Adventure Unfiltered
"In the wild we remember who we are." Every episode is packed with inspiration, courage, passion, vulnerability, and a pure celebration of wild places. These conversations are about connection, and I promise they’ll ignite that fire in your belly for adventure. If you love the outdoors, planning adventures, and that buzz of excitement of the flat lay the night before, pouring over maps, the joy of the road trip, celebrating the summits, scaling walls, the burn of the ice cold water or simply just being outdoors to breathe in the air with pals, this podcast is for you! I want...
Off-Piste. Off-Road. On Fire, with Emma Norton | Adventure Unfiltered
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In this episode of Adventure Unfiltered, Lorna Bray speaks with outdoor guide, former elite skier and entrepreneur Emma Norton about finding grounding through adventure and real life.
Emma’s journey has taken her off-piste, off-road and, at times, fully on fire — from competitive skiing to building a successful outdoor guiding business, while balancing family, responsibility and life beyond sport. But beneath the speed and energy lies something deeper: connection, perspective and staying grounded.
This is a conversation about rediscovering joy after pressure and injury, about knowing when to push and when...
Across Ice, Mountains and Time | with Myrtle Simpson
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In this episode of Adventure Unfiltered, Lorna Bray speaks with legendary adventurer Myrtle Simpson - pioneering Scottish skier, polar explorer, and one of the first women to ski across Greenland.
Recorded when Myrtle was 95, this conversation is not simply about expeditions, records or milestones. It is about perspective shaped across a lifetime lived fully - a life guided by freedom, curiosity and a deep connection to mountains, snow and wild places.
From Greenland to Peru, and a lifetime of skiing and exploration recognised with the Polar Medal
Where Rivers Roar and Oceans Call | with Emy McLeod
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In this episode of Adventure Unfiltered, Lorna Bray speaks with award-winning paddler and coach Emy McLeod about confidence, growth and the powerful lessons found in moving water.
From local paddles to the Yukon River, Emy shares how confidence is built through experience, how fear becomes understanding, and why leadership is about helping others discover their own strength. The conversation also explores giving back through coaching and the Polar Academy, and how the outdoors helps us reconnect with who we really are.
Emy McLeod (@empaddlesports) is an paddler, adventurer, s...
Paddleboards, Peaks and Wild Ethics with Stevie Boyle
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There are moments in conversation that feel like a homecoming - and this opening episode of Season 2, with outdoor guide and ethical adventurer Stevie Boyle, is one of them.
Recorded on the East Lothian coast, a place deeply woven into Lorna’s own story of growing up outdoors, this conversation felt like the right way to begin a new season — not by resetting the conversation, but by dee...
Adventure Unfiltered — Season One Reflection and Finale
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This episode of Adventure Unfiltered feels a little different.
Rather than sitting down with a new guest, Lorna takes time to step back - revisiting the conversations that have shaped Season One and reflecting on what they’ve left behind.
From the very beginning, Adventure Unfiltered set out to explore the human side of adventure - not the headlines or the achievements, but the quieter moments beneath them. Across Season One, those conversations unfolded in deeply personal ways.
With Iona Andean, adventure wa...
The Deafening Silence: Mollie Hughes’ Solo Journey Across Antarctica
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In this quietly powerful episode of Adventure Unfiltered, Lorna sits down once again with adventurer and polar explorer Mollie Hughes - this time to talk about her solo, unassisted journey across Antarctica.
When Mollie joined the podcast previously, the focus was Everest: fear, exposure, altitude and the constant external risk of the world’s most mythologised mountain. Antarctica is different. Flatter. Whiter. Quieter. And - in many ways - harder.
Lorna knew the headline before they recorded: nearly 700 miles skied alone across a frozen continent. What she didn’t fu...
The Truth About Summiting Everest — with Mollie Hughes
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In this revealing episode of Adventure Unfiltered, Lorna sits down with adventurer and mountaineer Mollie Hughes - who was the first British woman to summit Mount Everest from both the south and the north sides.
Lorna knew the headlines before they recorded: the records, the photos, the iconic summit shots. But she didn’t know the deeper story behind the climbs - the fear, the mindset, the exposure, and the quiet, determined psychology that carried a 21-year-old through one of the most dangerous environments on earth.
What unfolds is not a t...
Breaking Waves — Wild Swimming & Cold Water Connection with Alice Goodridge
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There are moments in conversation that stay with you - and this episode with wild swimmer, coach and community-builder Alice Goodridge is full of them. Alice is known for those unforgettable images of ice-dipping in the Highlands, but behind the headlines is someone grounded, humble and deeply connected to the cold water she loves.
In this episode, Lorna and Alice explore what wild swimming can offer in a world that f...
Riding the Ridgelines — Sean Green’s 282-Munro Bike Challenge
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In this powerful second episode of Adventure Unfiltered, Lorna sits down with mountain biker and adventurer Sean Green - a man whose “wee idea” grew into one of the most ambitious outdoor challenges Scotland has ever seen: riding all 282 Munros by mountain bike.
Lorna didn’t know Sean before hitting record. She knew the headlines - the photos, the BBC feature, the vast Scottish landscapes beneath two whe...
Adventure Reimagined: Finding Courage, Identity & Joy with Iona Andean
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In the very first episode of Adventure Unfiltered, Lorna is joined by her friend and “everyday adventurer” Iona (@iona.adventuring) for a conversation that’s warm, honest and full of laughter - recorded after a sea swim and sauna on Scotland’s Moray coast.
Together they look back at how their friendship began: from early hikes to a frozen sunrise camp in the Pentlands (complete with a John Lewis pillow stuffed into a tiny two-man tent), to Iona accidentally building an online walking c...
Before the Stories Unfold: Adventure Unfiltered — Podcast Teaser
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Podcast officially launches 27th November 2025
Welcome to Adventure Unfiltered — a brand new podcast hosted by Lorna Bray exploring the real, raw and remarkable stories behind adventure. From the quiet moments in nature to the bold journeys that push human limits, this is where the truth behind adventure finally gets told.
Over the years, I’ve realised that adventure isn’t only found on the highest summits or in the biggest, boldest expeditions. It lives in the small moments that connect our souls to nat...
