The Great Outdoors (magazine)

The Great Outdoors (formerly TGO)[1] is a British monthly consumer magazine focused on hillwalking and backpacking, first published in 1978 (47 years ago) (1978).[2] It was edited for many years by Cameron McNeish. Chris Townsend and Jim Perrin are among many regular and long-term contributors to the magazine.

The Great Outdoors was published by Newquest until October 2015, when it was sold to Kelsey Media.[3] Kelsey Media's headquarters are based in Cudham, Kent.[2]

The Great Outdoors is the main sponsor of the TGO Challenge, an annual coast-to-coast backpacking event in Scotland, invented by Hamish Brown and originally called the Ultimate Challenge.

References

  1. ^ Carey Davies (21 July 2014). "Ten of the best walking and climbing magazines". BMC. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2017. Bloomsbury Publishing. 28 July 2016. pp. 89–. ISBN 978-1-4729-2866-5. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  3. ^ "The Great Outdoors". Kelsey Media. Retrieved 24 October 2016.


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