Nicky is a self-confessed adventurer, loves a challenge, delights in cold shenanigans and is ready to embrace the next stage of her adventure life. Her super powers are making things happen and connecting people and she is the Queen of pushing herself out of her comfort zone.
Nicky lives in Brighton with her husband, 2 teenage boys and Daisy the camper van.
At 52 her adventure journey has changed many times over the years, from a 20-year-old canoeing and sailing instructor, to a Mum with young children teaching them to embrace the outdoors through camping, building dens and cooking on open fires. Her boys are now in their late teens now and are slowly flying the nest, it is here she finds herself, ready to embrace the next stage of her adventure journey.
Her adventures have included; fire walks, abseiling down castles, coast steering, a cross country ski marathon in the Arctic Circle, a wing walk and running a half marathon in Greenland which included training in an Environmental Cold Chamber at the University of Sussex at minus 20!
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Show notes
Her love of adventure
How her adventure journey has changed as she’s gotten older
Where her adventurous spirit came from
Being inspired by her dad
Why you can have adventures on your doorstep
What does adventure mean to Nicky
Why adventure is so many things
Why you can fit adventure around your life
Why adventure is there for the taking, but you may have to be creative.
Her first job working in a water sports centre
Working for World Challenge
Having children and going camping with 2 young children
Making adventure part of family life
Having to put solo adventures on hold with having a young family
Parrot hunting on the Amazon (finding and taking photos)
Going to the Artic Circle to do a cross -country ski marathon
Doing a big challenge every year from 40 - 50 to raise money for charity
Being drawn to the cold
Needing to do the training to enjoy the experience
Planning future challenges
Running her own business for 18 years
Deciding to go wing walking!
Doing a fire walk
Feeling empowered after doing challenges and stepping outside her comfort zone
Doing a half marathon in Greenland at 50 (a big, bold, cold, challenge)
Deciding to step down from her business
Liking a spreadsheet and being organised with her training
Working with a specialist performance coach
Working with the Environmental Extremes Lab at Sussex University
Getting to experience minus 20 and the impact on her body
Being set up for success and learning how to manage herself in extreme conditions
Going to Greenland and why it was outside her comfort zone
Learning how to deal with panic on the start line
Turning panic into power
Wanting to run a happy race and take it all in
Dealing with the adventure blues
Completing a 5k sea swim
Working with Genny Brown and helping her with her social media
Looking at the North Pole Marathon
Svalbard?
Daisy
How to connect with Nicky on the socials
Working with Outside & Active
Doing an International Women’s Day Sea Swim with Land & Wave in 2024
Wanting to elevate women
Final words of advice for other women
Make an Adventure Action List
Find people who inspire you
Take mini steps
Social Media
Instagram: @daisyvw1
Facebook: @nicky.chisholm
Nicky runs an annual event in Brighton to celebrate International Women's Day (8th March), she organises a mega sea swim for over 500 "mermaids" supporting surfers against sewage.
Land and Wave are an Official Event Partner. Join her Saturday March 9th 2024
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