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.

Adventurers, assemble! • Protest and friendship go hand in hand on Dartmoor

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The Great Outdoors

BETTER TOGETHER • Packed full of inspiration and expert advice, The Great Outdoors is your ideal mountain companion

Pen yr Ole Wen Eryri/Snowdonia

DAN FOX sound artist and filmmaker • Encounter the sounds of nature as you’ve never heard them before, courtesy of Dan and his team at Sound Intervention

Readers’ page • Share your views, your experiences and your favourite photos tgo.ed@kelsey.co.uk

ON THE LOOKOUT • Natural highlights in the hills this month

Remembering Joss Naylor, the ‘King of the Fells’

Ethel: The biography of countryside pioneer Ethel Haythornthwaite

This Everest season shows we must meet mountains without ego • Mary-Ann Ochota recalls wise words once shared by a Tibetan translator as she considers the recent fatalities on Everest, abandoned tents and tanks, tonnes of litter, as well as allegations of misogyny and assault in high-altitude mountaineering

MULLA GHMORE • Jim Perrin recalls a visit to the lunar limestone landscape of The Burren in the “magical realm" that is the west of Ireland

SEDBERGH • Vivienne Crow heads for Howgills country, with this ‘book town’ being the perfect base for both ramblers and keen readers

FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES • Sharing a passion for the outdoors is what we do here at TGO… and it’s what many of you do when you’re not reading this magazine, too! We asked readers, leaders and fellow outdoors lovers what’s so special about flocking together

COMMON GROUND • Photographer and access activist Fern Leigh Albert has been documenting the wild camping campaign on Dartmoor. Ahead of their next legal challenge, she describes the journey so far, alongside her evocative images that conjure the spirit of coming together

FULL CIRCLE • Wistful for pre-family Pyrenean adventures, Hanna Lindon takes her kids for a walking holiday around the splendid Cirque de Gavarnie. But can the new reality live up to the memories?

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SKILLS: BEGINNERS’ GUIDE TO MULTI-DAY HIKING • Multi-day hikes have taken Ingrina Shieh deep into the world’s most spectacular landscapes. Here, the London National Park City Ranger and Slow Ways Wayfarer guides you in the art of how to prepare to walk deep into the hills for days on end

GEAR • News from the world of outdoor kit, and product reviews from the UK’s most experienced gear-testing team

NEW REVIEWS • Francesca Donovan and Chris Townsend test exciting new gear

FAMILY TENTS • Summer means family camping, and that can mean a big group shelter is needed. John Manning and his crew take a look at the best of what’s available…

Features

HIKING SHIRTS • Warmer weather dictates top layers with neck protection and ventilation. But hiking shirts come in handy for layering in cooler conditions too. Mountain Leader Lucy Wallace and Ranger Peter Macfarlane investigate

Features

WOMEN’S HIKING SHIRTS

MEN’S HIKING SHIRTS

WILDWALKS

1 Suilven North-West Highlands SCOTLAND

2 Beinn Alligin North-West Highlands SCOTLAND

3 Sgor an Lochain...