TGO CHALLENGE 2004
alansloman.blogspot.com 12/18/2009 — North Eastern Cairngorms: Click on image to enlarge I was browsing through some old files earlier this afternoon when I came across a TGO Challenge Trip report I wrote for the TGO magazine - They didn't use my text but they did use most of my pictures in the October edition of the 2004 ...

TGO Challenge 2009 Trip Report
northernpies.blogspot.com 9/8/2009 — yes, folks, here it is at long last, see it over at ww.doodlecat.com/tgo/MKnipe2009/intro.html The 2009 TGO Challenge Report. All those who have been holding their breath waiting for this will have had their wills read by now... Phil (Lord Elpus) Lambert at Whiplash Hall has triumphed ...

TGO Challenge: The Dog Days
alansloman.blogspot.com 2/17/2010 — These are the dog days of TGO Challenge. The route is in and approved. The weather is still February; dull, raw on your skin and dark in the evenings. It is a time of waiting. The belly is still there, grinning like a dull grey stone in a shiny hinge. The weekend walks have stalled for a ...

TGO Challenge Planning
northernpies.blogspot.com 12/4/2009 — Despite the fact that its a beautiful sunny day here in beautiful and sunny Crook, I’ve been spending my time doing some more TGO Challenge planning. I’ve submitted my route to Roger Smith, who says he will try to give it to a sympathetic and lucid vetter (that cuts a few of them out…) In ...

TGO CHALLENGE 2010 DAY ELEVEN
alansloman.blogspot.com 1/27/2010 — (You can click on the above map to make it bigger)   There's a lot of information on this map as I have been around here quite a few times, but the route I shall be following this May is between the red triangles, indicated by the radioactive symbols. It starts at Stan & Bill's ...

TGO CHALLENGE ROUTE: DONE!
alansloman.blogspot.com 11/19/2009 — I was on the telephone to Lord Elpus yesterday evening for an hour or so and we chatted out a route. It seems to get easier each year as we both know where each other wants to go. Phil's tally of Challies is now mounting up; this will be his eighth. He knows his way around the Chally Chunk of ...

The TGO Challenge
tgochallenge.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk 11/8/2009 — TGO Home About the challenge Latest news Message board Useful links A backpacking event sponsored by TGO Magazine, in partnership with Rab and Himalayan Kingdoms The Great Outdoors Magazine The TGO Challenge Rab Mountain Kingdoms Latest news ...

TGO Challenge Route Planning
northernpies.blogspot.com 11/23/2009 — Frosty morning in Glen Lyon 2007 Just spent pretty much the whole morning, a part of the lunchtime and some of the afternoon drawing lines on electronic maps and measuring distances and I think I’ve finally cracked it – a joined up route across Scotland. This year, unusually for me, and, ...

TGO Challenge Food and other things
northernpies.blogspot.com 1/14/2010 — Just taken delivery of a box of scoff from www.outdoorsegrub.co.uk mainly for the TGO challenge. My food plan says that I need to start with 3 days food and send a parcel to Dalwhinnie with 2 days food – more of that later. There’s also the little question of a pre-TGO Challenge ...

TGO Smug Mode
northernpies.blogspot.com 11/3/2009 — This bridge has now withdrawn from the TGO Challenge (washed away) Just got an email from Roger Smith confirming my place on the 2010 RGO Challenge. Yes, I know I already had a place as it will be my tenth, but still, eh?  Nice to have confirmation. And now – designing a route. I ...