Bikepacking Scotland's North Coast 500 Bealach na Bà to Gairloch+ Ep2

A mini series covering me and my buddy Wolfy bikepacking and wild camping on Mark Beaumont's cycling version of the North Coast 500. This mini series captures the highs (pun intended) and lows of this Scottish Highlands ride.
The videos will give you a feel like you're there, give tips and might have some funny moments.
Should you be planning to ride the route, this will give you a great insight. Anything not shown and you would like to know then please feel free to comment and ask.
I used AI voice changer to do my overdubs in order to be a little more clearer.... I think this worked ok let me know.
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0:00 - Preview
0:34 - Morning admin
1:28 - Ride start
2:15 - Belach Na Ba Climb
5:00 - Summit summary and descent
7:00 - Applecross & beyond
8:32 - Applecross Sands
12:02 - Shieldaig
13:25 - Torridon
15:35 - Kinlochewe
18:00 - Gairloch
19:16 - Wildcamp & look forward

[@Jimbo_LB]

Brilliant, gets better and is forming the basis of my own adventure.

[@jaikgladstone5833]

Brought back a bunch of great memories - thanks for uploading and kudos for doing it full wild camping!

[@ISF77]

Thanks for watching and your comment it's very much appreciated 👍🏻 next episode is currently being put together

[@StefanGates1986]

I see my banana sticker at 0:07!
Great videos so far

[@ISF77]

This made me smile, many thanks for watching.... I'm off to look for the sticker now 😆

[@DemiGod..]

Would it be hard if using a bike with low gearing such as a touring bike?
I have alot less strength than you, my FTP being 160 due to having been in a wheelchair for a while. I do not stand up for hills.
The Ribble Endurance Ti I had with Ultegra Di2 had 28 inch gearing, my Kona Sutra 20 inch, the recumbent trike before added a motor , about 13 inch, gear range over 1000% though with rohloff hub and triple chainrings.
For a 15% , with 28" gearing, cadence drops, muscles doing a bit of work. 20", not hard, gearing just right. WIth 13" , it might as well be flat, as a doddle, maintaining ideal cadence.

[@ISF77]

I tend to stay seat on hills, just grind up them.... with living in Suffolk there is very little chance of me getting in hill practise. I've shared all of my Strava data so you can see what sort of efforts I am putting in, I just stick to an output that I am confident of keeping to. The gearing I had was GRX gravel group set 46/30 x 11/32 which was perfect for me. As you mentioned seems like the recumbent might be your best option, as long as you have you plan for charging. The only real steep bits were on the Belach Na Bah, Ep 4 at 4:40 and Lothmore... in that order for difficulty, each of which were not for too long. You can only give it a go.