Michael Weltike - Barefoot Walker
Ramblings
BBC
4.5 • 768 Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2013
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Michael Weltike tries to persuade Clare Balding of the benefits of barefoot walking on a wintry wander in the West Country.
They meet at the church of St Andrew in Compton Bishop, near Weston-super-Mare, and walk from there to Crook Peak. Accompanied by Michael's permanently barefoot companion, Woody, Clare and Michael strip off from the ankles down and revel in the unusual pleasure of walking barefoot.
Michael is certain that by 'earthing' himself regularly he maintains a high level of health and well-being.
Producer: Karen Gregor.
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| 0:00.0 | 11 climbers appeared to have died on the world's second highest mountain K2. |
| 0:06.4 | It was one of the deadliest days in mountaineering history. |
| 0:09.9 | Rock falls, avalanches. |
| 0:11.6 | Huge pieces of ice. |
| 0:12.9 | All are big enough to kill you. |
| 0:14.3 | He just flew out into Devoid, and he was gone. |
| 0:17.3 | How did it all go so wrong? |
| 0:19.2 | And is it really worth risking death to feel alive? |
| 0:22.3 | Why would somebody pay to go to a place called the death zone on vacation? |
| 0:27.3 | Extreme. |
| 0:28.2 | Peak Danger. |
| 0:29.3 | With me, Natalia Melman Petrazella. |
| 0:31.7 | Listen to the full series now, first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:34.8 | This is a BBC Radio 4 download. |
| 0:37.5 | You're listening to me, Claire Boulding, with another edition of Ramblings. This is a BBC Radio 4 download. You're listening to me. Claire Balding with another edition of ramblings. |
| 0:41.6 | The sky above is one of those that gives you nothing really. |
| 0:45.8 | Very hard to give it a colour because there is none. |
| 0:48.2 | It's sort of grey. |
| 0:50.0 | But it's a very calm day and the weather here in the west of the country is considerably better than it is over the rest of the UK. |
| 0:56.8 | So we shall enjoy and indulge because I've come to the western edge of the Mendip Hills in Somerset and I'm standing outside of 13th century church in the village of Compton Bishop. |
| 1:06.8 | If you want to follow us on a map, we're on Explorer 153, which is Western Supermare and Bleeden Hill. |
| 1:13.7 | And standing alongside me with the most wonderful hand-knitted hat is Michael Velteke. |
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