Ep. 1180: 15,000 Miles of Human Powered Fun with Richard Harpham
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Canoeing, Sea Kayaking, and more: 15,000 miles more!
Richard Harpam is an adventurer with 15 years of experience in canoeing and outdoor sports. We discuss the profound connection with nature that canoeing offers, Richard's extensive adventures covering 15,000 miles, and the importance of guiding others in outdoor experiences. Richard shares his journey from a rugby player to a social entrepreneur, emphasizing the value of outdoor activities for youth and the impact of adventure on personal growth. The conversation also touches on the challenges of building a lifestyle around outdoor adventures and the significance of finding one's purpose in life.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Adventure Sports podcast. Thanks for adventuring with us as we discover |
| 0:11.6 | what incredible athletes and outdoor enthusiasts are doing all over the world. Now here's your |
| 0:17.4 | host, Kurt Linville. Hi friends, and happy President's Day. |
| 0:21.6 | I have a question for you. |
| 0:23.6 | How do you afford your adventures? |
| 0:26.6 | Richard Harpum and I talk about that a fair deal in today's episode, but it's not the main subject, |
| 0:33.6 | but it is one that matters. |
| 0:35.6 | Because adventures take time, they take gear, |
| 0:40.3 | sometimes they require travel, and sometimes that travel gets expensive. Or if you have a |
| 0:47.3 | more adventure-focused lifestyle where you're always living the adventure, then how do you afford |
| 0:53.3 | that lifestyle? How does your adventure-focused life |
| 0:57.9 | provide you with the means to live life? I would love to hear some ideas and see some discussions |
| 1:04.6 | in the show notes. So please answer the question if you have some ideas for us. How do you afford |
| 1:09.9 | adventure? Also, if you know |
| 1:12.9 | someone that you think would make a great guest for the Adventure Sports Podcast, even if that |
| 1:18.0 | someone is you, please let us know. We want to make sure that we have a constant flow of great |
| 1:23.4 | content for our listeners. Reach us at info at adventure sportspodcast.com. Please remember to share |
| 1:32.1 | your favorite episodes with your friends, and now on with today's episode. Hi, friends. Thank you for |
| 1:38.7 | joining the Adventure Sports podcast today. I really enjoy talking about connecting with nature through canoeing. I have found that |
| 1:48.1 | however you get on the water, it can be one of the best ways to encounter nature. And we'll talk |
| 1:53.2 | more about why during the show today, I have guest Richard Harpam with us. And Richard has 15 years in which they've covered 15,000 miles of human-powered adventures. |
| 2:05.9 | And he and his wife Ashley have written a book about it, actually, Great British Paddling |
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