Kenton Cool is a renowned British mountaineer and one of the world’s most accomplished high-altitude climbers. An IFMGA-certified mountain guide, he is best known for summiting Mount Everest a record-breaking number of times for a non-Sherpa climber.

In this episode, filmed in front of a live audience at Kendal Mountain Festival, we explore motivation when you lose your community, and the chapters of a career within mountaineering, ranging from personal goals, to guiding to corporate leadership.

Beyond Everest, Cool has climbed many of the world’s toughest peaks and is widely respected for his leadership, resilience, and contributions to modern expedition climbing.

New episodes of the Endurance podcast each Saturday at 9am to watch on YouTube and listen across Spotify, Apple and Amazon.

Filmed and edited by Tom Grundy Media with support from Reuben Mantle.

Made in partnership with Enjoy Travel and co-hosted by Martin Mansell.

Thanks also to support from Move Pre Workout - part of my preparation for all training sessions and I’d encourage you to try.

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Helen Rennard is a highly accomplished British winter climber and mountaineer. Over the winter of 2025 she has completed all 282 munros (Scottish mountains over 3000 feet) in 80 days and 9.5hrs, beating the previous record of just under 83 days shared by Martin Moran (1985) and Anna Wells (2024).

Filmed in front of a live audience at Kendal Mountain Festival, this is a fascinating conversation about intrinsic motivation, analysing risk and the power of friendships during endurance challenges.
New episodes of the Endurance podcast each Saturday at 9am to watch on YouTube and listen across Spotify, Apple and Amazon

Filmed and edited by Tom Grundy Media with support from Reuben Mantle

Made in partnership with Enjoy Travel and co-hosted by Martin Mansell

Thanks also to support from Move Pre Workout - part of my preparation for all training sessions and I’d encourage you to try.

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Discount codes for both Enjoy Travel and MOVE Pre Workout

Use code RID3R at ⁠https://www.enjoytravel.com/⁠ ⁠to save up to 30% . If you’re travelling abroad or even just heading away in the UK, they make it easy to book car rental, hotels, airport parking and lounges in one place. You’ll earn rewards as you book, with every 10th booking free across all their products.

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Jack Carlin. From Paisley and football dreams to Olympic medals and mishaps.

It was a real privilege to be amongst the first to interview Jack after his retirement from professional track cycling and get his incredibly candid reflections on what it took…

The breaks

The camaraderie

The purpose

Track sprinting maybe the antithesis of endurance cycling, but there is a lot to learn from a professional career that is sustained for over a decade and the mindset to live your childhood dream.

This episode was filmed at Lovat Farm Cafe near Inverness after cycling the route of the Ba Sportive

New episodes of the Endurance podcast each Saturday morning at 9am of the Endurance Podcast watch on YouTube and listen across Spotify, Apple and Amazon

Made in partnership with Enjoy Travel and co-hosted by Martin Mansell

https://www.enjoytravel.com/

Use code RID3R to save up to 30% with Enjoy Travel. If you’re travelling abroad or even just heading away in the UK, they make it easy to book car rental, hotels, airport parking and lounges in one place.

You’ll earn rewards as you book, with every 10th booking free across all their products.

Thanks to support from Move Pre-Workout - part of my preparation for all training sessions and I’d encourage you to try, using ENDURANCE at checkout for 20% off your order

https://movepreworkout.com

Filmed and edited by Tom Grundy with support from Reuben Mantle