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78: Mountaineering & Mountain Biking, National Snow Show plus Faction Skis interview
Published 4 years, 4 months ago
Description
In Episode 78, we discuss the new National Snow Show coming up next month, summer activities in the mountains like e-biking, mountaineering and trail running, plus we talk to Tony McWilliam, founder of Faction Skis.
Iain was joined by Stephen Morgan, MD at Raccoon Events, and mountaineer Olivia Jane, with contributions from Alyn Morgan at SkiKitInfo and Katie Crowe from Battleface Travel Insurance.
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SHOW NOTES
Iain was joined by Stephen Morgan, MD at Raccoon Events, and mountaineer Olivia Jane, with contributions from Alyn Morgan at SkiKitInfo and Katie Crowe from Battleface Travel Insurance.
Intersport Ski Hire Discount Code
Save money on your ski hire by using the code ‘SKIPODCAST’ at intersportrent.com, or simply take this link for your discount to be automatically applied at the checkout.
SHOW NOTES
- Steve skied in Glencoe. Listen to our interview with Andy Meldrum, owner of Glencoe, in Episode 75
- There is now no quarantine for British arrivals into Italy
- Austria, Norway, Switzerland and Canada have all been added to the ‘Green List’
- But Austria are applying a 270 day limit on their double vaccination rules for travellers
- The cost of tests remains an issue, as Battleface have identified in their previous research
- Iain used the Britanny Ferries discount for Randox tests
- Helen Coffey’s article in The Independent about ‘Trav-min’ is spot on
- We interviewed James Wilcox from Untamed Borders in our Special Episode about 'skiing in Afghanistan'
- Find out more about their campaign to support local guides here
- The National Snow Show is on at the NEC on 23-24 October
- Listen to our Ski Podcast Special with Benjamin Alexander – Jamaican Alpine Skier
- The mystery speaker turned out to be Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards. Listen to our Ski Podcast Special interview with Eddie here.
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