S2 Ep1: Leo Houlding and Ed Jackson: Quadriplegia, Alps and Ambition

Finding Our Way - Diverse Outdoor Voices

In this one we sit down with legendary adventure climber Leo Houlding and adaptive adventurer Ed Jackson – both Berghaus ambassadors - to talk wild places and wild people, rebuilding your life after spinal cord injury and the wonderstuff of climbing with new friends.

• The impact of Ed’s spinal cord injuries and how he got into climbing mountains
• Motivation during rehab and the pressure to be a ‘hero’
• Falling over and pushing your comfort zone
• How Leo chooses new people to climb with
• Being a beginner again
• Their adventures together on Scafell Pike, and tackling the Weissmeis, Allalinhorn & Aiguille Dibona in the Alps
• Adapting kit to address Ed’s specific physical needs, and how Berghaus Adapts helps others too
• Leo’s advice on using fear to supercharge your climbing
• Leo’s experiences using new techniques to climb with his family
• Ed’s charity Millimetres to Mountains, supporting people to recover from physical or psychological trauma and get excited about their future again.
• What’s next for Leo and Ed
  

Show notes and full transcript available at https://www.thebmc.co.uk/finding-our-way-podcast-leo-houlding-and-ed-jackson
Follow Ed and Leo on social - @EdJackson8 @Leo_Houlding @millimetres2mountains
https://www.millimetres2mountains.org/