Episode 027: Rick Ridgeway - At The Edge Of The Cliff

Full episode info and Show Notes: www.wearelookingsideways.com I welcomed true adventure royalty onto the show for episode 027, when I met up with the great Rick Ridgeway. Rick, a legendary mountaineer and adventurer, was part of the first American team to summit K2; just one highlight in a career full of firsts and achievements. Today, he is Vice President of Public Engagement at Patagonia, using the insights accrued from a lifetime of adventuring to help shape Patagonia's environmental activities. Whether it's the hugely influential Worn Wear, or the recent campaign against President Trump, Rick is involved and leading from the front. In this conversation, recorded at the Kendal Mountain Festival in November 2017, we discuss the environmental challenges we all face, how nature and wildness can influence an individual’s sense of mortality and humbleness, and the importance of safeguarding your own values. It was a true privilege this one, and I hope you enjoy listening to the wisdom of this wonderfully articulate and generous orator as much as I did. Thanks to Scott Nixon (www.scottnixon.co.uk) for post-production help and Matt Ward (www.linguistine.com) for the theme tune. Big thanks to Alex Weller and Chloe Longstaff for helping hook this one up.