TGOC – The Grand Outdoor Challenge 2022 – May 13-26 2022 – Michael‘s planned trip

I am preparing now for my TGOC participation that was originally planned for 2020. I will walk – alone – about 20km-30km for 12 days (with a break day roughly in the middle – at BRAEMAR) and about 1.000 to 1.500 altitude meters in average. On my path from West to East I plan to ascend/descend 11 Munros.

Most of the days I will sleep in the middle of nowhere in the Scotish Highlands in my single tent eating pre-prepared and packaged calorie rich trekking food. With expected 5.000 daily calories needed and probably only 2.500 taken I expect some loss of own body reserves 😆.

I will leave my home on thursday May 12th flying from DUS to EDI and from there with the SCOTRAIL to Mallaig on the West-Coast, my starting point. The first walking day will be May 13th with a rather strenuous hike from Inverie on Knoydart, a wonderful place that I have visited numerous times in the last years.

If you want to follow my trip – and the preparations – then I invite you to read my travel blog.