The Great Outdoors

TGO Magazine is your essential guide to hillwalking and backpacking in the UK and overseas. Get out more! We provide all the inspiration you need to plan your next trip, plus expert reviews and tips. The Great Outdoors is for anyone who loves walking in the hills, mountains and wild places. With information on the latest gear, in-depth features and stunning photography, The Great Outdoors will help you access the high peaks and long trails of Britain and beyond. Our enhanced digital addition includes even more great photos and interactive content.

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“I walked up Ben Nevis in heels” • Elise Wortley dresses in the outfits of early female explorers to follow in their pioneering footsteps. Here’s how she’s using historical stories to inspire the next generation of adventurers

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GREAT WHERNSIDE • For Jim Perrin, this sprawling, bulky Yorkshire Dales hill has unsettling associations – but also history, character and views

STARTER SPICE • Scrambling is the exciting middle ground between hillwalking and climbing – hiking with a kick of adrenaline. These seven accessible routes are perfect options for beginners looking to try their hand at it

TRYFAN AND THE MOUNTAIN GOATS • Tryfan seemed like the perfect first scramble for Hanna Lindon’s six-year-old daughter – until a careless piece of route-finding took them into dangerous territory…

6 DON’TS FOR SCRAMBLING WITH KIDS

SEIZE THE DAY • Opportunities for new experiences can present themselves when you least expect them. When a good weather window appeared, Richard Hartfield decided to push his limits on a mountaineering trip in the Cairngorms

The route: Ridge and gully

CHASING THE DRAGON • Can an ‘ordinary mortal’ keep up with a champion ultrarunner? Hiker and runner Lucy Thraves heads to the Brecon Beacons with last year’s winner of the Montane Dragon’s Back Race, Simon Roberts, to find out…

England’s dreaming • Andrew Wasley takes a walk through English history among chalk hills and ancient woods on the South Downs Way

THE ROUTE: • Read up on the South Downs Way

DREAMING THE RIVER • In Europe’s wildest landscape, you can go for weeks and hardly see a soul. Mark Waring and friends head to Arctic Lapland for a wild and immersive expedition combining hiking and packrafting

Wild, wet and wonderful: The Great Outdoors Challenge 2022 • Challenge Co-ordinators Sue Oxley & Ali Ogden reflect on a wilder-than-usual TGO Challenge this year, and look forward to new entrants in 2023

NEXT YEAR’S CHALLENGE: NEW ADVENTURES IN 2023

RISING TO THE CHALLENGE • Here are 11 tales from the 15-day walk across Scotland, from intrepid Challenge addicts with multiple crossings under their belt through to complete newcomers. All are welcome!

A big anniversary • Graham Brookes from Marple, Greater Manchester

Over far too soon • Andrew Walker from Bottisham, Cambridgeshire

Glastonbury in Gore-Tex • Andy Neil from Middlesbrough, representing Ultralight Outdoor Gear

In memory of Les • Issy Silkowski from Appin, Argyll

Trails of the unexpected • Amanda McGuire from Alberta, Canada

One step at a time • Louise Evans from Forres, Moray

All in it together • Richard Maxey from...