I will be backpacking across Scotland this May in the The Great Outdoor (TGO) Challenge, hiking 200 miles in 15 days. Many Challenge hikers raise charity to commemorate their participation in this annual event and this year I will be raising money for Heifer International, a charity that my wife and I have been sponsoring for [...]
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A Ramble before the Challenge: Strathcarron to Torridon
One of the most time consuming parts of the TGO Challenge, a 15 day coast-to-coast backpacking event held every May, is getting to the one’s start point on the west coast of Scotland. Challengers are required to start at one of 12 absurdly remote but picturesque inns and hostels at the start of their coast-to-coast [...]
TGO Challenge Route Plan Highlights – 2013
Martin Rye, Grant Sible and I have been planning our Scotland coast-to-coast backpacking route for the past month. We’ll be walking together as a team in the 2013 TGO Challenge this May, an annual backpacking event, where 300 hikers hike from the west coast to the east coast of Scotland during the same 15 day [...]
Onto a New Challenge!
Big news last week – I got onto the TGO Challenge for May 2013, a coast-to-coast cross-country backpack across Scotland. This is an annual event where 300 hikers cross the country during the same 15-day period using different routes that they’ve defined themselves. About 200 miles in length, this hike is a significant challenge given [...]
Remembering a Great Journey
I am an emotional dishrag. I gave a talk this week, at the Appalachian Mountain Club in Boston, about my hike across Scotland last year in the TGO Challenge. The talk went great. I had an audience of 60 people and they had to kick us out of the auditorium afterward because so many people [...]
New Walking Meditations Photoblog
I've just released a new photoblog called Walking Meditations to display the very best hiking and nature photos I've taken over the past few years in New England, Scotland, and along the Appalachian Trail and Long Trail. This new site, published at http://www.philipwerner.com includes an e-commerce capability so that you can buy the photos as [...]
Backpacking Coast-to-Coast Across Scotland – Potluck & Slideshow
This is an announcement of a talk that I'm giving in March at the Appalachian Mountain Club Chapter Headquarters on Joy St. in Boston. I'd love to see some sectionhiker readers there, and meet you if we've never met. Tue, March 15, 2011 6:30 Potluck, 7:15 pm Slideshow AMC Auditorium, 4 Joy St, Boston MA [...]
Scotland in Winter: 5 Minute Mountains
Is work sucking the life out of you today? Well, close your office door, put your headphones on, and set your sights on these fine videos of winter climbing in Scotland produced by TGO magazine. Narrated by Editor-at-Large, Cameron McNeish, these peaks are a fine example of the breathtaking beauty you can find under 5,000 [...]
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