EP5: Sandra Riches — Search, Rescue and Social Media

04/15/19 • 52 min

Explore Magazine's Live The Adventure Podcast

How do we stay safe in the outdoors? What precautions can we take to ensure we return as expected? And how can we help search and rescue teams track us down as efficiently as possible, if an incident does occur?

Whether we want to talk about it or not, safety in the outdoors is a major priority. So today, we're talking to Sandra Riches, the executive director and BC coordinator of BC AdventureSmart.

AdventureSmart is an organization aimed at getting you informed to go outdoors—their goal is to reduce the number and severity of SAR calls every year. It's a monumental task. So let's find out what you can do to help.

Whether we want to talk about it or not, safety in the outdoors is a major priority. So today, we're talking to Sandra Riches, the executive director and BC coordinator of BC AdventureSmart.

Previous Episode

EP4: Josie Boulding and Ryan Stuart — How Five Minutes Can Add Five Years

“When you have your health, you have everything. When you do not have your health, nothing else matters at all.”

Welcome to episode 4 of Explore Magazine’s Live the Adventure Podcast.

As outdoor enthusiasts, fitness equals fun. The fitter you are, the farther you can hike, the longer you can ski, the higher you can climb.

But then there is the ever-present march of time. We all age, slow down and, eventually stop. Call it entropy.

Today, though, I’m speaking with two fitness experts who look at age as a state of mind. Their names are Josie Boulding and Ryan Stuart. If you read Explore Magazine, you’ll know Ryan’s name—he’s in every issue. Josie writes for us on occasion, and you may know her face—she’s been a fitness model for us a few times.

They’re married. And they’ve recently started a video project called 5for5. The goal is to delve into tips and topics relating to health and longevity, and the mind-body connection.

Josie and Ryan joined me on a call to discuss how we can stay active and healthy as we age—and not be “put out to pasture.”

We also chatted about dubious trends and fads, and how they hope to effectively dissect and examine the barrage of health and wellness info we’re exposed to daily.

Next Episode

EP6: Kevin Callan—A Meaningful Algonquin Adventure

Welcome to episode 6 of Explore Magazine’s Live the Adventure Podcast.

Kevin Callan is one of Canada’s best-known outdoor personalities. You might know him better by his persona—The Happy Camper. He’s authored 18 books, has almost 17K subscribers on YouTube, is a blogger for Explore and a columnist for our print issue... among many other things.

He has a new book out—his 18th. It’s called “Once Around Algonquin: An Epic Canoe Journey.” This one is a departure for him, both in content and execution. It’s a personal story, centred around a meaningful canoe trip he embarked on, with his friend Andy Baxter.

Let's chat all about it—as well as the healing power of nature, why wilderness matters and how you too can become a published author.