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Pair complete hike of UK’s longest straight-line challenge

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Adventurers – inspired by YouTube ‘straight-line missions’ – trek longest direct route in UK without crossing paved road

Calum Maclean and Jenny Graham had grown tired of several daylong hikes across Alpine ridges, and were in search of genuine novelty. They were surprised to find it a little closer to home: a trek across the heather-covered hills of the Cairngorms, but in an entirely straight line.

On Monday night, the adventurers became the first people to walk the longest straight line in the UK without crossing a paved road, after spending four days crossing 78.55km (48.8 miles) from the Pass of Drumochter to Corgarff in north Scotland.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3zAk2qv

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