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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 was gently reimagined as something everyday, inclusive, and rooted in community - a reminder that it doesn’t have to be loud or far away to matter.

Through Sean Green’s journey riding all 282 Munros by mountain bike, adventure became a story of resilience, grief and what it means to keep showing up when life throws you off course.

In conversation with Alice Goodridge, everything slowed down. We talked about cold water, self-trust, and why adventure isn’t about titles - but about creating spaces where people feel safe to begin.

And with Mollie Hughes, across two conversations, we moved from the noise and pressure of Everest to the defining silence of Antarctica - from preparation, fear and exposure to solitude, stillness and one step in front of the other.

What’s stayed constant across all of these interviews is how personal adventure really is. And how different it looks for every single person.

In this season finale, Lorna dips back into each of these conversations - sharing the moments that stayed with her, the ideas that made her pause and her favourite sound bites from Season One.

This episode is a moment to breathe. A moment to reflect. And a moment to say thank you.

As Season One comes to a close, Lorna also looks ahead. Adventure Unfiltered is only just beginning. Season Two is already taking shape - exploring sustainable adventuring, paddling in extraordinary wild places, running adventure businesses in the Cairngorms National Park and a journey back to the 1960s, skiing across Greenland with one of the pioneers of Scottish skiing.

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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 fully know was the inner story behind it - the silence, the boredom, the self-doubt, the mental strategies and the slow, deliberate psychological work required just to keep moving when there is no summit, no team and no variation in the landscape.

What unfolds is not a story about endurance for its own sake, but a deeply human conversation about solitude.

Together, they explore:

• What it really means to travel solo and unassisted in Antarctica
• How Antarctica differs psychologically from Everest
• The mental impact of prolonged silence and repetition
• Christmas Day alone on the Antarctic ice
• Boredom, fear and the quiet creep of self-doubt
• Realising she hadn’t laughed or smiled for over two weeks
• Why speaking out loud - even mockingly - helped reset her mindset
• The importance of humour, kindness and self-regulation in isolation
• How resilience isn’t always about pushing harder
• What solitude reveals when distraction is removed

Mollie speaks with striking honesty about the moments when silence became uncomfortable and her inner dialogue turned unhelpful — and how she learned to stay with herself rather than fight the experience.

This conversation isn’t about suffering. It’s about steadiness.

In a world that feels increasingly noisy, busy and digitally crowded, this episode invites us to reflect on what happens when the noise falls away — and how learning to meet silence well might be one of the most important skills we have.

This is exactly why Adventure Unfiltered exists - to move beyond the headline and into the human story.

About Mollie Hughes

Mollie Hughes is a record-breaking adventurer, mountaineer and polar explorer.

Website: molliehughes.co.uk
Instagram: @mollieJhughes

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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 triumphalist Everest story, but a deeply human one.

Together, they explore:

• Growing up with adventure and discovering mountaineering
• Interviewing Everest climbers for her dissertation
• How a fear of heights shaped (and challenged) Mollie’s Everest journey
• The creaking, shifting danger of the Khumbu Icefall
• What really happens to your body and mind at high altitude
• The pragmatic mindset that carried her through 60 days on the mountain
• Why summiting felt more like relief than joy
• The truth about the “death zone” - and why the descent is where most climbers die
• Returning to climb Everest a second time, older and wiser
• What exposure - physical, psychological and emotional - taught her about herself

Mollie’s honesty, intelligence and quiet strength shine through every part of this conversation. This is an episode about fear, resilience, mindset, exposure, and the reality behind one of the world’s most mythologised mountains.

This is exactly why Adventure Unfiltered exists — to go beyond the headline and into the human story.

About Mollie Hughes

Mollie Hughes is a record-breaking adventurer, mountaineer and motivational speaker. At 21 she summited Everest from the south side, and at 26 she returned to summit from the north, becoming the youngest woman in the world at the time to climb both sides of the mountain. Her work blends expedition experience, psychology, resilience and the science of fear - inspiring people around the world to explore their own potential. Mollie's website: molliehughes.co.uk; Instagram: @mollieJhughes Ocean Vertical: oceanvertical.com

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