Mountaineering
Great Lives. Ian McKellen on Edmund Hillary. Audio, 25 minutes
Sir Ian McKellen nominates mountaineer Edmund Hillary as his inspirational figure.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Mountains. Audio, 18 minutes
What draws people to mountains and take risks scaling dangerous peaks?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Conrad Anker. Audio, 44 minutes
Conrad Anker, mountaineer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Twenty Minutes. The Ascent of Mount Ventoux. Audio, 1200 minutes
Petrarch's account of how he and his brother once set out to climb a mountain in Provence.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Hermann Buhl. Audio, 30 minutes
Mountaineer Joe Simpson takes up the cause of the pioneering Austrian climber Hermann Buhl
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Joe Simpson. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is mountaineer Joe Simpson
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
African Perspective. Africa Makes it to the Top of Everest. Audio, 26 minutes
What does it take mountaineers such as Sibusiso Vilane to reach the peak of Mount Everest?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Sick of Moving. High Altitude. Audio, 14 minutes
Dizziness, nausea and exhaustion resulting from a shortage of oxygen
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Chris Bonington. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is mountaineer Chris Bonington
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Ends of the World. Mount Everest. Audio, 13 minutes
The Tibetan name for Everest is Chomolungma
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
African Perspective. Kilimanjaro - Part Two. Audio, 29 minutes
Adam Lusekelo is on a mission to climb Mount Kilimanjaro with a group of diplomats
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
African Perspective. Mount Kilimanjaro - Part One. Audio, 29 minutes
Adam Lusekelo is on a mission to climb Mount Kilimanjaro with a group of diplomats
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
African Perspective. Three Women and a Mountain. Audio, 28 minutes
Mary Kingsley climbed Mount Cameroon in 1895, Catherine Fellows climbs it in 1995
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Discursive Excursions. Mountaineers. Audio, 27 minutes
"I am becoming like a wild animal": mountaineers on leaving the ordinary world behind
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
About Face. Mountaineer Chris Bonington. Audio, 29 minutes
English mountaineer Chris Bonington, the joys climbing and the tragedy of losing friends
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Omnibus. Greenland the Hard Way. Audio, 27 minutes
Sailing to Greenland to climb Cathedral Peak
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Omnibus. Mount Kilimanjaro. Audio, 28 minutes
Climbing the highest free-standing mountain in the world
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
