23rd May 2019
Top 10 Best Caves
A classic wild camp, a Roman shrine and the ‘real’ Batman’s lair - here’s our pick of Britain’s most enticing underground attractions.
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20th May 2019
UK’s Greta Thunberg? 16-year-old Amy Bray launches new environment charity ‘Another Way’ with support from Chris Packham and others
A teenage schoolgirl from Cumbria is being tipped to become Britain’s leading environmental campaigner, following in the footsteps of her hero Sir David Attenborough.
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16th May 2019
They Called it Paradise: an emotional visit to Yosemite by Daniel Neilson
Yosemite’s incredible mountain architecture inspired the modern conservation movement. At a time when America’s national parks are under threat, a visit to the valley proves an emotional experience for Daniel Neilson
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15th May 2019
The state of Staffordshire’s footpaths: Diagonal Walking with Nick Corble
Nick Corble finds the footpaths of Staffordshire a challenge in this humorous extract from his new book, Diagonal Walking This time last year, Nick Corble was just setting out on a walk across England. Not…
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14th May 2019
In conversation with Richard Hartfield on hiking the Greater Caucasus, police bureaucracy, dodging thunderstorms, and backpacking in areas where few Western hikers venture
“In Russia, the police kept an uncomfortably close eye on me wherever I went. They seemed pretty suspicious of my presence and it was hard to convince them that I’d just come for a walk!”
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2nd May 2019
Going hungry in the Yorkshire Dales: an extract from James Forrest’s ‘Mountain Man’
“This was my first experience of mountain hunger and I hated it. I stuffed my face with a peculiar dinner of chorizo wraps, and peanut butter on Hobnobs.”
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30th April 2019
Interview: Katrina Megget on hiking New Zealand’s Te Araroa Trail and dealing with self-doubt
In conversation with long-distance hiker Katrina Megget about trekking 2,000km through New Zealand, readjusting to ‘real life’ after a big walk, and what she’s learned about self-doubt and self-esteem.
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25th April 2019
Cicerone Press at 50: a deep dive into Fifty Years of Adventure with Kev Reynolds and Jonathan Williams
“Embrace the challenge of the unknown… for in that lies some of the romance, the appeal, and the very essence of adventure.”
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24th April 2019
Photo gallery: the end of winter
In February 2019, Alex Roddie hiked the Cape Wrath Trail – but it wasn’t the wintry multi-week journey he’d been looking for.
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16th April 2019
Top 5 views on the GR54
Andrew McCluggage says the GR54 is the best Alpine trek you have never heard of. In fact, it is arguably the finest Alpine trek of all, making a circumnavigation of the unforgettable Écrins National Park…
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11th April 2019
Top British climber James McHaffie names new route ‘Extinction Rebellion’ to raise awareness for the climate and ecological crisis
James McHaffie has climbed a hard new rock climb in Wales' Dinorwig Quarry, and hoisted an Extinction Rebellion banner at the top to raise awareness for the global biodiversity and climate crisis.
