James Forrest recently completed the Nuttalls in record-breaking time. He managed to juggle the challenge around his day job, ticking off an astonishing 446 peaks across England and Wales in just six months. So how does it feel to be finished?
Did you set out to break a record, or was that just an added bonus?
I came back to England from a worldwide backpacking trip in 2016 and promised myself that I’d make my everyday life as adventurous as possible. So I set about planning a major challenge for 2017. I’d owned the Nuttalls books (The Mountains of England and Wales by John and Anne Nuttall) for ages and one day the idea struck me – why not try to tick them all off in one intensive challenge? As I was planning it, I found out that nobody had done it in less than six months as far as anyone was aware. That was an added bonus – it feels pretty cool to be the fastest person who’s done it!
It wasn’t a single round, though, was it…?
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Practice Makes Perfect
Preparation is key if you want to enjoy, and not simply endure, the TGO Challenge. Organisers Ali Ogden and Sue Oxley look at how to be ready for the demands of a long-distance walk
More Ways than one
Roger Smith calls for more clarity around the increasing proliferation of named trails
THE LONG PATHWAY
Kat Young and Liv Bolton both walked New Zealand’s South Island from north to south via the country-spanning Te Araroa Trail. Here they each describe a section of this spectacular and life-changing route
THE CRUX
Last summer, self-confessed ‘average adventurer’ James Forrest completed all 282 of Scotland’s Munros in an intensive six-month push. Here he describes the most knee-trembling part of the journey – Skye’s famous Inaccessible Pinnacle
A HAPPY RETURN
For more than 30 years, Chris Townsend dreamed about doing a long walk through the high reaches of the Colorado Was it everything he hoped for?
Happy When It Rains
With an unpredictable winter approaching, here are TGO’s tips for enduring – even enjoying? – our ever-changing climate...
Mind Boggling
Rising rivers, quaking bogs, ferocious winds, possible thunderstorms and annoying theme tunes – will Paul Beasley be able to take all this in his stride and successfully cross Dartmoor?
Errigal
Donegal’s highest mountain is a sight to behold – unless, as Jim Perrin discovered, the weather has other ideas…
Commuting: Lochaber Style
For Many Of Us, The Daily Commute Can Be A Chore. But, For Neil Adams, Living And Working In One Of Scotland’s Finest Mountain Landscapes Gave Him The Opportunity To Turn It Into An Adventure...
The Depths Of Time
James Roddie goes under the surface of Assynt to discover a whole new dimension to an extraordinary, ancient landscape.
