Co-founder of San Juan Mountain SOLES, Ashley Carruth, heads into the Weminuche Wilderness with 10 high school female identifying youth, where they learn about the importance of community and the outdoors, and the challenge of making time for both amidst a pandemic. Ashley Carruth

Alison Wright and Sarah Castle tell us about the origins of The Cairn Project, a US-based adventure-driven funding programme that supports outdoor and wilderness opportunities for pre-teen and teenage women through small grants. Alison Wright

Camping on the summit of an icon of Kenya’s ‘Big North’. Jan Fox

The first Primitive Trail in Rwanda’s Akagera National Park was conducted in 2018 by the Africa Trails Co. Seasoned Trails Guide, Brenden Pienaar, recounts the story of the ‘Trail de Akagera’, emphasising the importance of the most endangered phenomenon of our time — the experience of wilderness. Brenden Pienaar

Lying roughly 100 miles off the coast of Scotland, the Shetland Islands are Britain’s most northerly outpost. Local resident and photographer, Susan Molloy, shows there’s more colour to life on these islands than their bleak portrayal in the hit TV crime series, Shetland. Susan Molloy

Flanked by a sweeping bend of the Nile, Sudan’s little-visited Bayuda Desert is a rich geological and historical landscape, with ancient Nubian pyramids, sand dunes, acacia forests and vast savannah plains. Louis Supple

The ‘night-watch’ is a key part of a wilderness trail, where participants take turns to stay up at night to ensure potentially dangerous animals don’t come too close to camp. Private safari guide, Andreas Fox, recalls a particularly memorable shift during a trail in Makuleke, South Africa. Andreas Fox

Chris Burkard is an accomplished photographer, creative director, speaker and author. He spends the majority of his time travelling around the world’s wild spaces, photographing untamed and powerful landscapes. Wilder’s Editor, Jan Fox, recently asked Chris about his past adventures, his motivations to shoot, and what advice he would give to aspiring photographers in this digital age. Jan Fox

Scotland’s Cairngorm Mountains, or Am Monadh Ruadh in Scottish Gaelic, form the highest mountain massif in the British Isles. Cairn Project Ambassador and keen bikepacker, Annie Le, tackles their misty trails on two wheels. Annie Le

Land Rover recently released the new Defender, after many years and over a million kilometres of testing. The old models have been adored across the world for decades, so it has some big shoes to fill. Jan Fox

The Cairn Project is a US-based adventure-driven funding programme that supports outdoor and wilderness opportunities for pre-teen and teenage women through small grants. In November 2019, they convened their first Adventure Learning Summit in the Superstition Mountains. Ashley Carruth gives her account of the weekend. Ashley Carruth

Lauryn Ishak spent five days hopping across Indonesia’s islands, searching for the country’s endemic wildlife with independent tour guides. Lauryn Ishak

Photographer Lauryn Ishak treks across the lava-streaked hills and glaciers of Iceland’s Laugavegur Trail, known for its extreme landscapes and weather conditions. Lauryn Ishak

Ofir’s story is one of courage and adventure. After rescuing a baby chimpanzee from poachers in Cameroon, he established a wildlife law enforcement NGO to fight wildlife crime and corruption. Jan Fox spoke to him about his environmental activism, and his extreme adventures across Africa. Jan Fox

Tanzania’s Mahale National Park, on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, is one of the best places in the world to observe chimpazees up close in the wild. Andreas Fox

Jeremy Goss traverses glacial valleys, rivers and steep ridges on horseback high up in Argentina’s Neuquén Province, before swapping four legs for two and exploring Chile’s stunning Torres del Paine National Park. Jeremy Goss

Photographer Simon Buxton captures the unearthly scenery on the outskirts of San Pedro de Atacama. Simon Buxton