Mayo: A Bleak Peek At The Reek

About this episode

The episode features a conversation with Mayo native Aoibhinn about hiking Croagh Patrick and her adventurous spirit.

Up into the foggy hills of Mayo we go. The weather may have been bleak, but climbing Croagh Patrick with the fabulous Aoibhinn was worth the freezing temperatures and the yellow weather warning. Aoibhinn is a Mayo native living and working in Australia. She's an adventurous soul with a love for the open road and is a fiend for a meandering conversation. Whether she’s tackling a hike or embracing the joy of the sea, she spends as much time outside as possible and tries to bring warmth and a spark of fun to everything she does. Follow Aoibhinn on Instagram here and go hike some mountains in Mayo! To help the podcast hike up more hills, comedic or otherwise, please be in touch with ideas of who I should be inviting on the podcast, and support me with some waterproof gear. All that and more ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ here ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thank you to all the supporters as well as to the amazing band Bukahara for their permission to use their fabulous, on point song '⁠⁠Storytelling Animal⁠⁠' as our soundtrack. The World is Storytelling podcast is based on the book by the same name. Written by Arjen Barel, Ronni Gurwicz, and Stu Packer, it is the definitive guide to how sharing stories can be used for…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ronni, Ronni Gurwicz

Guest: Aoibhinn

Topics covered

• hiking
• Mayo
• adventure
• storytelling
• outdoor activities

Keywords

• Mayo
• Croagh Patrick
• hiking
• adventure
• storytelling
• outdoor
• conversation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bukahara

Books & works: Storytelling Animal, The World is Storytelling

Places: Mayo, Croagh Patrick

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