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Bracken Forest in Elenydd, Cambrian Mountains, Wales
5 Everests, 3 epic trails, endless blisters: could you hike Britain’s ‘Triple Crown’?

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queueing for the Everest summit
Inside the death zone: Why climbing Mount Everest is so dangerous

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Trig Point 3 Tom Bailey
What’s a trig point for? The amazing story of the pillars that mapped the nation

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Gillian Anderson as Raynor Winn in the salt path film with 5 stars for review
The Salt Path film review: Tears, trauma and triumph on the South West Coast Path

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1924 Mount Everest team
“Because it’s there”: What drove George Mallory to tragically risk it all on Everest?

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Great Gable Lake District
How we found a secret smuggler’s hut in the Lake District

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Ridge between Pen yr Helgi Du _ Carnedd Llewelyn North
13 ways to hike the best of Britain’s wild spaces

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Corrour Station in the distance Leum Uilleim Sleeper train Scotland Rannoch Moor
Catch the ‘sleeper train’ that lets you nod off in London – then wake up in the Scottish Highlands

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3 Tom Bailey hiking through Beinn nan Eachan Tarmachan Ridge
Movin’ on up: Chasing cloud inversions in the Tarmachan Hills

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Kenton Cool on Everest holding a medal
16 mountain lessons from record-breaking Everest guide Kenton Cool

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Camping in front of Luibeilt Lodge in the Highlands
I camped outside a haunted house in the Scottish mountains – and saw something otherwordly

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Still from Salt Path 4 Steve Tanner
The world’s favourite walking book becomes a movie: the inside story of The Salt Path

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Mitch Hutchcraft
British man swims, cycles, runs and hikes from the UK to the summit of Everest

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Climbers ascending Mount Everest
Mount Everest in detail: Get up close and personal with the world’s highest mountain

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Walking the Loch Ness 360 route credit ANDY MCCANDLISH
This epic hiking route takes you all the way round Loch Ness – in under a week

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Hikers sitting on a rock, one looks at the view another consults the map
30 of the best British outdoor brands: Keep calm and kit up

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camasunary bothy on sgurr na stri, skye
At home in the hills: A brief history of bothies

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Two climbers roped together Cuillin Ridge Skye
48 hours on the edge – can a nervy hiker traverse Skye’s fearsome Cuillin Ridge?

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Simon barnes interviewed by nick hallissey 4
What’s so great about spring, anyway? Award winning author Simon Barnes has the answers

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Between Duckpool & Stanbury Mouth South West Coast Path Cornwall
Don’t let the sea views fool you: 3 of the toughest days on the South West Coast Path

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Climbing the Lake District Matterhorn, Grey Friar
The Lake District’s Mini Matterhorn – we found the iconic Swiss peak’s Cumbrian doppelganger

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Jost Kobusch at Everest base camp
Meet the alpinist who slept through an earthquake on Everest

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Camping nightmares
Roughing it or regretting it? Our wild camping expert reveals the 8 worst places he’s ever slept

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Walking on the Isle of Harris Scotland
Hiking Scotland’s Isle of Harris: rugged mountains, white sand beaches, turquoise bays

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Mick Fowler, 68, climbs in heavy snow at 6,250m near the summit
Changing the game: How adaptive gear is making the outdoors more accessible

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James forrest holds a wainwright guide in one hand and a phone with chat gpt up on the other
I let ChatGPT plan my hike – what could possibly go wrong?

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Howard Johnson hiking to Glengarrisdale Bothy on Jura.
From war-zones to wilderness: How a frontline BBC reporter found peace in the mountains

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Adriana Brownlee 8000ers summit
Exclusive interview: how Londoner Adriana Brownlee became the youngest woman to climb the world’s 14 highest peaks

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Sir Chris Bonington then and now
Sir Chris Bonington – still living the mountain high life at 90 years old

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