The Art O’Neill challenge has long-been on Irish mountain-dwellers calendar.  Hikers and ultra-runners gather in the depths of winter, at night to complete a grueling 60km course  I say course, but there is actually no official route.  Not only are participants facing into the darkness,  but they...

John Muir - Hopefully this name doesn’t require an introduction to listeners of this podcast. But just in case there are a few that have yet to be acquainted, John Muir is a scottish-born environmentalist, writer, outdoorsman and is considered to be the Father of the US National Parks and is the...

Ireland is a small country. You can pretty much drive from one end of the country to the other in less than a day.  But this small Island off the west coast of Europe, is packed with some of the most beautiful and rugged landscapes in the world.  Our little Island has 275 mountains according to...