The Hardest Kit On The Planet

This is episode 28 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast. This podcast is brought to you by Heinnie Haynes - The Premium Source for the Hardest Kit on the Planet, available online at heinnie.com This is the show where we speak to the hardest people and companies on the planet, looking at what makes them tick, from adventurers and explorers to knife makers, bushcrafters, preppers and generally awesome outdoors people. I’m your host Ben Roberts, and i’ll be your guide with each and every episode of the podcast. If you do have any questions, guest suggestions or comments please feel free to drop me a message anytime to podcast@heinnie.com We are also now using the #hardestkitpodcast on Twitter and Instagram for further chat on the show :) So, do get involved online to keep the chat going about each episode! This weeks brilliant guest is a woman called Laura Kennington. She is a UK based adventurer who set up her own challenges both big and small, at home and abroad. In this episode we chat about some of the r

This is episode 27 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast. This podcast is brought to you by Heinnie Haynes - The Premium Source for the Hardest Kit on the Planet, available online at heinnie.com This is the show where we speak to the hardest people and companies on the planet, looking at what makes them tick, from adventurers and explorers to knife makers, bushcrafters, preppers and generally awesome outdoors people. I’m your host Ben Roberts, and i’ll be your guide with each and every episode of the podcast. If you do have any questions, guest suggestions or comments please feel free to drop me a message anytime to podcast@heinnie.com We are also now using the #hardestkitpodcast on Twitter and Instagram for further chat on the show :) So, do get involved online to keep the chat going about each episode! This weeks brilliant guest is a guy called Laurence McJannet. This guy is really cool. He is an adventurr bike rider, mountain biker and 'bikepacker', and also the author of a great book called Bikepacking

We are back with a second series of the podcast! This is episode 26 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast. This podcast is brought to you by Heinnie Haynes - The Premium Source for the Hardest Kit on the Planet, available online at heinnie.com This is the show where we speak to the hardest people and companies on the planet, looking at what makes them tick, from adventurers and explorers to knife makers, bushcrafters, preppers and generally awesome outdoors people. I’m your host Ben Roberts, and i’ll be your guide with each and every episode of the podcast. If you do have any questions, guest suggestions or comments please feel free to drop me a message anytime to podcast@heinnie.com We are also now using the #hardestkitpodcast on Twitter and Instagram for further chat on the show :) So, do get involved online to keep the chat going about each episode! This weeks brilliant guest is an incredible woman called Laura Bingham. She's a UK based adventurer who recently embarked on a fantastic journey across Sout

This is episode 25 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast. This podcast is brought to you by Heinnie Haynes - The Premium Source for the Hardest Kit on the Planet, available online at heinnie.com This is the show where we speak to the hardest people and companies on the planet, looking at what makes them tick, from adventurers and explorers to knife makers, bushcrafters, preppers and generally awesome outdoors people. I’m your host Ben Roberts, and i’ll be your guide with each and every episode of the podcast. If you do have any questions, guest suggestions or comments please feel free to drop me a message anytime to podcast@heinnie.com We are also now using the #hardestkitpodcast on Twitter and Instagram for further chat on the show :) So, do get involved online to keep the chat going about each episode! This week we have no guest. Instead I (Ben) summarise everything we have learnt and talked about over the previous 24 weeks. I also share my motivatinos behind the podcast, and what I want it to do for you

This is episode 24 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast. This podcast is brought to you by Heinnie Haynes - The Premium Source for the Hardest Kit on the Planet, available online at heinnie.com This is the show where we speak to the hardest people and companies on the planet, looking at what makes them tick, from adventurers and explorers to knife makers, bushcrafters, preppers and generally awesome outdoors people. I’m your host Ben Roberts, and i’ll be your guide with each and every episode of the podcast. If you do have any questions, guest suggestions or comments please feel free to drop me a message anytime to podcast@heinnie.com We are also now using the #hardestkitpodcast on Twitter and Instagram for further chat on the show :) So, do get involved online to keep the chat going about each episode! This weeks guest is Jack McCormack who is an outdoor and bushcraft enthusiast. He is also one of a very few people in the UK who are on an army scholarship, which is helping put him through 6th form and un

This is episode 23 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast. This podcast is brought to you by Heinnie Haynes - The Premium Source for the Hardest Kit on the Planet, available online at heinnie.com This is the show where we speak to the hardest people and companies on the planet, looking at what makes them tick, from adventurers and explorers to knife makers, bushcrafters, preppers and generally awesome outdoors people. I’m your host Ben Roberts, and i’ll be your guide with each and every episode of the podcast. If you do have any questions, guest suggestions or comments please feel free to drop me a message anytime to podcast@heinnie.com We are also now using the #hardestkitpodcast on Twitter and Instagram for further chat on the show :) So, do get involved online to keep the chat going about each episode! This weeks guest is Rupert Titley who is a UK based Knife and sheath maker. He runs a really successful Tumblr blog along with a growing social following where he showcases knives he has made a modified. I

This is episode 22 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast. This podcast is brought to you by Heinnie Haynes - The Premium Source for the Hardest Kit on the Planet, available online at heinnie.com This is the show where we speak to the hardest people and companies on the planet, looking at what makes them tick, from adventurers and explorers to knife makers, bushcrafters, preppers and generally awesome outdoors people. I’m your host Ben Roberts, and i’ll be your guide with each and every episode of the podcast. If you do have any questions, guest suggestions or comments please feel free to drop me a message anytime to podcast@heinnie.com We are also now using the #hardestkitpodcast on Twitter and Instagram for further chat on the show :) So, do get involved online to keep the chat going about each episode! This weeks guest is bushcraft guy Paul Kirtley who is a really well known bushcrafter here in the UK and was a former apprentice to Ray Mears. These days though he has his own company Frontier Bushcraft al

This is episode 21 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast. This podcast is brought to you by Heinnie Haynes - The Premium Source for the Hardest Kit on the Planet, available online at heinnie.com This is the show where we speak to the hardest people and companies on the planet, looking at what makes them tick, from adventurers and explorers to knife makers, bushcrafters, preppers and generally awesome outdoors people. I’m your host Ben Roberts, and i’ll be your guide with each and every episode of the podcast. If you do have any questions, guest suggestions or comments please feel free to drop me a message anytime to podcast@heinnie.com We are also now using the #hardestkitpodcast on Twitter and Instagram for further chat on the show :) So, do get involved online to keep the chat going about each episode! This weeks guest is Stephen Plut, he is a Fly Fisherman from the United States who runs a highly successful fly fishing website called flyfishingsimplified. In this episode we look at fly fishing, the skil

This is episode 20 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast. This podcast is brought to you by Heinnie Haynes - The Premium Source for the Hardest Kit on the Planet, available online at heinnie.com This is the show where we speak to the hardest people and companies on the planet, looking at what makes them tick, from adventurers and explorers to knife makers, bushcrafters, preppers and generally awesome outdoors people. I’m your host Ben Roberts, and i’ll be your guide with each and every episode of the podcast. If you do have any questions, guest suggestions or comments please feel free to drop me a message anytime to podcast@heinnie.com We are also now using the #hardestkitpodcast on Twitter and Instagram for further chat on the show :) So, do get involved online to keep the chat going about each episode! Following on from the really positive response we got to the last solo podcast episode with just myself, we decided this would be a good time to talk about a topic that's recently been to us a lot; "how do

This is episode 19 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast. This podcast is brought to you by Heinnie Haynes - The Premium Source for the Hardest Kit on the Planet, available online at heinnie.com This is the show where we speak to the hardest people and companies on the planet, looking at what makes them tick, from adventurers and explorers to knife makers, bushcrafters, preppers and generally awesome outdoors people. I’m your host Ben Roberts, and i’ll be your guide with each and every episode of the podcast. If you do have any questions, guest suggestions or comments please feel free to drop me a message anytime to podcast@heinnie.com We are also now using the #hardestkitpodcast on Twitter and Instagram for further chat on the show :) So, do get involved online to keep the chat going about each episode! So onto to the guest . . . This week we chat to a woman called Katie Ellis who is a kayaker. Not just a kayaker though, she is a woman who has kayaked around the entirety of Great Britain. She is a really

This is episode 18 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast. This podcast is brought to you by Heinnie Haynes - The Premium Source for the Hardest Kit on the Planet, available online at heinnie.com This is the show where we speak to the hardest people and companies on the planet, looking at what makes them tick, from adventurers and explorers to knife makers, bushcrafters, preppers and generally awesome outdoors people.  I’m your host Ben Roberts, and i’ll be your guide with each and every episode of the podcast. If you do have any questions, guest suggestions or comments please feel free to drop me a message anytime to podcast@heinnie.com We are also now using the #hardestkitpodcast on Twitter and Instagram for further chat on the show :) So, do get involved online to keep the chat going about each episode! So onto to the guest . . . This week we chat to a guy called Joe Robinet, he is the guy behind the Joe Robinet Bushcraft Channel (check it out). This is a guy who loves the outdoors and has a YouTube chan

This is episode 17 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast. This podcast is brought to you by Heinnie Haynes - The Premium Source for the Hardest Kit on the Planet, available online at heinnie.com This is the show where we speak to the hardest people and companies on the planet, looking at what makes them tick, from adventurers and explorers to knife makers, bushcrafters, preppers and generally awesome outdoors people.  I’m your host Ben Roberts, and i’ll be your guide with each and every episode of the podcast. If you do have any questions, guest suggestions or comments please feel free to drop me a message anytime to podcast@heinnie.com We are also now using the #hardestkitpodcast on Twitter and Instagram for further chat on the show :) So, do get involved online to keep the chat going about each episode! So onto to the guest . . . This week we chat to a guy called Zed, he is the guy behind the Zed Outdoors Bushcraft Channel (check it out). This is a guy who started off as a townie living in the middle of

This is episode 16 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast. This podcast is brought to you by Heinnie Haynes - The Premium Source for the Hardest Kit on the Planet, available online at heinnie.com This is the show where we speak to the hardest people and companies on the planet, looking at what makes them tick, from adventurers and explorers to knife makers, bushcrafters, preppers and generally awesome outdoors people.  I’m your host Ben Roberts, and i’ll be your guide with each and every episode of the podcast. If you do have any questions, guest suggestions or comments please feel free to drop me a message anytime to podcast@heinnie.com So onto to the guest . . . This weeks guest is James Ketchell, who is a global adventurers and speaker. He has rowed oceans, climbed mountains, cycled around the world and also written a really good book; The Ultimate Triathlon. In this episode we talk all about how James got into the doors, what his motivations were and what made him take on the challenges he did. We also

This is episode 15 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast. This podcast is brought to you by Heinnie Haynes - The Premium Source for the Hardest Kit on the Planet, available online at heinnie.com This is the show where we speak to the hardest people and companies on the planet, looking at what makes them tick, from adventurers and explorers to knife makers, bushcrafters, preppers and generally awesome outdoors people. I’m your host Ben Roberts, and i’ll be your guide with each and every episode of the podcast. If you do have any questions, guest suggestions or comments please feel free to drop me a message anytime to podcast@heinnie.com So onto to the guest . . . This weeks guest is well me. We don;t have a guest this week and that's for one reason. We wanted to try something a little different. We wanted to talk about something that has been suggested to us by you guys. This week we are looking at UK Friendly Carry Knives and Everyday Carry (EDC). We explore as to what exactly constitutes a UK Legal carry

This is episode 14 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast. This podcast is brought to you by Heinnie Haynes - The Premium Source for the Hardest Kit on the Planet, available online at heinnie.com This is the show where we speak to the hardest people and companies on the planet, looking at what makes them tick, from adventurers and explorers to knife makers, bushcrafters, preppers and generally awesome outdoors people.  I’m your host Ben Roberts, and i’ll be your guide with each and every episode of the podcast. If you do have any questions, guest suggestions or comments please feel free to drop me a message anytime to podcast@heinnie.com So onto to the guest . . . This weeks guest is Glenn Klecker - The owner of Klecker Knife and Tool and former designer for Leatherman.  In this episode we talk all about how he started Klecker, and how innovation has become such a big part of Klecker’s brand appeal such as the KLAX Axe-Multitool. We then look at how Glenn comes up with these unique and innovative designs. W

This is episode 13 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast.This podcast is brought to you by Heinnie Haynes - The PremiumSource for the Hardest Kit on the Planet, available online atheinnie.comThis weeks guest is Daniel Rasmussen (Raz) he is a producer andDirector for Factual Documentaries for programmes like RiverMonsters (check it out). In this episode we talk all about his job, what it entails andwhat kit he needs for all the time he spends outdoors. How he istrying to get his family to embrace to outdoors. How TV, film andthe media impacts people on their perceptions of the outdoors, anddoes it encourage people to get outdoors more? We also look at someof the gear you need for general time outdoors not necessarilybushcraft and survival situations. We also have a good chat aboutknives and gear.As always if you like the show please subscribe on iTunes andleave us a review. The more subscribers and more popular we are thebetter we can keep making this podcast.If you do have any questions, guest suggestions

Episode 12 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast. In this episode we talk to Liong Mah. This guy is awesome. He is a world renowned knife designer and tool designer, but not a knife maker. In this episode you will learn a lot of cool stuff like how he got started in designing tools and why knives in particular captured his imagination. You'll also learn about how he designs, who he designs for, where he gets his inspiration. Th final really cool thing we talk about is how various knife laws effect how he designs each and every knife.  If you are at all into your knives and tools then you will really enjoy this episode! As always a full transcript will be available on the blog; heinnie.com/blog and if you have any questions or comments please feel free to email me at: podcast@heinnie.com

Episode 11 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast. In this episode we talk to The Pace Brothers (Daryl and Byron). These guys are the hosts of the Into The Wilderness Podcast and are seasoned hunters. They are also just about to launch their new YouTube show! In this episode we talk about, hunting and the ethics of hunting. The reputation of hunting. What you can hunt in the UK and where you can hunt. The rules and regulations about and related to hunting. We also look at what you can and should do with the animals that you kill and the gear/ tools you need to hunt. Again like every other episode and every other guest we've had on it's a fantastic episode not just because they give you stacks of information, but this week we also chat about some pretty thought provoking and emotive topics. Well worth a listen! As always a full transcript will be available on the blog; heinnie.com/blog and if you have any questions or comments please feel free to email me at: podcast@heinnie.com

This is episode 10 of the Hardest Kit on the Planet Podcast. In this episode we talk to Andy Torbet who is a diver and an underwater explorer. He is also a mountaineer, skydiver, kayaker; you name it he does it. You will probably have seen him presenting some shows on the BBC. He has been involved in Coast, the One Show and a programme called Cloud Lab. In this conversation we talk about, his adventures, how he got into it. How he prepares for each event. He gives some advice and guidance on what kit you need and how much you should carry. He also talks about searching for shipwrecks and the difference between an adventurer and an explorer. As always a full transcript will be available on the blog; heinnie.com/blog and if you have any questions or comments please feel free to email me at: podcast@heinnie.com  

In this episode (Episode 9) we talk to Sarah Williams who took the plunge and turned her life from your average day job to becoming an outdoor junkie. Not only though is she a big fan of the outdoors she also champions getting more women into the outdoors and breaking down some of the stereotypes that exist.  Our conversation with Sarah takes us through how to break out of your shell and get outdoors, she also talks about the Marathon Des Sables and why she decided to participate in one of the worlds toughest multi-stage races. We also discuss goal setting and how you can plan for your upcoming travels and adventures.We then finish off by discussing how we can break some of the stereotypes that still exist regarding in particular women and the outdoors. As always a full transcript will be available on the blog; heinnie.com/blog and if you have any questions or comments please feel free to email me at: podcast@heinnie.com