Iona Rendall: The ‘ordinary adventurer’ motivating thousands to get hiking outdoors

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Iona Rendall, also known as @iona.adventuring on Instagram, is a nurse who lives in Edinburgh.

You’ll often find her hiking in the Pentland Hills near Scotland’s capital city or tackling Munros in the Highlands.

Iona has only got into hiking fairly recently but since she’s found her passion, she’s run with it!

Iona Rendall: The ‘ordinary adventurer’ motivating thousands to get hiking outdoors

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Iona Rendall, also known as @iona.adventuring on Instagram, is a nurse who lives in Edinburgh.

You’ll often find her hiking in the Pentland Hills near Scotland’s capital city or tackling Munros in the Highlands.

Iona has only got into hiking fairly recently but since she’s found her passion, she’s run with it!

(Photo: Iona on Beinn Tulaichean near Loch Katrine in Scotland)

She created a Facebook walking group, Iona’s Adventures, in 2018 and it’s already grown to over 2,000 members!

Calling herself an “ordinary adventurer”, Iona is determined to spread her “sunshiney happiness” (as she calls it) throughout the outdoors community.

Liv and Iona in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh - we recorded the podcast on this walk

(Photo: Liv and Iona on their walk in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh. The podcast was recorded during this walk.)

I went to visit Iona in Scotland and we went for a walk in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh.

I wanted to find out why she started hiking, why she set up her walking group, how its impacted her life and why she thinks she’s been able to motivate so many others to get outdoors!

I hope you enjoy the podcast! You can listen by clicking on the player at the top of this page, or search for The Outdoors Fix on Apple Podcasts, Spotify etc. Head to Instagram @theoutdoorsfix to see more photos of Iona’s adventures!

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Thanks, Liv x