I hope you enjoyed the video. Part 2 coming soon and it Scotland’s weather really unleashed some venom upon us. Torrential rain, wind, thunder and lightning. Make sure to subscribe and hit the 🔔 so you don’t miss that one 👍🏻
The Highlands are totally unforgiving (in my experience), which is exactly why I've not been camping there for over 20 years. Some folks still head up there in winter, which is far more bonkers than can be imagined. Similar to the higher Hymalayas (probably). Such areas are simply not fit for human habitation.
I've been walking there when I was young boy in the 70s it's a awesome place going back soon with my cousin for a 2 week camp, thanks Paul for a great video and bringing back so many memories thanks 👍🙂
I've only ever passed through the cairngorms on a couple of occasions but never had the chance to stay and see the place properly. It really looks lovely up there. I'll have to get back there again one day before I get too old!!
I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for part two, it looks like you had a grand aul time of it.. Congrats to yourself and Jo on tying the knot, I wish you both all the very best of luck and happiness for the future 👍
Adventure! I'm looking forward to part 2. Not because I want to see you out in a storm, but to see how you cope and to learn from your experience. Thanks for sharing this trip.
Walking, Hiking and camping used to be free in Scotland as passed by the Scottish Parliament until they licenced Loch Lomond and Trossachs Park to charge people for camping in the area they control thus taxing the people of Scotland for the Freedom to Roam, the area they control get's bigger every year. Time it was stopped and give us our right to roam back. Freedom for Indigenous Scots.
I'm glad that it rained! Not through any desire to see you suffer, but because it's good to see a wet-packing demonstration. Looking forward to the next edition.
Wow, that is some crazy weather. Its great to see how you pack up in the rain though. It's rather an art. Whenever I'm out in stuff like that, I'm reminded that wild camping is every bit a psychological activity as it is a physical. The mind can go many places when hiking in weather like that. Looking forward to part 2!
Plenty of people using the Durston X-Mid in Iceland ;) Seems to be very solid with a couple of simple mods and an extra guyline on each peak for security (and saves a kg backpack weight and costs half the price - if those are a consideration) :) You should have given yours a work-out Paul - I'd love to seen how it handled that storm in Part 2 !
Awesome video Paul! I've watched your videos for a few months but this is the first time I've left a comment! I always enjoy watching your hiking and wild camping adventures, and they always inspire me to head out hiking and visit different areas of the country! I've yet to visit the Cairngorms, but it's certainly an area I'd like to head up to at some point! Looking forward to watching the rest of your trip! 😊
I often take my inner down in poor weather. So much easier to pack away but I use another dry sac for it. Looked like fun though, looking forward to part two. 👍
That looked thoroughly....miserable 😁 I can take extreme heat & extreme cold whilst camping but the one thing I simply detest is the rain and the horrible, insidious dampness that comes with it, it just makes everything so much hard work. You can try and keep things dry but no matter what you do, in the end, the damp & wet will eventually win.
Superb video Paul , great to see you back doing these videos with your mojo back . Keep up the great work pal . Looking forward to part 2 . All the best !!
It was rather entertaining to see the other two guys packed up and ready to go whilst you dried down the outside of the tent in the rain 😂 Looking forward to your assessment of the Southern Cross 1 and your comparison to a Soulo
Great video as usual. I was wondering what kit you would bring for this major hike and camp, so I found it very interesting what you decided to bring. And I loved your humour. Can't wait for part two!
Looking forward to this, been seeing Beavo's updates on IG. 😁 Pity you didn't get the views from Lochnagar, still looked a fun trip. Looking forward to Part 2.
Great trip and footage so far. I liked your gear selections as well... appears suitable, up to standards reliable, and par for the course. My day was swabbing and inspecting whitewater rafts & catarafts. Work entails high attention to detail, check listing, and redeployments outfitting boating and camping gear for multi-day Moose and Bison fly-out remote destination float hunts throughout Alaska. Today... supposed to have two scheduled fly-outs by float plane... however weather delayed grounded due to blowing 40-50mph and waves of sideways rains. I liked the two-cone stove accessory... those take a while to build, and optimally nest a given/specific pot selection. Looking forward to part 2.
Reminds me of the days I went touring on a bike. packing everything into my pannier bags took a bit of time, then you realised you needed something at the bottom of the bag so out everything had to come again to get to it lol. I cycled with shorts and T-shirt, if it rained yes you got soaked but soon dried again on the downhills and you got a shower at the same time - Will be watching for your next leg of the journey, stay safe, happy hiking - Subscribed
I do enjoy bag weather. I live near the Blue Ridge and Appalachian mountains in Virginia. There are a lot of small waterfalls. I set up when the big storms hit so in the morning I see the falls at their best and when few people show. I have experienced the Scottish weather, it can get very dicey.
Even with a heat proof felt, my Cascade Wild table did start to deform after using it several times with an alcohol stove with a Caldera Cone. I've got a titanium table for this year.
Just realised. After all this time I've done this exact circular looks to be lochnagar + Loch muick circular. Lovely walk and most definitely achievable in one day.
Brilliant. Im camping regularly in Scotland and Ive realised that its basically just about balancing a few simple factors ..... 1. You need to pack the lightest load possible to deal with the forecasted weather. 2. The weather forecast is usually wrong 3. The weather might do different things every every few hours. Its a beautiful nightmare. My best advice to anyone hiking and camping in Scotland is ... Take an umbrella (laugh all you like but you will eventually thank me ....) Plan to be hot, wet, and cold, in the same day. Possibly the same hike Get a very lightweight breathable poncho. (It might save your clothes, tent or gear, from water) ALWAYS take protection from both insects and sun. Think like a marine. EVERYTHING you take needs to be packed in a way that protects it from water. Scotland is one of the best places on earth to hike and camp. It is also one of the few places on earth where you might be drenched, battered by wind, snowed on, and sunburned, in the same trip. Good luck all.
Big skies, big weather, big smiles !!! I liked the netting/webbing on the shoulder straps for the bottles !!! Come with the sack of did you fit them ???
Very wet . Not used to that now I live on the Sierra Contraviesa Spain .Even on Navada on the other side of the valley we rarely get wet .A combination of low rainfall and being able to pick and choose my days to avoid stuff like that.Was a bit of a shock to the system last month in Kyrgyzstan being rained on . We were lucky and most of the rain was in the evening after we had pitched. We had a lot of cold rivers to cross as there was Glacier melt mixed in with the rain run off . Back from when I was younger and had to do all weather stuff and river crossings had learnt that you need an accidental immersion/ hypothermia plan when out in conditions like that. If the situation occurs you have little time to sort it and your brain doesn't work well so worth having an immediate action plan. You mentioned the altitude. I had forgotten how low the UK is till Kyrgyzstan. The other multi national group has I was with work in London and struggling with the altitude. We were camping between 3000mtrs and 3600mtrs and hit 4000mtrs . Quite a few weeks suffering altitude sick. I was pretty OK as it was summer I had been spending a lot of time accros the valley on the Navada tops with 3000mtrs camps. (My house is at 920 and the nearest bar 1280mtr ) Was interested in your tent as could do with something between bivi and my Trango 3 . Thanks for your videos I very much enjoy watching them .
CLASSSS....brilliant Paul really enjoyed that some testing conditions but for a mountain goat 🐐 you nailed it mate .. always appreciated all the best marra 😀 👍 🏕
Had the same weather hiking up cairngorm, 2 hour up the mountain with a sketchy scramble and no view at the end. Could not have wished for a better reward but that anti climax will stay with me for a long time
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I hope you enjoyed the video. Part 2 coming soon and it Scotland’s weather really unleashed some venom upon us. Torrential rain, wind, thunder and lightning. Make sure to subscribe and hit the 🔔 so you don’t miss that one 👍🏻
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The Highlands are totally unforgiving (in my experience), which is exactly why I've not been camping there for over 20 years. Some folks still head up there in winter, which is far more bonkers than can be imagined. Similar to the higher Hymalayas (probably). Such areas are simply not fit for human habitation.
The rain and wind are whatever. Is lighting a worry though? Seems like humans would be a good object for the lighting to hit in a big open area
Great video Paul, I'm looking forward to watching part 2.
In Scotland we just call that normal summer weather, thats why I moved to Surrey lol
As soon as I saw the flooded bridge I knew you were heading towards Lochnagar and the white mounth munros
There is something magical about being enveloped in cloud whilst on a mountain peak; great video Paul.
Great video, Paul, Agree with you 🙂😇
I've been walking there when I was young boy in the 70s it's a awesome place going back soon with my cousin for a 2 week camp, thanks Paul for a great video and bringing back so many memories thanks 👍🙂
I've only ever passed through the cairngorms on a couple of occasions but never had the chance to stay and see the place properly. It really looks lovely up there. I'll have to get back there again one day before I get too old!!
Over the years I have spent many happy times sitting in the tent with nonstop rain. Oh happy days.
Welcome to Scotland and our fantastic weather.
I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for part two, it looks like you had a grand aul time of it.
I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for part two, it looks like you had a grand aul time of it..
Congrats to yourself and Jo on tying the knot, I wish you both all the very best of luck and happiness for the future 👍
Adventure! I'm looking forward to part 2. Not because I want to see you out in a storm, but to see how you cope and to learn from your experience. Thanks for sharing this trip.
Looking forward to part 2. Really enjoyed part 1. Love your videos. Thanks for all you do it is appreciated.
Walking, Hiking and camping used to be free in Scotland as passed by the Scottish Parliament until they licenced Loch Lomond and Trossachs Park to charge people for camping in the area they control thus taxing the people of Scotland for the Freedom to Roam, the area they control get's bigger every year. Time it was stopped and give us our right to roam back. Freedom for Indigenous Scots.
Only “indigenous”? So people who immigrate would be excluded? Tourists? Still, solution is simple - vote out the Greens & SNP at the next opportunity
Excellent content,learned so much from you Paul.Thanks.
I'm glad that it rained! Not through any desire to see you suffer, but because it's good to see a wet-packing demonstration. Looking forward to the next edition.
Another superb video from Mr Messner. Thank you for uploading this for us to enjoy. 👍
Great content as always, looking forward to part 2!! 👊🏼😉
Great trip, hats off for going up there in that weather! Looking forward to the second video.
I can’t wait to see part 2 Paul love all your video’s
Wow, that is some crazy weather. Its great to see how you pack up in the rain though. It's rather an art. Whenever I'm out in stuff like that, I'm reminded that wild camping is every bit a psychological activity as it is a physical. The mind can go many places when hiking in weather like that. Looking forward to part 2!
Plenty of people using the Durston X-Mid in Iceland ;) Seems to be very solid with a couple of simple mods and an extra guyline on each peak for security (and saves a kg backpack weight and costs half the price - if those are a consideration) :) You should have given yours a work-out Paul - I'd love to seen how it handled that storm in Part 2 !
Awesome video Paul! I've watched your videos for a few months but this is the first time I've left a comment! I always enjoy watching your hiking and wild camping adventures, and they always inspire me to head out hiking and visit different areas of the country! I've yet to visit the Cairngorms, but it's certainly an area I'd like to head up to at some point! Looking forward to watching the rest of your trip! 😊
Always lovely watching your videos Paul
Thank you 🙏 ❤️
another fantastic video Paul, cant wait to see part 2
Great to see you enjoying yourself again, love the videos!
Brilliant idea using the zip lock bag for the inner. Must try to remember this.
can't wait for part 2!
Awesome video. I love hiking and camping like that
I often take my inner down in poor weather. So much easier to pack away but I use another dry sac for it. Looked like fun though, looking forward to part two. 👍
Great video! it's something I really want to do and this gives me more confidence, Thanks Paul 👍
Reminds me of what I didn't like about the Akto, getting changed inside the small tent and packing your stuff before setting off.
That looked thoroughly....miserable 😁 I can take extreme heat & extreme cold whilst camping but the one thing I simply detest is the rain and the horrible, insidious dampness that comes with it, it just makes everything so much hard work. You can try and keep things dry but no matter what you do, in the end, the damp & wet will eventually win.
We’re used to it here. It builds character ( a bloody grim and dour character though ) but only Southerners dissolve in water 😉
It was hardly even raining, it’s still summer ffs. 👍🤣
try Dartmoor , if you can see it then it`s going to rain , if you can`t then it`s already raining!! lol
Another amazing video Paul
Looking forward to part two
Keep up the amazing content 🏕
Great video Paul and looks like a cracking trip. Looking forward to part 2 after that preview.
Superb video Paul , great to see you back doing these videos with your mojo back . Keep up the great work pal . Looking forward to part 2 . All the best !!
It was rather entertaining to see the other two guys packed up and ready to go whilst you dried down the outside of the tent in the rain 😂 Looking forward to your assessment of the Southern Cross 1 and your comparison to a Soulo
Looking forward to part 2!
Looking forward to part 2 Paul!
LookinG forward to part 2. Great vid
Thanks for taking us with you … 😎👍
Really enjoying your videos, Paul. Keep up the work! Greetings from North-Norway
Unlucky with the weather! Its been great weather up until the last week or two!
Thanks for another great video, your certainly organised, x
glad to see you are up and going again Paul best wishes
Another great video, Paul.
Lochnagar - one of my favourite Munros.
Amazing area that's only about an hour's drive from home.
Really like that tent!!
Great that Paul. can't wait for the next one 😊
Really liking that Door tie back for the southern cross
Wow man, that looks like wild weather. Great part one, well done, I’m looking forward to part two. Take care, 👍👍👍
Great video as usual. I was wondering what kit you would bring for this major hike and camp, so I found it very interesting what you decided to bring. And I loved your humour. Can't wait for part two!
Your Country is sooo beautiful!
Great film Andy. Keep on smiling bruvvvvaaaaaa. One love 👍🙏❤️
nice to see you further afield Paul
Great video, Thank you and stay safe....
Very nice looking forward to next part
Great to see you out longer :)
Great content as ever, thanks Paul
Treat video. Really useful seeing you pack up in the wet. 👍
Splendid landscapes
Love this…I’m up there next week…magnificent!
Hello Paul. Thanks for the good conversation and the beautiful pictures. Many greetings from Berlin/ Germany
That was great. Looking foreward for part two. :-)
I thought the view was very beautiful. and clean river water. and u got a nice tent,
Most excellent, thanks
Today 15 September 2022, and all respect goes to Saint Yvon, just WOW, we should remember
Nice one Paul !!
Looks a brilliant adventure !
Can’t wait till part 2
Atb Graham
Very enjoyable video Paul looks like you get plenty room in that tent looking forward to seeing part two atvb Jimmy 😎😎👍👍
Can't wait to get up Scotland, looks like a good trip, bring on part 2! ATB 👩&🐕
You'll love it, it's such an amazing place at any time of the year.
Love the content Paul!
Brilliant video I’m looking forward to watching part 2 later
Thank you. Let me know what you think. The weather much more brutal in part 2 😂
Lovely 🤩🤩
Looking forward to this, been seeing Beavo's updates on IG. 😁
Pity you didn't get the views from Lochnagar, still looked a fun trip. Looking forward to Part 2.
Going hiking with a few friends may be tiring but also a lot of fun.
I do love seeing my windshield in use 👍😉
Great trip and footage so far. I liked your gear selections as well... appears suitable, up to standards reliable, and par for the course. My day was swabbing and inspecting whitewater rafts & catarafts. Work entails high attention to detail, check listing, and redeployments outfitting boating and camping gear for multi-day Moose and Bison fly-out remote destination float hunts throughout Alaska. Today... supposed to have two scheduled fly-outs by float plane... however weather delayed grounded due to blowing 40-50mph and waves of sideways rains. I liked the two-cone stove accessory... those take a while to build, and optimally nest a given/specific pot selection. Looking forward to part 2.
lovely vdo guys ..much love
I miss camping 🏕 take care paul and enjoy camping 😆
Should be glad of the wind Paul, keeps the midgies away 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great camping vlog.
Ah, enjoying the great British countryside! 😉 Reminds me of a few walks in the Peak District, not as high mind.
Great wee video mate love that wee tent looks solid and spacious, keep up the good work. Atb Wullie 🏴✊🏻🏴
Hello , Legend.. Mr. Paul Messner 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻
I'm enjoyed your video 👍🏻🙏🏻
Reminds me of the days I went touring on a bike. packing everything into my pannier bags took a bit of time, then you realised you needed something at the bottom of the bag so out everything had to come again to get to it lol. I cycled with shorts and T-shirt, if it rained yes you got soaked but soon dried again on the downhills and you got a shower at the same time - Will be watching for your next leg of the journey, stay safe, happy hiking - Subscribed
I do enjoy bag weather. I live near the Blue Ridge and Appalachian mountains in Virginia. There are a lot of small waterfalls. I set up when the big storms hit so in the morning I see the falls at their best and when few people show. I have experienced the Scottish weather, it can get very dicey.
Awesome video !
That was awesome dood..........
great vid mate!
Beautiful from 🇫🇮
Even with a heat proof felt, my Cascade Wild table did start to deform after using it several times with an alcohol stove with a Caldera Cone. I've got a titanium table for this year.
Love the vid mate....stay dry.
Nice footage, clear and crisp and watch out for that powdered milk Paul it is addictive, I drink it every day 😬
Just realised. After all this time I've done this exact circular looks to be lochnagar + Loch muick circular. Lovely walk and most definitely achievable in one day.
Thumbs up for the Jackson Gag from me. Easy to drop the inner down in the SC1 loads of room then.
Brilliant.
Im camping regularly in Scotland and Ive realised that its basically just about balancing a few simple factors .....
1. You need to pack the lightest load possible to deal with the forecasted weather.
2. The weather forecast is usually wrong
3. The weather might do different things every every few hours.
Its a beautiful nightmare.
My best advice to anyone hiking and camping in Scotland is ...
Take an umbrella (laugh all you like but you will eventually thank me ....)
Plan to be hot, wet, and cold, in the same day. Possibly the same hike
Get a very lightweight breathable poncho. (It might save your clothes, tent or gear, from water)
ALWAYS take protection from both insects and sun.
Think like a marine. EVERYTHING you take needs to be packed in a way that protects it from water.
Scotland is one of the best places on earth to hike and camp.
It is also one of the few places on earth where you might be drenched, battered by wind, snowed on, and sunburned, in the same trip.
Good luck all.
Big skies, big weather, big smiles !!! I liked the netting/webbing on the shoulder straps for the bottles !!! Come with the sack of did you fit them ???
Very wet . Not used to that now I live on the Sierra Contraviesa Spain .Even on Navada on the other side of the valley we rarely get wet .A combination of low rainfall and being able to pick and choose my days to avoid stuff like that.Was a bit of a shock to the system last month in Kyrgyzstan being rained on . We were lucky and most of the rain was in the evening after we had pitched. We had a lot of cold rivers to cross as there was Glacier melt mixed in with the rain run off . Back from when I was younger and had to do all weather stuff and river crossings had learnt that you need an accidental immersion/ hypothermia plan when out in conditions like that. If the situation occurs you have little time to sort it and your brain doesn't work well so worth having an immediate action plan. You mentioned the altitude. I had forgotten how low the UK is till Kyrgyzstan. The other multi national group has I was with work in London and struggling with the altitude. We were camping between 3000mtrs and 3600mtrs and hit 4000mtrs . Quite a few weeks suffering altitude sick. I was pretty OK as it was summer I had been spending a lot of time accros the valley on the Navada tops with 3000mtrs camps. (My house is at 920 and the nearest bar 1280mtr ) Was interested in your tent as could do with something between bivi and my Trango 3 . Thanks for your videos I very much enjoy watching them .
Nice to see you do a proper camping trip Paul 🤣 great video as always bud.
Great video. Also got caught in the mad storms this week.
Brill that lads long first day 👍
Great film Paul, that adventure food mince beef hotpot has for to be the worst dehydrated meal made. Foul stuff haha. TFS David 👍
Very enjoyable. There's nowhere quite like Scotland. It looked a tough day Paul....though I'm guessing not as tough as day two. 🤔
CLASSSS....brilliant Paul really enjoyed that some testing conditions but for a mountain goat 🐐 you nailed it mate .. always appreciated all the best marra 😀 👍 🏕
Had the same weather hiking up cairngorm, 2 hour up the mountain with a sketchy scramble and no view at the end. Could not have wished for a better reward but that anti climax will stay with me for a long time
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