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Overcoming grief, historian Rachel Hewitt's new book mixes recent personal history and her experiences of fell running and lockdown with her research into the pioneering mountain climber known as Lizzie Le Blond (1860 – 1934). In 1907, Le Blond set up the Ladies' Alpine Club and over her lifetime made 20 first ascents of different peaks. Chris Harding is joined by Rachel Hewitt, Dr Ben Anderson from Keele University, and science writer Caroline Williams to discuss alpine sports, running, risk and research into health and fitness ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week.

Producer: Julian Siddle

Rachel Hewitt and Ben Anderson were both chosen as Â鶹Éç/AHRC New Generation Thinkers in the scheme which turns research into radio.

Rachel's book In Her Nature How Women Break Boundaries in the Great Outdoors : A Past, Present and Personal Story is out now.

You can hear more from Dr Ben Anderson in an episode called Simplify your life - ideas from 20th-century radicals /programmes/m000d826

Caroline Williams is the author of Move ! The new science of body over mind.

You might be interested in other Free Thinking discussions all available as Arts & Ideas podcasts, on Â鶹Éç Sounds and the programme website:

Running /programmes/b087yrll
Tacita Dean, Mountains, John Tyndall /programmes/b0b3fkt3

Radio 3 has a series of programmes exploring different music for Mental Health including special episodes of the Classical Mixtape