320 – What’s it like to run an outdoor Adventure Company?
Show notes
When we started Australian Hiker in 2016 one of the question’s that we got asked, a lot, was do we run hiking trips? As much as we love hiking and outdoor adventures we’ve been there and done that in the past and prefer to refer people to companies who do this for a living. In this episode we talk with Tom and Maddie about what its like to run an outdoor adventure company, find out some of what they offer, and also find out about some of their own amazing trips and adventures.
Podcast overview
Podcast Overview
- Podcast introduction and general discussion of fun (time index 0:01:33)
- A bit about Tom and Maddie (time index 0:02:06)
- Key adventures
- Guiding experience
- Still on your own adventures you both seem to be fans of doing big and fast days, tell us a bit about that?
- What do you love about that style of hiking?
- FKT’s (Fastest Known Times) and big days
- Now let’s talk about your outdoor adventure company, Adventure Gene (time index 0:05:55)
- Tell us a bit about why you started Adventure Gene and what your focus is
- Talk about the types of adventures and experiences you offer and who it’s aimed at
- What makes you different from everyone else
- Take us through a typical trip (time index 0:10:22)
- The process from booking, to on trip, to trip end
- What gear do people carry
- Who does the cooking?
- Group sizes?
- 1 to 4 guiding ratio
- Snowys Alpine Walk Trip example trip
- Average around 15km per day on the trip
- Paint and Hike Trips (time index 0:15:25)
- Snowshoeing Trips (time index 0:16:52)
- How do you find guiding as an activity? (time index 0:16:52)
- What are people typically carrying weight wise on your trips? (time index 0:22:42)
- A bit about Tom and Maddie (time index 0:02:06)
One final question
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- What’s your next great hiking adventure? (time index 0:25:39)
Gill and Tim final thoughts (time index 0:29:24)
Close (time index 0:37:49)
Tom and Maddie (Image by The Adventure Gene)
The Adventure Gene Website and Social Media
The following images have been provided by The Adventure Gene and are just some of the example of the trips that they run
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