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

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Creator OF THE MONTH EMILY TAYLOR ‘Trigs and Teeth’ • Hill and Moorland Leader Emily is inspiring others to walk the UK – one triangulation pillar at a time…

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QUINN YOUNG • A girl from Inverness, Quinn Young, has become one of the youngest people ever to summit all of the Munros. Starting aged just four with her dad on a wander up Ben Wyvis, she climbed the final summit of her round on 13 October 2022, after a two-day, 12-summit walk with a bivvy overnight on the Loch Mullardoch circuit. Here’s a statistical summary of Quinn’s incredible journey…

ON THE LOOKOUT • Natural highlights in the hills

EVENTS CALENDAR February 2023

Juls Stodel: the long-distance walker on a big bothy mission • Juls Stodel is on a one-woman mission to spend a night at every MBA bothy in the UK. At the halfway point, 50 bothies in, as she waited out a weather front, we chatted about ‘survival mode’, the Bothy Code and the many miles in between

Joined-up thinking: are ‘super nature reserves’ the key to biodiversity recovery? • As the Lake District’s Ennerdale valley becomes Britain’s latest super-sized nature reserve, we look at how landscape-wide recovery projects like this could help tackle the biodiversity crisis

NEWS IN BRIEF • Other news from the outdoor world this month…

Why our obsession with litter distracts us from the real issues • Jon Moses argues that the obsession with public littering in the countryside lets the real environmental culprits off the hook – and demonises ordinary people

The Trail: a novel

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HIGH STREET • The classic fell upon which to stride out has also been seen plenty of races, fairs, climbing and skiing, says Jim Perrin

HIKE MORE, WORRY LESS • Do you dream of living the dream? Six individuals who decided to 'live for the mountains' reveal how they make it work behind the scenes…

LEAD THE WAY: HOW TO GET INTO INSTRUCTING AND LEADING

WORK, REST & PLAY • Richard Hartfield flips his own script and spends summer in the Swiss Alps, mending the trails he usually hikes

TRANSFORMED • James Roddie brushes doubts aside and savours a perfect snow-white day in north-west Coulin mountains

GRIT IN YOUR BOOTS • The mountains of the western Lakes are littered with stories of those for whom the hills provide solace and respite. Here Andy Wasley studies the area’s history, on a 3-day trip with Alex Roddie

MIND GAMES IN THE KARAKORAM • Terry Adby experiences the trek of a lifetime: hiking up a glacier into the heart of the highest national park in the world

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

NEW REVIEWS • Chris Townsend puts exciting and interesting new gear to the test

WINTER GLOVES • Our reviews this time are all about...