4.7 • 709 Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Lorraine McCall from the Highlands has overcome cancer three times in recent years. She has previously climbed all of Scotland's 221 Corbetts and 282 Munros.
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0:00.0 | You're about to listen to a BBC podcast, but this is about something else you might enjoy. |
0:05.4 | My name's Katie Lecky and I'm an assistant commissioner for on demand music on BBC Sounds. |
0:10.8 | The BBC has an incredible musical heritage and culture and as a music lover, I love being part of that. |
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0:34.9 | check out BBC Sounds. This Scotland Outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland. |
0:42.3 | Hello and thanks for choosing to listen to this. I'm Rachel Stewart. |
0:51.3 | Now if you're thinking of taking on a challenge this year, |
0:55.4 | this might just inspire you to get on with it. |
0:59.5 | Recently, I spent a bit of time with Lorraine McCall, |
1:03.3 | the first woman to climb all the Grimes in Scotland in a single journey. |
1:08.0 | And that's by no means her only accomplishment. |
1:12.2 | As you'll hear, she's completed a number of impressive adventures, |
1:16.9 | while also dealing with cancer three times. |
1:20.4 | We met in a place that's dear to her, the beautiful Murray Coast. |
1:26.9 | The climate here is not like anywhere else in Scotland, is it? |
1:31.2 | It's got its own little microclimate and it just always seems to be a good place to come |
1:36.4 | and if it's like it's really windy today, some of the higher hills could be a bit more of a |
1:41.2 | struggle whereas walking along the coast is just beautiful in the wind when you can see |
1:45.3 | I love being near the sea I love the sound of the sea and yeah you just get that sense of open |
1:53.1 | space when you're close to the sea this coastal path is a really popular route, isn't it? |
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