With a tent and little else our writer set off along the GR20, known as Europe’s toughest trek. It was an experience that sharpened the senses and offered rich rewards How best to rejuvenate? Many opt ...

There are several ways to react when a friend suggests you take on something described as "Europe's hardest long-distance trek". A straightforward refusal, for example, or a plucky pledge to give it a ...

THE GR20 IS KNOWN in Corsica as fra li monti, which means ‘across the mountains’. And that’s what this trail is – the path is made clear only by the cairns and waymarks as you climb over rugged, rocky ...

Looking at him, you wouldn’t be able to tell that he is about to tackle one of the biggest challenges in his career so far – breaking the time record on one of Europe’s most mythical and challenging ...

Ultrarunner Camille Herron is the first person to hold the 50k, 100k and 24-hour world records simultaneously.