There are such a lot of nice bloggers, YouTubers, podcasters, and photographers on the market creating wonderful out of doors content material every day.
Not solely did I wish to personally get to know them higher, however I additionally needed to discover their out of doors influences and keenness for nature.
Thus, we’ve launched the I Love The Outside Interview Sequence.
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Jamie Dixon
- Inform us slightly about your self.
I’m 50 years younger and grew up in a small village known as Leece in Cumbria, England near the Lake District Nationwide Park.
For the final 25 years I’ve lived in Lancashire, not removed from residence, and fortunately simply an hour’s drive to the mountains within the Lake District.
I’m married with two daughters and have a beautiful spouse who’s supportive of my wild tenting adventures 🙂
2. What’s your favourite out of doors exercise?
Climbing mountains and wild tenting on them.
After strolling all day, you may’t beat being pitched up excessive watching the sundown with a brew in your hand.
3. The place is your favourite path?
Final summer season I backpacked and wild camped for 8 nights by Abisko Nationwide Park contained in the Swedish Arctic Circle with my brother.
It’s true wilderness and the surroundings is stunningly stunning.
We had been handled to a beautiful show of the northern lights on our final evening – one thing that I’ll keep in mind for the remainder of my life.
4. The place is your favourite tenting spot?
I began wild tenting in 2020 in the course of the COVID pandemic (one of many few positives) and my first camp spot will all the time be my favorite.
It was simply off a mountain summit known as Gray Friar within the Lake District.
I keep in mind sitting exterior my tent having a brew with my brother watching the sundown over the Irish Sea and considering to myself – why didn’t I begin doing this sooner!
5. What was your first out of doors reminiscence as a child?
After I was 5 years outdated, in the course of the summer season of 1978, my dad took my brother and I tenting in Scotland.
We camped in a subject filled with rabbits and my dad, sadly, forgot the tent poles, so we had to make use of some wood posts from the farmer’s fence!
My brother and I had some tremendous low cost ($4) and tremendous skinny sleeping baggage (from Well-known Military Shops) and it was freezing that evening! It was an outside vacation I’ll always remember.
6. Who was your largest out of doors affect?
Chris Townsend the long-distance walker, out of doors author and photographer.
I’ve learn a number of of his books reminiscent of ‘Rattlesnakes and Bald Eagles – Climbing the Pacific Crest Path’ and nearer to residence ‘Alongside the Divide – Strolling the Wild Backbone of Scotland’.
He actually provides you an perception and feeling for these long-distance trails and has impressed me to get out much more.
My brother Peter who inspired me to get out into the hills throughout COVID and suggested me on what gear to purchase (I’ve spent a King’s ransom!).
He is aware of the Lake District fells just like the again of his hand and it’s due to him that I’ve almost accomplished the 214 Wainwright peaks.
7. What was your all-time greatest tenting or mountain climbing expertise?
Other than my first wild camp, it must be the ultimate evening of my Sweden journey final summer season.
We had an ideal camp spot subsequent to a river and that evening had been handled to a 3-hour northern lights show proper throughout the sky.
By the point we stopped taking photos simply after midnight, it was already -7 (-44F).
8. Who’s your favourite individual to camp or hike with?
It’s got to be my brother. He received me hooked on wild tenting and we’ve had some nice camps with hopefully many extra to return.
9. What’s your favourite piece of substances and why?
My strolling poles (Pacerpoles). I’ve beforehand suffered from dangerous knee ache and by no means thought I’d be capable to go strolling within the mountains as a result of descents killing my knees.
The Pacerpoles have been a whole game-changer for me and I now stroll freed from knee ache.
Shelter sensible it’s my Mountain Laurel Designs (MLD) Trailstar – there’s loads of area and the open entrance is nice for the views.
10. What do you like concerning the outdoor?
Being out within the hills is so peaceable and helps me to modify off from the hustle and bustle of on a regular basis life.
Wild tenting beneath the celebs and watching sunsets/rises has jogged my memory how stunning and wonderful our pure world is and has helped me get by COVID.
11. What out of doors locations are in your bucket checklist?
In September I’m planning one other backpacking journey with my brother to Norway and I’m additionally overdue for a go to to see my youthful brother Ross in Vancouver.
As soon as I’ve accomplished the Wainwright peaks later this 12 months I’m hoping to begin climbing extra of the 282 Scottish Munro peaks.
12. What’s your purpose as an outside content material creator? How can we help you and the place can we discover your content material?
I’m obsessed with defending the surroundings and hopefully, by sharing my experiences, I can encourage extra folks to get outdoor and join with nature.
I hope they too will recognize the great thing about our fantastic and fragile world and in flip, take their very own steps to guard it.
Please be sure you Go away No Hint.
I take pleasure in sharing images and video clips of my wild tenting adventures. Please observe me on:
Twitter @jamiedixon72
Instagram @jamiedixon
Thanks,
Jamie 👍🙂
Jamie, thanks for the nice interview and for collaborating within the I Love The Outside Interview Sequence!
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