There are such a lot of nice bloggers, YouTubers, podcasters, and photographers on the market creating superb out of doors content material each day.
Not solely did I need to personally get to know them higher, however I additionally wished to discover their out of doors influences and fervour for nature.
Thus, we’ve launched the I Love The Open air Interview Collection.
If you’re enthusiastic about taking part within the sequence, please contact us and tell us!
On The Journey Trails Scotland
- Inform us somewhat about your self.
Dave: Helloo. Apparently, I’m 50 years younger…don’t really feel it upstairs however the physique in all probability does!
Hung out within the navy, the Parachute Regiment, and now working as a safety marketing consultant in high-risk environments.
My house is Edinburgh the place Lisa (MrsO) and I dwell. She received’t marry me however that’s okay, we’re proud of how issues are.
We’ve obtained two stunning, however bonkers grandsons. Can be superb to hopefully encourage them to get outdoor and revel in it the way in which gran and grandad do!
Lisa: Hiya! Nicely, I’m not fairly as previous as the opposite half of OTAT Scotland.
It’ll be one other three years earlier than I get to the large 5-oh!
I work for a social care charity.
It’s been a troublesome few years with all the pieces that’s gone on on this planet just lately however we’re hopefully getting issues again on monitor.
Love taking care of the grandkids when not out making journey reminiscences.
Each six weeks one other little one comes house, that’s when life will get actually powerful! (hehe)
2. What’s your favourite out of doors exercise?
Dave: I don’t assume now we have any particular favourite out of doors exercise, we identical to being outdoor!
If I needed to choose one although, I’d say packrafting as a result of it could mix biking, mountaineering, wild tenting, and paddling.
It additionally permits us to succeed in locations utilizing totally different routes. Typically packrafting might be harder although.
There’s the additional weight of carrying all of the equipment for that, despite the fact that the Alpacka Rafts we use are actually fairly light-weight.
Lisa: My favourite can be bikepacking. Merely put, we are able to cowl extra floor and see extra of our stunning nation.
I wouldn’t say we’re probably the most light-weight bikepackers as we like somewhat consolation, however I believe bikepacking reminds you that you just don’t actually need a lot “stuff” to dwell in life.
The extra you carry, the harder it’s! May that be somewhat life lesson maybe?!
3. The place is your favourite path?
Dave: My favourite path, or extra particularly, space, is by far and away the Inverpolly Nature reserve, Wester Ross within the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, simply north of Ullapool.
For me, this space has all the pieces, water, wilderness (or as shut as we are able to get to wilderness right now) magical mountains, and a beautiful feeling of remoteness.
Lisa: Glen Affric!! Completely stunning space to be in. We’ll quickly be bikepacking the Affric Kintail Manner and I’m so trying ahead to it. My favourite exercise in my favourite space!
4. The place is your favourite tenting spot?
Dave: It is a powerful one! The highest of Suilven was particular. Waking as much as the northern lights on Aonach Mor was outrageous!
However what edges it for me was… Really, NOPE! I’m sticking with Suilven.
We packrafted in and climbed this stunning lump, that’s what made the entire expertise of tenting on the summit much more particular.
Lisa: Waking up, sliding out of my bivy bag on the mighty large of Buachaille Etive Mòr to seek out that we have been sitting above the clouds was mind-blowing!
The solar was additionally rising by way of the cloud and the moon was nonetheless out. We almost had all of it that morning.
There was a whole calmness about that morning that I’ll always remember.
5. What was your first out of doors reminiscence as a child?
Dave: Constructing shelters within the woods of Sir John Clerk’s Property. (Hiding from the gamekeepers!)
Lisa: It’s solely lately that I’ve gotten into the good outdoor, notably the mountains.
Taking part in within the fields when visiting my gran in Eire has at all times stayed with me although.
That jogs my memory, I’m including Eire to my Q11 reply!
6. Who was your greatest out of doors affect?
Lisa & Dave: We wouldn’t say we actually had one in our youthful days.
Right now although, no doubt, it has the be Nirmal Purja (generally known as Nims or Nimsdai).
Dave being ex-forces has in all probability influenced that however what Nims has achieved for the mountaineering neighborhood in Nepal is so extraordinarily inspiring and equally heartwarming.
He actually cares about taking care of his folks and his mountains with an enormous serving to of selflessness.
7. What was your all-time greatest tenting or mountaineering expertise?
Lisa & Dave: We’re each united on this one.
We camped on Aonach Mòr and have been handled to a panoramic view of the northern lights!
A very magical second that I’m unsure we’ll ever overlook.
If it’s okay, I’ll hyperlink to the video we comprised of this journey. Video Hyperlink – Wild Tenting Northern Lights
8. Who’s your favourite particular person to camp or hike with?
Dave: Completely, doubtless, Lisa! She’s not afraid to get caught in, get her palms soiled, or give me a kick within the conkers if I’m slacking!
She’s tremendous match, decided, and provides most issues a attempt (regardless of having a worry of heights).
Lisa: Anybody apart from Dave. He’s so unfit, lacks dedication, received’t attempt something new, and received’t get his palms soiled or get caught in!
He’s a horrible journey buddy. Okay, not fairly true! Dave is the one which goals up most of our adventures, and a great job he does at planning them!
9. What’s your favourite piece of drugs and why?
Dave: Our Spot X (Satellite tv for pc Messager/Tracker) – It’s so essential to have an choice to contact somebody in case you’re unable to self-rescue when issues go improper.
Not solely that, it helps scale back the danger to anybody that’s coming to search for you (MRT’s).
It’s not solely helpful if we get into hassle, but when we come throughout another person that’s having a nasty day it may be used to assist them too.
Sure, there’s a value, however once you’re out as a lot as we’re then I believe the outlay is justified.
Lisa: My sleeping baggage! I’m at all times chilly. Even in the summertime, I take both my Rab Ascent 700 (-9 score) or my Alpkit Alp Dream 1000 (-18 score) lol!!! Don’t decide me! Hehe..
10. What do you’re keen on in regards to the outdoor?
Dave: The prospect to swap the bumps of life for the bumps of mountains, and escape for some time.
Working abroad and being just about confined to a single location for six weeks at a time actually jogs my memory how lucky I’m to have free entry to the Scottish outdoor, recent air, areas of remoteness, midges, and unreliable climate!
What’s to not love! It additionally helps me reset my thoughts between two vastly totally different environments faster (work & house).
Lisa: It’s good to flee town and the workplace as typically as attainable.
The outside has a approach of constructing you filter out the gray and helps you refocus on what’s actually essential.
You might be challenged bodily and mentally in additional optimistic methods within the outdoor.
Oh, and by the way in which, attempt hugging a couple of bushes. There’s undoubtedly one thing in that, it’s good to select the suitable one although!!
11. What out of doors locations are in your bucket checklist?
Dave: Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Italy, and Nepal
Lisa: Iceland, Sweden and Norway, IRELAND and the (Maldives nudge, nudge Dave!)
12. What’s your aim as an outside content material creator? How can we help you and the place can we discover your content material?
Our aim is to easily exhibit our stunning nation and let folks see what’s on their doorstep.
If somebody takes a step exterior of there consolation zone or takes up a brand new out of doors exercise as a result of they’ve been impressed by somebody or one thing in our content material, then that’s all we are able to ask for.
We additionally hope to attempt to subtly reinforce the accountable use of the outside.
Folks don’t need to be preached to but when we are able to get our message throughout to even one particular person, whether or not or not it’s – Depart No Hint, or a subject from the Scottish Outside Entry Code then that might be superb.
We create YouTube movies of our adventures, to not turn into YouTube ‘celebs’ or make any revenue, any of that guff, however to indicate folks what’s on the market.
We aren’t enthusiastic about feeding algorithms or any of that nonsense. Should you like what we produce, then completely superior!
Should you don’t, then no hurt achieved.
Our movies don’t embrace product evaluations and all of that, we don’t do loads of talking, they’re edited in such a approach that lets the surroundings inform the story with a soothing vibe.
Nicely, that’s what we hope they do anyway! We have been actually lucky to seek out our YT channel shortlisted within the TGO Journal Awards in 2023. A very nice shock.
We’ve additionally an internet site that we attempt to hold updated with the place we’ve been and companies and assets we’ve used.
We do our greatest to assist drive commerce in direction of small outdoor-related companies in Scotland by linking them in our OTAT Software Package.
We don’t anticipate or take something in return. Its good to be good! You will discover extra On the Journey Trails right here:
Lisa and Dave, thanks for the good interview and for taking part within the I Love The Open air Interview Collection!
If you’re enthusiastic about taking part and sharing your story, please contact us and tell us!
