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.

Where the wild things are

IN THIS ISSUE • Meet some of the folk who made this mag…

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Blencathra from Cat Bells, Lake District

COLIN WOOLF • Highlands-based landscape and nature artist

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ON THE LOOKOUT • Natural highlights in the hills

JASMINE BECOMES FIRST WOMAN TO SWIM THE LENGTH OF THE UK • On 1 July 2022, 23-year-old Jasmine Harrison left Land’s End in Cornwall, to swim 900 miles along the length of the UK. Just over 110 days later she reached John O’Groats. Along the way, she encountered a military exercise, was followed by a shark, and suffered salt mouth – a condition that strips skin from the tongue and throat, making it hard to swallow. She is only the third person in history to have completed the challenge.

January 2023

The ‘perfect winter’ is getting rarer. So why do we still dream of it? • With the climate warming, Mary-Ann Ochota asks if we should stop dreaming of a white mountain Christmas

Landlines

RHINOG FAWR • This peak in the wild northern Rhinogydd is famous for its rough terrain – but, argues Jim Perrin, all you need is the right approach

A place to be ourselves • In the first of our new ‘My View’ series, featuring stories that don’t always get a hearing in the outdoor media, journalist Minreet Kaur describes a transformative climb of Snowdon with a group of South Asian women – and her ever-inspiring mother

WILD THINGS • The mountains are not just venues for adventurous exploits; they’re also the home of wildlife, refuges for rare flora, and places that conjure strange and fantastic phenomena. We asked a host of our contributors to describe their most memorable natural encounters in the mountains

ICON OF THE WILD • Arguably no animal is more associated with wild places than the golden eagle. James Roddie recalls exceptional moments in over a decade’s journey to photograph this elusive bird of prey

WINTER DAYS, BOTHY NIGHTS • Winter adventures are always subject to 'terms and conditions'. But even the least inspiring of forecasts can be rescued with a little help from the humble Scottish bothy, as Dan Aspel discovers

INTO THE ARCTIC • Andrew Terrill walked from the southern tip of Italy to the top of Norway on a 7000-mile quest to spend time in Europe’s wild places. In this abridged excerpt from his second book about the journey, he describes one of the highlights

ATLAS ADVENTURES • Alice Morrison ran through the Sahara Desert, and loved the experience so much she moved to Morocco. Here, she shares an insider’s view of some of the best walking in the Atlas Mountains

Hiking in the Atlas

4 walks in the Atlas Mountains

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