Shows
A Guide in Life - The Outmap PodcastBen Atherton - Making Room for AdventureBen Atherton has built a career that proves you don't always have to choose between a conventional profession and an obsession with the mountains. While holding down a traditional career, he carved out opportunities to work at the very highest level of mountain sport, spending years with the Freeride World Tour before becoming involved with the British Ski Mountaineering Team. Along the way he's also become part of the team behind Backdrop Journal, helping tell authentic stories from the backcountry community. In this episode we talk about creating a life that leaves room for adventure, working behind the scenes...
2026-08-041h 01A Guide in Life - The Outmap PodcastKirra Balmanno - Run HighKirra Balmanno is one of those people who seems happiest when she's moving through the mountains. An accomplished ultrarunner and endurance adventurer, she's raced everywhere from the Alps to the Himalayas, but she's also passionate about sharing those experiences with others through her company, Run High, where she leads trail running adventures in some of the world's most spectacular places. Alongside that, she somehow balances life as a veterinarian with a calendar full of ambitious mountain projects. In this conversation we explore why running is such a powerful way to experience wild places, what draws her back to high-altitude...
2026-07-1440 minA Guide in Life - The Outmap PodcastSandra Riches - AdventureSmartSandra Riches has spent years helping keep people safe in the mountains, but her own story starts a long way from British Columbia. After growing up in Ontario, she made the move west and has often said that the moment she arrived in BC, she felt like she'd come home—even though she'd never been there before. That connection to the mountains and the outdoors has shaped everything since. Today she's Executive Director of BC AdventureSmart, part of the BC Search and Rescue Association, leading education programs that help people make better decisions before they head into the backcountry. In...
2026-07-0342 min
The Stormy Stories ShowIgor Debatur - CEO & Co-Founder, OutmapWhat does it take to build a world-class product in one of the most competitive markets imaginable?In this episode of The Stormy Stories Show, Angela Robertson sits down with Igor Debatur, CEO and Co-Founder of Outmap, to explore the journey from scaling and exiting a successful software company to building the next generation of outdoor navigation technology.Igor shares why he returned to the founder seat after helping build and scale Uploadcare, how a message sent to a stranger on Reddit led him to Outmap, and why deep user empathy has been at the...
2026-06-3019 minA Guide in Life - The Outmap PodcastRob Mazenc | Living the DreamOn today's episode I'm speaking to Rob Mazenc - the Alpine Club of Canada's Services Director, and a man who has taken a long and winding road to reach a destination that he describes as "a dream come true". Born in France, he now lives in Canmore, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies, and does a job which makes a real difference to the mountain community around him. If you want an uplifting, positive and inspiring assessment of why we love mountains so much, this is the episode for you.
2026-05-1447 minA Guide in Life - The Outmap PodcastTroy Becker | Adaptive AdventuresToday I'm talking to one of the most competent outdoor all-rounders I've ever met - Troy Becker. A vastly experienced and skilled outdoorsman, Troy has poured 25 years into Adaptive Adventures - an organisation dedicated to getting disabled people into the outdoors. The story of the last quarter century is incredible and inspiring in equal measure.
2026-04-241h 03A Guide in Life - The Outmap PodcastEmilie Mann | The WhyIn this episode of the Outmap Podcast, we sit down with Emilie Mann, an ultrarunner whose approach to endurance is as much about mindset as it is about miles. Emilie shares what draws her to long days in the mountains, how she prepares for the physical and mental demands of ultrarunning, and why moving efficiently through wild terrain is both a skill and an art.
We talk about pacing, resilience, and the quiet discipline required when the distances stretch far beyond what most people consider possible. Emilie also reflects on how running changes the way you see...
2026-03-1735 minA Guide in Life - The Outmap PodcastRob Benton | Always LearningOn today's episode we're talking to Rob Benton (https://www.ecrinscollective.com/), a passionate climber, skier, kayaker and guide. Rob had a great career in the UK but was hungry to spend more time in the mountains, so he took a chance and moved out to the southern French Alps. The plan was to give it a couple of years and see how it went, and 20 years later he's still there, still excited and still passionate. We got into his story, and what it is that keeps him going back to the mountains day after day.
2026-02-1050 minA Guide in Life - The Outmap PodcastTom Odell | Living the DreamToday on the Outmap podcast we're talking to Tom Odell - a man with enough passion to power a house! Tom is a smart guy, as his academic qualifications prove, but it's his drive and determination that really stand out. He doesn't know where he's going, he doesn't know how, but he'll get there. Be ready for half an hour or psyche, self-belief and pure joy.
2026-01-2731 min
Mind the TrackRidged for Your DispleasureAs a dirty high pressure ridge sits over the West, sending all the cold and snow to the east coast, the boys recount the past month and how it feels like an entire ski season has transpired. A grab bag of topics is covered this week including a Downieville mountain biker somehow getting lost on an out-and-back, the dying dream of the ski bum and instead take up wind sports in Florida, I-80 from San Francisco to Nevada ranking as the 8th most deadly highway in America and the ski patrol strike in Telluride ending with a whimper. Pow...
2026-01-261h 41A Guide in Life - The Outmap PodcastPyry Hyppölä | Project SisuIn this episode we dive into Project Sisu with Pyry Hyppölä — a backcountry skier and adventurer who’s got BIG plans in Norway this season. Pyry’s Project Sisu isn’t about chasing aesthetic lines or accumulating vertical meters (though there’s plenty of that in Lyngen) — it’s a mindset rooted in ethics, perseverance, resilience, and the kind of determination the Finns call sisu.
2026-01-1349 minA Guide in Life - The Outmap PodcastJerry Isaak | Understanding the WhyOn today's episode of A Guide In Life I'm talking to guide and professor (that's not a combination you often hear) Jerry Isaak. Jerry is an ACMG/AMGA ski guide and has overseen more than 135 student-led expeditions across 26 countries. His passions include backcountry skiing, avalanche studies, expedition planning, and exploring how culture and decision-making intersect in extreme environments. We talk about Jerry's career, and get into why the "why" matters most!
2025-12-3047 minA Guide in Life - The Outmap PodcastTom Grant | DrivenToday's guest is Mountain Guide Tom Grant, a long-time friend of Charlie's, and one of the most accomplished ski mountaineers on the planet. We talk about Tom's life in the mountains and how he got here from East Sussex!
It's been an amazing journey so far, and as you'll come to understand when you hear the psyche he has for climbing and skiing, he's not stopping anytime soon.
2025-12-1643 minA Guide in Life - The Outmap PodcastEvan Stephens | The Power of PassionOur first guest is IFMGA Mountain Guide Evan Stephens, owner of Zenith Mountain Guides in Squamish, BC, and a passionate climber and skier. From avalanche forecasting to owning a ski lodge and, now, running a successful guiding business, it's been a life and a career built on passion for the mountains.
2025-12-0143 min