On this episode of the SABULOUS podccast, Sabs speaks to Nigerian explorer - and bagger (yes it is an official term) of Scottish and Welsh mountain summits - the inspirational role model David O Solomon

In this conversation they discuss:

• Coming to the UK, living in London and deciding - after one year - to make his home in Edinburgh.
• Becoming a father and travelling regularly to Inverness (Highland terriory).
• Deciding to complete his university education in Aberdeen.
• Ethnically diverse communities in Scotland.
• How a remark from a Canadian traveller he met inspired him to explore a hill 25-minutes form home. 'I want to see it for myself!'
• The impact on lockdown and how geoegraphical resrictions allowed him to summit Ben Nevis and, in that journey, ignite a mission to bag all 282 Scottish Munros.
• What is a Munro.
• '7 in a day!' How the urge to bag 7 Munros in a day led to a life-affirming ridge hike and an undrestanding of personal boundaries.
• Bagging the Welsh 3000s.
• Self development and education in mountian hiking.
• Represtation of Black people in mountain hiking and the personal need to explore.
• Outdoor brand association - who it works for and who it doesn't.
• Tips to keep yourself safe in the hills.
• And much more...

Links mentioned in thw show:

Walk Highlands

BMC

The Ramsay Round

Black Trail Runners - Ramsay Round

Girls on Hills

Navigation with Harriet