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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Shutlingsloe and the Dane Valley

Lower Lairig Ghru, Summer

The highs and lows of record breaking Wainwright run • Earlier this summer, Sabrina Verjee ran the Wainwrights in record time. We asked her to talk us through the ups and downs of her epic 144 hours in the mountains

Buttermere Edge • One of the very best fell walks in the Lake District, the Buttermere Edge takes in scenic Lakeland views and a ridge worth savouring

Does transport in national parks need a radical rethink? • With British beauty spots seeing an unprecedented level of traffic this summer, is it time to introduce measures like car bans and permit schemes? Hanna Lindon looks at the issues – and rounds up some car-free classic walks

5 car-free walks in national parks

The man who has spent four years walking the British coast • Dissatisfied with life, Chris Lewis made a spur-of-the-moment decision to walk the UK's entire coast. Four years, 13,000 miles, two lockdowns and one adopted dog later, he’s still going. Hanna Lindon caught up with him near Newcastle to find out how he’s doing.

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Mount Everest Centenary Exhibition launches in London • ‘Everest: By Those Who Were There’ is open till 17 October 2021

ORDNANACE SURVEY MAP READING SKILLS • To celebrate national map reading week earlier this summer (5-11 July), OS surveyed 2,000 people to determine how today’s young adults’ map reading skills hold up. Here are some results:

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Your adventures this month

TGO Challenge 2021: “It mattered more this year” • After cancellations, delays and many months of uncertainty due to the Covid-19 pandemic, organisers Sue Oxley and Ali Ogden celebrated a triumphant return of the TGO Challenge as over 100 walkers completed an adventurous west-to-east crossing of the Scottish Highlands

Much Ado About Mothing

Regeneration: The Rescue of a Wild Land

BRAERIACH • Big, serious and remote, Britain’s third-highest mountain has a formidable force of character. Jim Perrin reflects on a Scottish giant

WILD WEST WALES • Determined to explore this Welsh mountain hinterland, James Forrest traverses Snowdonia’s Rhinogydd – and finds it a rockier ride than he expected

ESSENTIAL INFORMATION Rhinogydd Traverse

A HOME FROM HOME • Bothies are now the bases for our adventures big and small, but often they were once homes. David Lintern celebrates the humble mountain shelter with a family visit to a secret location

A DREAM COME TRUE • Want to take lightweight backpacking to the extreme? Ditch the backpack. Fell runner Norman Hadley heads to the Lake District to try an idea he dreamt up in lockdown: ‘bumbagging’

Bumbagging: selecting the kit

Staying safe while fastpacking

HOME IS WHERE THE HUT IS • If you love backpacking but hate the backpack, how about some hut-to-hut walking? Ronald Turnbull takes on a stunning high-level route across the Austrian Alps

ESSENTIAL INFORMATION • The Stubai High-Level Route (Stubaital...