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Wales
Editors Choice 2009: Climbing Lockwoods Chimney Rock
BACKPACKER editors get muddy and bloody while ascending the slippery Lockwoods Chimney, a half-climbing-half-caving route cut deep into the craggy Welsh mountainside.
Editors' Choice Trip 2009: Brecon Beacons, Wales
Follow BACKPACKER editors on a misty mountain hop through steep slopes, huge waterfalls, and fog-shrouded vistas in Wales' Brecon Beacons National Park.
