Ricky in the media.
Everest, ultra-endurance, mental health and life beyond the comfort zone — a selection of the press features, magazine articles, podcasts and broadcast interviews Ricky has appeared in. For interviews and press enquiries, get in touch.
Selected articles
Triple Seven Summits
Trek & Mountain · Issue 83, Nov/Dec 2017 — cover feature and interview on Ricky's quest to climb the three highest peaks on every continent.
Read the feature →On Top of the World
Etcetera (The Glasgow Academy) · No. 31, Autumn 2018 — Ricky's first-person account of summiting Everest on 18 May 2018.
Read the feature →What is to blame? Thoughts on Everest
The BMC · June 2019 — Ricky's expert perspective on the crowding and deaths of the 2019 Everest season.
Read the article →Focused on the Summit
AlanArnette.com · March 2018 — an interview with the world's leading Everest chronicler, ahead of Ricky's successful summit.
Read the interview →Conquering Everest, Conquering Cancer
University of Cambridge (Sport) · March 2017 — Ricky's North Ridge attempt in memory of his twin uncles, raising funds for Macmillan.
Read the feature →Extreme survival: Sahara to Everest
Catalyst (STEM Learning) · Edition 33 — Ricky's bylined article on the science of surviving heat and altitude.
Read the article →"Reaching out for help is a sign of strength, not weakness"
ICAS · March 2021 — Ricky on mental health, career setbacks and finding strength in the mountains.
Read the interview →Polar Explorer Programme — professional profile
STEM Learning / NERC — Ricky's STEM ambassador profile from the Polar Explorer Programme cookbook.
Read the profile →Ricky Munday scales Everest at second attempt
The Times (Scotland) · 2018 — national coverage of Ricky's successful summit after turning back the year before.
Read the article →Accountant braves Asian peak for cancer charity
Hamilton Advertiser · 5 Oct 2006 — contemporaneous coverage of the Khan Tengri (7,000m) expedition, raising £2,120 for Maggie's Cancer Centres.
Read the story →The Glasgow Hawks years
Before Everest, Ricky was a prolific centre and stand-off for Glasgow Hawks — a founding player who won three Premiership titles in a row and earned Glasgow District honours. The press followed him closely — not least when he lined up in a cup run days after crossing the Sahara.
From the Hawks to the Sahara
In 2004, a rugby-playing chartered accountant who had never run a marathon took on the Marathon des Sables — 243km across the Sahara in six days — raising nearly £6,000 for Facing Africa. The Scottish press loved it, and ten days later he was back on the pitch for the BT Cup Final.
Sands of time are ticking
The Glaswegian · 16 Oct 2003 — Ricky goes dry and starts training for the "toughest footrace on earth."
Read the feature →Runner hot to trot on crazy marathon mission
Sunday Herald (Wild Weekend) · 4 April 2004 — on the eve of the race, the accountant "officially crazy" heads for Morocco.
Read the feature →Desert Storm — blow away Dundee after the Sahara
Daily Record (Rugby Special) · 1 May 2004 — Ricky in the BT Cup Final days after finishing the Marathon des Sables.
Read the story →Listen
Conversations on rugby, resilience, adventure and the road to Everest.
Video
A selection of talks, interviews and expedition films — the story, and the summit, brought to life.
Everest 2017 Expedition Footage
Climbing Everest for Finding Your Feet
Plenty more in the archive
Ricky is also a Churchill Fellow, and his two Everest expeditions drew wide coverage across the mountaineering press, university and professional publications, and podcasts. A fuller press archive — including earlier articles from his rugby career — is available on request.
Press & interview enquiries
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