No 407 - Running the Outer Hebrides Pt2

This is Part 2 of the interview with David Broom, who in Spring 2016 set out to run the length of the Outer Hebrides, a distance of 150 miles south to north. In this podcast we complete the trip and discuss, equipment used and why, safety and the reinvigoration of the soul, a trip like this can reward you with. His purpose was to mainly to raise money for the John Muir Trust but also to reclaim part of his childhood, when as a child this magical place inspired him to become an Ecologist following his first visit as a teenager many years ago. One might think the series of islands to be rugged and undulating. However they are certainly very mountainous and challenging, both in the topography as well as the isolation, which puts the trip as ideal for those with a wild heart. The distance he estimated to be 150 miles and the height gain over the 11 days duration was in the order of 10,000m.