Toby Wise, FRGS
Piece-to-camera film sits here, with the written version beneath it.
I spent my career in banking and consulting. A couple of years ago I started walking seriously again, and found I didn't want to stop. Second Summit is the result: long routes, walked self-supported, planned carefully and filmed as I go.
In March I walked the Coast to Coast — 174 miles from the Irish Sea to the North Sea, camping high and sleeping in old pubs. This October it's the northern half of the Snowdonia Way. What comes after that, I'll decide when I'm back.
The first summit was work. This is the second.
If you're at a similar stage — the career largely done, wondering what fills the space — this site is partly for you. The routes, the kit that worked and didn't, the honest account of what a 54-year-old body can be trained to do. In time I'd like to tell other people's second-summit stories here too, not just mine.
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Trustee of the Gwennili Sailing Trust, which takes veterans offshore under sail.
Coast to Coast — 174 miles, March 2026, walked self-supported.
Snowdonia Way — 44 miles, October 2026, tracked live.
Ben walked the final days of the Coast to Coast: the Wise Brothers.
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