duperier
BLISTER Podcast
Adrian Ballinger on Everest, Ethics & Unexplored Places
Summit Justice
1: The Messi of the Mountains
2: Downfall
3: Smear
4: Stand Up Landing
Other shows worth checking out:
Climbing Gold, Just Ride, Sports + Outdoor Mentors, Bikes or Death, Swell Season, The Adventure Stache,
Overnight Success, The Broomwagon Podcast, Overland Archive Podcast