This one was edited by my new editor who did a top job. I then applied the finishing touches. Let me know what you thought of the edit in the comments as well as any stories of your own adventures this year so far!
Every time you say "Then came a very welcomed sight." I just expect Verrity driving her car towards you. Whether it's on top of a mountain or in the trees.
11:00 We are at the point where GeoWizard has played "Crossing Wales Simulator" so many times, that we are all getting familiar with not only the possible routes, and various speedrunning categories, but the notable, recurring NPCs.
@@hungrycrab3297 I liked the really chill farmer that saw him crossing his land, and was basically like, "Wow that's cool, good luck." I don't remember which attempt that was. Wait... Was that even him, or was it the other guys?
He said for the last Wales mission he was ultra prepared and got himself fit for it, he probably wanted to make the most of the time he was fit and did this.
I am from Norway and I will honestly say, jogging for 70 kilometers in snow is no small feat. I don't know anyone that have done anything even close to this.
This is how our parents went to school every day, all before breakfast and with 10 pounds of books strapped to their backs. Nevermind the loss of legs by rogue bear traps and the holdups by friendly drunk people.
Yeah, for a period when they were isolated atop that mountain with the strong winds I felt their lives were in danger. Fortunately, they all realized the danger (once they were in it) and tried to keep moving by treading carefully.
Yeah, we have temperatures like this fairly often where I am from and Ben was right to say that mountain section were some of the scariest few hours of his life, that was incredibly dangerous. I do some winter hiking, and there are hikers who die every winter near me because they underestimate the weather conditions and overestimate their abilities, the reality is that all it takes is one injury or someone getting hypothermic and not being able to physically continue in conditions like that for the situation to turn deadly. Well done to them, and the lowland sections of the video are great fun and realistically not that dangerous despite being extremely physically taxing to run through snow (because they could get help to them if they needed it). But that mountain section was scary in those weather conditions and thank god it wasn't a couple miles longer than it was.
Although the temperatures in the UK is nowhere near as extreme as other places - people take it for granted all the time. Every year there seems to be a news story where someone nearly dies of hypothermia because they tried to climb a mountain wearing jeans and a T-shirt.
@@jc441-i3q Below freezing but still warm enough to go out underdressed, that can be treacherous. If it were a nice chill -30c all it would take is opening the front door for people to see the value in layers and a proper coat.
Yeah, did some mountainbiking in - 10°C the other day. I usually dress quite lightly, since i'm getting warm from moving so much. It was fine for the first 2 hours. After that i felt the cold creep in, combine that with a quite a bit of exhaustion, wet clothes and fading daylight... i had a few moments where i felt like going to sleep at the side of the road in the snow (which i obviously did not do). I made it home safe, but it was kinda scary.
As a Brit living in Finland it’s amusing to know I was exactly the same before I learnt all the types of snow and all the ways that winter wants you dead.
As someone from a cold place there are two things: They didn't block his car in. His car prevented the clearance of the snow from the area of the road around it. And two, wow, yes, running in an ice-crust topped snow is massively draining. That was impressive.
@@TacticalBe The car blocked half the road, normally the plow or whatever just runs straight down the road once of twice but now it couldn't make a clean pass because of the car so it prolly went upto the car, stopped and reversed a bit and then went around the car and did the same again on the second pass.
@@TacticalBe Have you ever seen a snow plough? They push a massive amount of accumulated snow to the side of the road. The person operating the plough had to leave this accumulated snow behind and in front of the car (I assume they ploughed both ways). If he continued like the car wasn't there, the mass of the snow being pushed could have damaged the car. The plough driver actually did him a favor, all things considered (he was parked in a pretty stupid spot).
@@TacticalBe So there'd be a plow going down the road pushing stuff off to the side. When it gets to the car it has to drive around it and the snow it was pushing kind of gets shoved up against the car. Same for starting from the other side.
He genuinely could have died either time. One sprained ankle here and you're done, and people have died in bogs throughout history just like that one. The third scariest was probably Wales 1 when he had to quit at the top of the mountain looking down a shear rock face with shitty weather
Although I'll be honest, the first time he got that self-assemble canoe out on Wales straight-line 1 was terrifying as well. Not Norweigan bog terrifying, but still.
Today I learned "half six" means 6:30. I always thought it was like in German, where "halb Sechs (Uhr)" means 5:30. Thanks for the educational content Tom!
It's amazing how doable ultra-marathons look when you're seeing 12-15 hours condensed into a 40 minute video. Although this one looked absolutely brutal.
I once went up a Scottish munro in similar conditions to that. It started out as a beautiful day in Pitlochry with low lying clouds and occasional glimpses of blue sky. By the time we made it to the Drumochter pass of the A9 the weather even opened up to show half of the blue sky. But as we scaled above about 600m, thick snowing clouds rolled in and we quickly found ourselves in a white out situation. 6 inches of snow grew to a feet and by the time we reached the summit it was impossible to know that we were on the top of a hill if not for the trig point, as the colour of the ground was identical to the sky. The trig point itself only came up to below the knees, having been burried in a meter of snow. We turned around hoping to follow our own tracks but just 5 mins of snow has made that impossible, even though we were making 6 inch deep foot prints. At this point you can definitely tell what everyone was thinking since no words were exchanged other than for navigation purposes. We had hoped the snow will lighten once we get below 500m but it kept on getting heavier. The random ditches hidden by more than a feet of snow didn’t help either. In the end all eight of us got back to our cars thoroughly frozen but certainly very glad to have survived that. White outs on hills are no joke man.
Wow that was intense ! I was borderline stressing out when you were on that mountains in the snow. And poor/crazy Ben wearing shorts... Adam and Ben made for some fine companions on this adventure, kudos to you guys for the accomplishment !
Really glad this wasn't a solo effort.. The older guy walking his dog's reaction says it all. I'm really surprised you continued after seeing how bad it was. I hope others learn how easily things can get dodgy up on the hills when the weather is bad. Especially if you don't have a reliable GPS like you guys do. On the icy road at the start.. the snow will generally give you allot more grip in that situation, might have gotten you a bit farther to a better parking spot.
I'm Canadian, I would not want to go for a run in temperatures colder than what you guys did, look into getting cleats next time for running on the snow and ice, or if you want to really challenge yourselves, run in snow shoes! Excellent video! I really enjoy your content!
Glad you enjoyed the route, it was a fun one to plot and this video has brought back many great memories from the trip. Some of the road sections are a bit sketchy so massive kudos for doing it in the freezing cold, snow and dark!
Thanks again to you and Harry for the inspiration. In hindsight I maybe should of stuck to your route as originally planned. The ‘shortcut’ I plotted saved about 1-2 miles but resulted in that river crossing 😅
@@CoachCookRuns Thanks to you guys, it's very full circle inspiration, if it wasn't for Tom our crossing probably wouldn't have happened. And yes, that section is tricky, but from what I remember you probably would have been exposed in the mountains for longer heading up to the source of the severn!
NEVER let yourself get wet in the cold and ALWAYS bring extra clothes. Remove layers to keep yourself dry. If any of you had to stop at all you would've gotten frostbite.
I'll be honest Tom, I had been binging your crossing videos, including your latest Wales attempt. And it was making me itch to just walk 10/15 kilometres (an challenge for myself). But then you go and RUN across Wales in this shitstorm?! Holy shite. What an absolute madlads and also, jesus you guys have a lot of motivation...
13:22 As a reference, a Dutch woman's car was pretty much totaled after getting hit by a stray ice shard from a wind turbine last winter. Not to be taken lightly.
Question though is was she parked right underneath, or is there actually a scenario where big ice chunks go flying because the blades are rotating at speed?
@@loniousmonk the turbine is supposed to stop spinning once the ice detection system kicks in, in this case it stopped working. She was driving along a dyke as the turbine just flung the ice at her car.
Wow, so much going on in the adventuring brits subgenre atm, with Wales 4, Archies Wales mission, project Africa, and now this!! All in such a small time, absolutely loving it
I'm in Wales, just watched the sun setting from on top of a mountain and now I'm going to get into my sleeping bag and watch this whilst I wait for the stars to appear 😊
0:28 That iconic music gives me a warm feeling everytime I come across it. The tune is inseparably connected to good memories of the real life missions. Love it!
Haha, loved the line @31:55 "one of the stupidest things ive ever done" and i see your bud back there in shorts... and im like, hes thinking that X10 lol
As a RAW(run any weather) mountain ultra runner, this was pretty funny/fun to watch. I love other people's perspectives on these kinds of runs. I do them all the time and so the "hardcore" aspect loses a bit of it's hardcoreness. Kudos to y'all cuz this is pretty tiring, doubly so if you aren't used to it. The shorts are hilarious cuz that's a solid way to bloody up your shins pretty quickly if you run into the crusty top layer of snow which you fellas definitely encountered on that ridge line. These kinds of runs really put things in perspective and make you appreciate good weather days. They test you mentally and physically in ways you can't really explain. So again, kudos to y'all. Also this advice is for anyone that might read this and do a cold wet weather run. When it comes to moisture and cold just stick to good old thick wool socks that go up to your mid-calf or so. Nice thick woolies with a toe sock underneath(injinji brand are the running standard), yes two pairs of socks. Two pairs of socks creates a layer in between which lets the woolies do their job and keep you warm when you're wet or dry. Two pairs also helps prevent blistering. Too often people think "I need new fancy gear" and there's no shortage of "smart" style socks which don't last very long and don't have the thickness to really keep you warm. Wool socks are the best and last for hundreds of miles whereas the silly fancy smart socks will maybe last a hundred miles, even less in wet/dirty conditions. I run in a lot of snow regularly in the western US(think cascades and rockies with snow drifts over 10 feet tall) and I always wear thick wool socks. I love them and my feet are basically never cold, wet or dry.
@@ZenPossum So as a RAW runner, how much do you agree with the commenters saying that this was dangerous, stupid and/or irresponsible? Just curious for an informed opinion.
@@odinsrensen7460 As one of the people saying the mountain section was dangerous, I want to clarify that I specifically meant the mountain section. I run through the winter myself, and I run in -10C or colder and snow at least a few times per winter where I am. It isn't inherently dangerous to run in these conditions if you have the right gear and importantly have a way to get help/to safety if needed. The lowland sections of the video were fine and not particularly dangerous IMO for that reason as they always could have called for help on their phones and the help would have been there fairly soon, with the caveat that if any of them had fallen into that stream that could have been bad. Getting wet below 0C is always a bit dangerous. The issue for me was the mountain section, and I say this as someone who does some winter hiking. For one thing, the weather conditions got significantly worse as they ascended in elevation (this is usually the case), with lower temperatures, worse wind chill, more snow, and poor visibility. This meant that their gear which was largely fine for the lowland sections (except the "shorts only" approach from Ben lol) was probably not really warm enough for the conditions at the top. They also lost phone signal, and even if they were able to call for help it would have taken rescuers potentially an hour or two themselves to get up to them given the conditions. As Tom said himself in the video, all it takes for things to go really bad in a situation like that is one twisted ankle, or even just them getting turned around off the trail due to the visibility. The GPS was very important obviously, but we've already seen GPS devices die unexpectedly on this channel, so it is not foolproof. If they were forced to stop moving due to an injury or getting lost, it would not have taken long for hypothermia to set in given the weather conditions, the clothing they were wearing, and the fact they were already damp due to the snow. Near where I live, winter hikers die every winter because they underestimate the weather conditions and the difference even a few hundred meters of elevation can make. These are usually experienced hikers too, because inexperienced people usually don't go hiking in bad winter weather and are more likely to turn back. The experienced hikers are sadly often the ones who press on because they overestimate their own abilities and underestimate the danger of the mountain and the cold. There is a reason why whenever Les Stroud (Survivorman) is asked "where is the most dangerous place to survive?" he always says "anywhere cold." Cold can kill in a matter of minutes or hours, whereas thirst kills in a matter of days. Obviously, I am very happy they were all OK and I am very impressed that they all completed this challenge. It is also great content. But I do maintain that the mountain section was quite dangerous, and I think they recognized that themselves after they were in it based on what they say in the video.
Hey Tom, I just want to congratulate you on this community that you've gathered through these adventures/series, it's truly amazing! Hope to see more adventures in the future, I believe you've truly struck gold!
If you really wanted to go from border to border, then you should plan to swim 12 miles out to sea to get to international water! Excellent work gentlemen, always inspiring!
I took a hike once in northern California during late March I think, Spring break in the USA. My friends and I were in high school. We took a loop trail that started with very little snow but not long before the midpoint we were lost and it took all 4 of us scouting carefully to find the path again, by the time we reached halfway we were going through knee-deep snow. We were only wearing jeans, t-shirts, and light jackets or sweatshirts. We were delighted not to have gotten more lost and that the loop trail was only about 4 miles.
GeoWizard for me has always been a relaxing channel. The new editor is great and you can definetly feel hes here. I really liked the video but i have to say, the fast glitchy transitions are a bit intense for my liking. Overall great video though. :)
I love recognising all the places and features on the landscape. You're always welcome in wales Tom and Co, angry farmers aside. Another fantastic video, keep it up 🙌
The better editing does A LOT to the enjoyability of the video's. And they were already amazing. Great job! Thanks for another hour of quality entertainment that you just don't get elsewhere.
I mentioned in a comment in the Second Mission Across Wales with Greg that I did my Gold DofE in this region of mid Wales. That snow covered summit that almost ended you three is Pumlumon Fawr, the highest point in Mid Wales. And I remember the reservoir and the dam, and walking through that woodland past it, wetter than I’d ever been in my life! I remember those boggy bits like it was yesterday. And after a sleepless night on my expedition, we had to ascend that mountain in deep snow. It was one of if not the hardest physical challenge I’ve ever done, and it was worst for a friend of mine in my walking group, who was slow as it was walking on flat ground, it absolutely killed him to climb, for he was near enough hobbit sized! So props to you guys for your hard efforts!
As a Canadian, as soon as you said running and snow I was like, "damn these guys are insane!" It's typically -20, -30 celcius where I am but -9 is very cold and running in that is a nightmare.
Hey Tom, I've been watching since the early days of geoguessr with no camera, and even only watching the first thirty seconds of this video I can already tell this is top tier content. I appreciate all the hard work you have put into the channel and look forward to future adventures and geoguessr :)
You know, i won't ever be doing anything quite so insane, but this stuff inspires me to get out and adventure more. Love it lads, looking forward to the next mad hat adventure!
Sending this comment from Switzerland. When Ben said "I genuinely don't think I've ever been in temperatures that cold" I couldn't help but chuckle a bit. Here where I live -10C is just standard, sometimes we get to -20 on bad days. I'm glad you completed the challenge and I hope to see more videos like these
30:49 yeah or we'd get a call (mountain rescue) and have to come out to get you. But seriously when the weather is like this you have to respect the mountain. I've seen people sadly underestimate what can happen up there Cold, white out, wet shoes.... yeah you were very very very lucky my friend
As always Tom, you inspire me to live a more mad and adventurous life. And the asmr of the snow crunching was pleasing to the bones. Congrats on another riveting video
I thought the editing was great! Glad you all survived! Crazy brave and or stupid for going through with it but very impressive still. Youve inspired me and my 5yr old to head out on some local trails, not so often as its winter here but looking forward to summer walks together ❤
I couldn't help thinking that some farmer was going to be pissed trying to get his tractor through that gap when I saw where you guys left the car. Turns out Tom has taught me well 😅
Thanks so much for posting tom! kinda like archie fieldhouses ending to wales, a run across it. sure you didnt mean it but its funny how these things turn out!
You guys made about a 3 1/4 mph average all considered- including total stop time in that (based on your total time). In those conditions, for THAT long- that's really impressive.
Have you thought about doing more challenges across English counties? Like 'straight line' or 'no roads' across a county instead of a country? If you can do Wales in one day, you could do almost any UK county in a day too, even Greater London or Manchester. Maybe try and draw a shape or spell out a word with your GPS line across England. Try spell 'GeoWizard' with GPS lines across the Midlands or something.
This one was edited by my new editor who did a top job. I then applied the finishing touches. Let me know what you thought of the edit in the comments as well as any stories of your own adventures this year so far!
Sorry im late bro ✊🏾
Really good edit so far
gm
Approved
I didn't even notice it being all that different or anything, which is probably the best thing you could hope for with a new editor.
I think Tom may have unknowingly disturbed a cairn and has been cursed to repeatedly cross Wales forever. At least he's getting faster!
Tom doomed to repeat the fate of Sisyphus just with crossing Wales.
when he was in florida he must have disturbed an ancient seminole burying ground or something lol
We need another way for him to get across wales
AHAHAH that’s a good point 🤣🤣
@@scipioafricanus5871 Sisyphystwyth
The amount of times I've watched this man almost die in Wales is astounding
This is so wildly funny but i don't know why
Like that old videogame, "A Million Ways to Die in the Wales"
Every time you say "Then came a very welcomed sight." I just expect Verrity driving her car towards you. Whether it's on top of a mountain or in the trees.
😂
I’m pretty sure she has the ability to just magically appear whenever and where ever Tom needs her
You might want to watch this one with subtitles as there is a fair bit of Geordie/Brummie hypothermic mumbling
…and a lot of f bombs from me. Send my regards to your editor Tom for the amount of bleeping involved 😂
It happens :D
I think it just adds more cahrm to the video
I feel bad for any Americas watching 😂
Mackem*
@he_grows I’m an American and you’d have to be an idiot to not understand everybody
11:00 We are at the point where GeoWizard has played "Crossing Wales Simulator" so many times, that we are all getting familiar with not only the possible routes, and various speedrunning categories, but the notable, recurring NPCs.
my personal favourite wales npc which Tom has encountered is actually a new one, from this very video. 38:00- Aberystwyth Man #47
@@thatonecoolmf9687 That man has definitely been modded in by a fan of the Grand Theft Auto series. lol
@@Nevir202the anti-English bossman!
@@hungrycrab3297 I liked the really chill farmer that saw him crossing his land, and was basically like, "Wow that's cool, good luck."
I don't remember which attempt that was. Wait... Was that even him, or was it the other guys?
@@Nevir202 The very first farmer he came across in Wales #1.
Tom Davies on the patreon stream - ''Im not that fit''
Also Tom Davies - ''We're going to run across Wales in one day''
Just going for a 45 mile jog in the snow.
He had to sell the narrative, he's a cracking story teller.
Seeing the Storror lads struggle the way they did on the straight line mission really put Tom’s fitness into perspective. He’s a beast.
He said for the last Wales mission he was ultra prepared and got himself fit for it, he probably wanted to make the most of the time he was fit and did this.
I was just about to comment the very same 😂
I am from Norway and I will honestly say, jogging for 70 kilometers in snow is no small feat. I don't know anyone that have done anything even close to this.
I hope you all can enjoy this with your slippers on and a nice warm cup of tea in front of the fire… I’ve just about thawed out🥶
oi oi
You lot are crazy, could've well died
yeah fire and tea on a 28 degrees...not so sure about that...
Good effort Ben. Smashed it.
How the guy traversed in the snow with shorts is a mystery to me
This is how our parents went to school every day, all before breakfast and with 10 pounds of books strapped to their backs. Nevermind the loss of legs by rogue bear traps and the holdups by friendly drunk people.
And uphill both ways!
And where they came from, this was the SUMMER!
As someone from Norway who runs allot: you guys had a death wish that day
Yeah, for a period when they were isolated atop that mountain with the strong winds I felt their lives were in danger. Fortunately, they all realized the danger (once they were in it) and tried to keep moving by treading carefully.
Yeah, we have temperatures like this fairly often where I am from and Ben was right to say that mountain section were some of the scariest few hours of his life, that was incredibly dangerous. I do some winter hiking, and there are hikers who die every winter near me because they underestimate the weather conditions and overestimate their abilities, the reality is that all it takes is one injury or someone getting hypothermic and not being able to physically continue in conditions like that for the situation to turn deadly.
Well done to them, and the lowland sections of the video are great fun and realistically not that dangerous despite being extremely physically taxing to run through snow (because they could get help to them if they needed it). But that mountain section was scary in those weather conditions and thank god it wasn't a couple miles longer than it was.
Although the temperatures in the UK is nowhere near as extreme as other places - people take it for granted all the time. Every year there seems to be a news story where someone nearly dies of hypothermia because they tried to climb a mountain wearing jeans and a T-shirt.
@@jc441-i3q Below freezing but still warm enough to go out underdressed, that can be treacherous. If it were a nice chill -30c all it would take is opening the front door for people to see the value in layers and a proper coat.
Yeah, did some mountainbiking in - 10°C the other day. I usually dress quite lightly, since i'm getting warm from moving so much. It was fine for the first 2 hours.
After that i felt the cold creep in, combine that with a quite a bit of exhaustion, wet clothes and fading daylight... i had a few moments where i felt like going to sleep at the side of the road in the snow (which i obviously did not do). I made it home safe, but it was kinda scary.
As a Brit living in Finland it’s amusing to know I was exactly the same before I learnt all the types of snow and all the ways that winter wants you dead.
Ew, winter. Gotta love the warm summer days going on right now even more while watching a vid like this
-a Finn
As someone from a cold place there are two things: They didn't block his car in. His car prevented the clearance of the snow from the area of the road around it. And two, wow, yes, running in an ice-crust topped snow is massively draining. That was impressive.
How did his car prevent the clearance of the snow though?
@@TacticalBe The car blocked half the road, normally the plow or whatever just runs straight down the road once of twice but now it couldn't make a clean pass because of the car so it prolly went upto the car, stopped and reversed a bit and then went around the car and did the same again on the second pass.
@@TacticalBe Have you ever seen a snow plough? They push a massive amount of accumulated snow to the side of the road. The person operating the plough had to leave this accumulated snow behind and in front of the car (I assume they ploughed both ways). If he continued like the car wasn't there, the mass of the snow being pushed could have damaged the car. The plough driver actually did him a favor, all things considered (he was parked in a pretty stupid spot).
@@Kiwi2703never seen a snow plough in the uk tbh, not saying we don’t have them tho
@@TacticalBe So there'd be a plow going down the road pushing stuff off to the side. When it gets to the car it has to drive around it and the snow it was pushing kind of gets shoved up against the car. Same for starting from the other side.
5:12 Those are the closest sounds to Minecraft dirt breaking sounds I've ever heard
Wouldn't even be surprised if that's what they sampled to make those sounds lol.
lmfao
holy shit youre right
😂
No way . .
It being 'the worst day' actually makes it a good day for content. Get in!
Yeah, I think they picked the best day content wise. I don't imagine this being very interesting on a summer day.
That is tied with getting stuck in the Norwegian bog for scariest moment on the channel. You guys are PROPER athletes
He genuinely could have died either time. One sprained ankle here and you're done, and people have died in bogs throughout history just like that one. The third scariest was probably Wales 1 when he had to quit at the top of the mountain looking down a shear rock face with shitty weather
Although I'll be honest, the first time he got that self-assemble canoe out on Wales straight-line 1 was terrifying as well.
Not Norweigan bog terrifying, but still.
This proves that no matter how cold and dangerous the conditions get, theres always one who wears shorts. Great effort guys.
Today I learned "half six" means 6:30. I always thought it was like in German, where "halb Sechs (Uhr)" means 5:30. Thanks for the educational content Tom!
Half past 6 not half of 6 I always like this discussion with my German friends
@@georgemartin6389 Yeah in the US we say "half past six" a fair bit but never just "half six," so I wasn't sure
@@n0lain i think its just from brits skipping words. like the word "the", waste of time, don't need that.
Half of six is 3 not five and a half. Dumb Germans
Oh, depending on where you are in Germany, "half six", "quarter six" and "three quarter six" can mean quite different times...
Is tom stuck reliving the same day over and over where he has to cross Wasles every day?
Tom is actually filming the sequel to Groundhog Day
Ground Make Day!
It's amazing how doable ultra-marathons look when you're seeing 12-15 hours condensed into a 40 minute video.
Although this one looked absolutely brutal.
The new editor is doing a fantastic job! the video feels really well put together
It's so comfy seeing someone else be cold.
I once went up a Scottish munro in similar conditions to that. It started out as a beautiful day in Pitlochry with low lying clouds and occasional glimpses of blue sky. By the time we made it to the Drumochter pass of the A9 the weather even opened up to show half of the blue sky. But as we scaled above about 600m, thick snowing clouds rolled in and we quickly found ourselves in a white out situation. 6 inches of snow grew to a feet and by the time we reached the summit it was impossible to know that we were on the top of a hill if not for the trig point, as the colour of the ground was identical to the sky. The trig point itself only came up to below the knees, having been burried in a meter of snow. We turned around hoping to follow our own tracks but just 5 mins of snow has made that impossible, even though we were making 6 inch deep foot prints. At this point you can definitely tell what everyone was thinking since no words were exchanged other than for navigation purposes. We had hoped the snow will lighten once we get below 500m but it kept on getting heavier. The random ditches hidden by more than a feet of snow didn’t help either. In the end all eight of us got back to our cars thoroughly frozen but certainly very glad to have survived that.
White outs on hills are no joke man.
Wow that was intense ! I was borderline stressing out when you were on that mountains in the snow. And poor/crazy Ben wearing shorts... Adam and Ben made for some fine companions on this adventure, kudos to you guys for the accomplishment !
Really glad this wasn't a solo effort.. The older guy walking his dog's reaction says it all. I'm really surprised you continued after seeing how bad it was.
I hope others learn how easily things can get dodgy up on the hills when the weather is bad. Especially if you don't have a reliable GPS like you guys do.
On the icy road at the start.. the snow will generally give you allot more grip in that situation, might have gotten you a bit farther to a better parking spot.
I'm Canadian, I would not want to go for a run in temperatures colder than what you guys did, look into getting cleats next time for running on the snow and ice, or if you want to really challenge yourselves, run in snow shoes!
Excellent video! I really enjoy your content!
new editor is a good addition to the channel-same vibes, but slightly different in a good way and it means videos can come out faster!
I didn't think you guys going to finish it after that mountain section. Well done all three of you! 👏👏👏
Glad you enjoyed the route, it was a fun one to plot and this video has brought back many great memories from the trip. Some of the road sections are a bit sketchy so massive kudos for doing it in the freezing cold, snow and dark!
Thanks again to you and Harry for the inspiration. In hindsight I maybe should of stuck to your route as originally planned. The ‘shortcut’ I plotted saved about 1-2 miles but resulted in that river crossing 😅
@@CoachCookRuns Thanks to you guys, it's very full circle inspiration, if it wasn't for Tom our crossing probably wouldn't have happened. And yes, that section is tricky, but from what I remember you probably would have been exposed in the mountains for longer heading up to the source of the severn!
@@Alex-uj4zf you hear that Adam and Tom - that’s my modification to the route justified 😂
NEVER let yourself get wet in the cold and ALWAYS bring extra clothes. Remove layers to keep yourself dry. If any of you had to stop at all you would've gotten frostbite.
I'm amazed none of them have frostbite. Especially Ben, who thought shorts would be a good idea
Honestly just never get wet full stop. And why didn't they have more layers!!!
@@danjeory3659 he's from the North East, we can handle it lol 😆
Wait is Ben actually doing the entire walk in shorts unironically?
He genuinely thought it would be a good idea
@@GeoWizard That's hilarious! What an insane but respectable decision!
most british thing i have seen in a while :D
I'm in Canada and I wear shorts in minus 9 too, but then again that's a warm Winters day here😅😅
Ben is an absolute mad lad.
I can't even run a mile without getting out of breath, yet I find myself feeling strangely envious of your adventure
On the plus side, the sound of the snow crunching is unbelievably satisfying
I'll be honest Tom, I had been binging your crossing videos, including your latest Wales attempt. And it was making me itch to just walk 10/15 kilometres (an challenge for myself). But then you go and RUN across Wales in this shitstorm?! Holy shite. What an absolute madlads and also, jesus you guys have a lot of motivation...
I would have died had I undertook this. Zero doubts. I'm in awe of what you three did. Well done and thanks for such cracking content 🙏 Stay safe!
Can't believe I heard the "perfect texture for running" meme. Every time it snows in Portland this is brought up
both the meme and this video show that lady was lying 😂
Props to the editor, pacing really works great!
13:22 As a reference, a Dutch woman's car was pretty much totaled after getting hit by a stray ice shard from a wind turbine last winter. Not to be taken lightly.
Question though is was she parked right underneath, or is there actually a scenario where big ice chunks go flying because the blades are rotating at speed?
@@loniousmonk the turbine is supposed to stop spinning once the ice detection system kicks in, in this case it stopped working. She was driving along a dyke as the turbine just flung the ice at her car.
Wow, so much going on in the adventuring brits subgenre atm, with Wales 4, Archies Wales mission, project Africa, and now this!! All in such a small time, absolutely loving it
I will never get tired of Tom's welsh impressions
That was pretty scary! Glad you all made it out alive.
A really nice bookend to the Wales journey, and a bit of a cheeky victory lap on top! Well done Tom, as always
I'm in Wales, just watched the sun setting from on top of a mountain and now I'm going to get into my sleeping bag and watch this whilst I wait for the stars to appear 😊
This is probably the most impressive feat I’ve seen on your channel. I’m gobsmacked you all persevered through all of that 🥶
This is gonna be a legendary series to watch after your victory in Wales 4! Thank you for the amazing content as always Tom!
This is gonna be a fantastic 41 minutes
0:28 That iconic music gives me a warm feeling everytime I come across it.
The tune is inseparably connected to good memories of the real life missions. Love it!
Absolutely fantastic side adventure! Thank you for all the great content Tom!
Absolutely amazing, I am in awe watching from my cosy living room with a glass of wine in hand, great video.
I’m from Finland and this is madness! Enjoyed it a lot, I’m glad you survived lol.
Haha, loved the line @31:55 "one of the stupidest things ive ever done" and i see your bud back there in shorts... and im like, hes thinking that X10 lol
As a RAW(run any weather) mountain ultra runner, this was pretty funny/fun to watch. I love other people's perspectives on these kinds of runs. I do them all the time and so the "hardcore" aspect loses a bit of it's hardcoreness. Kudos to y'all cuz this is pretty tiring, doubly so if you aren't used to it. The shorts are hilarious cuz that's a solid way to bloody up your shins pretty quickly if you run into the crusty top layer of snow which you fellas definitely encountered on that ridge line.
These kinds of runs really put things in perspective and make you appreciate good weather days. They test you mentally and physically in ways you can't really explain. So again, kudos to y'all.
Also this advice is for anyone that might read this and do a cold wet weather run. When it comes to moisture and cold just stick to good old thick wool socks that go up to your mid-calf or so. Nice thick woolies with a toe sock underneath(injinji brand are the running standard), yes two pairs of socks. Two pairs of socks creates a layer in between which lets the woolies do their job and keep you warm when you're wet or dry. Two pairs also helps prevent blistering. Too often people think "I need new fancy gear" and there's no shortage of "smart" style socks which don't last very long and don't have the thickness to really keep you warm. Wool socks are the best and last for hundreds of miles whereas the silly fancy smart socks will maybe last a hundred miles, even less in wet/dirty conditions. I run in a lot of snow regularly in the western US(think cascades and rockies with snow drifts over 10 feet tall) and I always wear thick wool socks. I love them and my feet are basically never cold, wet or dry.
Ladies and gentlemen, GigaChad himself.
@@ZenPossum So as a RAW runner, how much do you agree with the commenters saying that this was dangerous, stupid and/or irresponsible? Just curious for an informed opinion.
@@odinsrensen7460 As one of the people saying the mountain section was dangerous, I want to clarify that I specifically meant the mountain section. I run through the winter myself, and I run in -10C or colder and snow at least a few times per winter where I am. It isn't inherently dangerous to run in these conditions if you have the right gear and importantly have a way to get help/to safety if needed. The lowland sections of the video were fine and not particularly dangerous IMO for that reason as they always could have called for help on their phones and the help would have been there fairly soon, with the caveat that if any of them had fallen into that stream that could have been bad. Getting wet below 0C is always a bit dangerous.
The issue for me was the mountain section, and I say this as someone who does some winter hiking. For one thing, the weather conditions got significantly worse as they ascended in elevation (this is usually the case), with lower temperatures, worse wind chill, more snow, and poor visibility. This meant that their gear which was largely fine for the lowland sections (except the "shorts only" approach from Ben lol) was probably not really warm enough for the conditions at the top. They also lost phone signal, and even if they were able to call for help it would have taken rescuers potentially an hour or two themselves to get up to them given the conditions. As Tom said himself in the video, all it takes for things to go really bad in a situation like that is one twisted ankle, or even just them getting turned around off the trail due to the visibility. The GPS was very important obviously, but we've already seen GPS devices die unexpectedly on this channel, so it is not foolproof. If they were forced to stop moving due to an injury or getting lost, it would not have taken long for hypothermia to set in given the weather conditions, the clothing they were wearing, and the fact they were already damp due to the snow.
Near where I live, winter hikers die every winter because they underestimate the weather conditions and the difference even a few hundred meters of elevation can make. These are usually experienced hikers too, because inexperienced people usually don't go hiking in bad winter weather and are more likely to turn back. The experienced hikers are sadly often the ones who press on because they overestimate their own abilities and underestimate the danger of the mountain and the cold. There is a reason why whenever Les Stroud (Survivorman) is asked "where is the most dangerous place to survive?" he always says "anywhere cold." Cold can kill in a matter of minutes or hours, whereas thirst kills in a matter of days.
Obviously, I am very happy they were all OK and I am very impressed that they all completed this challenge. It is also great content. But I do maintain that the mountain section was quite dangerous, and I think they recognized that themselves after they were in it based on what they say in the video.
@@winsingtoniii681 Okay, that learned me something new today. Thanks for the thoughtful reply, and have a very nice day.
@@odinsrensen7460 No problem, have a good day as well!
Hey Tom, I just want to congratulate you on this community that you've gathered through these adventures/series, it's truly amazing! Hope to see more adventures in the future, I believe you've truly struck gold!
6:25
Tom trying to convince everyone that the snow was about 8 inches deep is the same experience I have with the opposite sex.
If you really wanted to go from border to border, then you should plan to swim 12 miles out to sea to get to international water! Excellent work gentlemen, always inspiring!
This is awesome! I live in the tropics where my only experience with snow is artificial snow in Victoria in Aus! Great stuff
The “icy” part was actually a wind crust, it’s when there are strong sustained winds that break up the snow and compact it. Not fun to ski over!
I took a hike once in northern California during late March I think, Spring break in the USA. My friends and I were in high school. We took a loop trail that started with very little snow but not long before the midpoint we were lost and it took all 4 of us scouting carefully to find the path again, by the time we reached halfway we were going through knee-deep snow. We were only wearing jeans, t-shirts, and light jackets or sweatshirts. We were delighted not to have gotten more lost and that the loop trail was only about 4 miles.
Not only is the content wonderful. The scenery throughout this video is just utterly beautiful as well. I wish we had that in my country
madmen, warriors, this video doesnt do justice to how crazy this is..
huge respect
Wasn't expecting another mission video this quick but so glad to have watched it! Enjoyed every minute of it!!
The views are unreal to me, I never see snow where I live just seeing the flat smoothed out snow with the sky above looks like a dream to me
Get out there and explore then!
@MrDrainy What country/state are you from?
After laying in bed lazily watching this video after waking up i am now motivated to go attempt my longest hike of the year. Thanks Tom👍🏻🙂
GeoWizard for me has always been a relaxing channel. The new editor is great and you can definetly feel hes here. I really liked the video but i have to say, the fast glitchy transitions are a bit intense for my liking. Overall great video though. :)
Liking the edit. Top job. Only thing I've missed a bit from the usual is the breaks with the bit music
Editing was great btw. Only thing I felt was missing was the great 8bit adventure music.
I love recognising all the places and features on the landscape.
You're always welcome in wales Tom and Co, angry farmers aside.
Another fantastic video, keep it up 🙌
I like to think this is the vibe Shackleton and the boys had when exploring the Antarctic
The better editing does A LOT to the enjoyability of the video's. And they were already amazing. Great job! Thanks for another hour of quality entertainment that you just don't get elsewhere.
I mentioned in a comment in the Second Mission Across Wales with Greg that I did my Gold DofE in this region of mid Wales.
That snow covered summit that almost ended you three is Pumlumon Fawr, the highest point in Mid Wales. And I remember the reservoir and the dam, and walking through that woodland past it, wetter than I’d ever been in my life! I remember those boggy bits like it was yesterday.
And after a sleepless night on my expedition, we had to ascend that mountain in deep snow. It was one of if not the hardest physical challenge I’ve ever done, and it was worst for a friend of mine in my walking group, who was slow as it was walking on flat ground, it absolutely killed him to climb, for he was near enough hobbit sized!
So props to you guys for your hard efforts!
DofE you say?
@@maxwellerickson7066 Duke of Edinburgh award
thank you for taking us on these adventures! Best of luck to ya! Great editing btw!
As a Canadian, as soon as you said running and snow I was like, "damn these guys are insane!" It's typically -20, -30 celcius where I am but -9 is very cold and running in that is a nightmare.
Hey Tom, I've been watching since the early days of geoguessr with no camera, and even only watching the first thirty seconds of this video I can already tell this is top tier content. I appreciate all the hard work you have put into the channel and look forward to future adventures and geoguessr :)
Idea: how about running across somewhere - with someone chasing you? (10-15 minute headstart?)
A manhunt would be epic. Have like 4 or 5 people hunting Tom through the wilderness as he tries to get from point A to point B. 🙌🏻
@@SirSillageSniffington I got the idea from the angry Welsh farmer chase video. That was thrilling to watch.
You know, i won't ever be doing anything quite so insane, but this stuff inspires me to get out and adventure more. Love it lads, looking forward to the next mad hat adventure!
Thanks for sharing this lost media from Dyatlov Pass.
Such an amazing video! Your content is just so good and fun to watch. Also Wales looks really beautiful with all the snow (and dangerous 😅)
1:58 May 16 by Lagwagon. Excellent choice
Nice one, didn't notice that. Let's Talk About Feelings is one of the great melodic punk albums.
Absolutely! In my top five, easy.
Searched the comment if someone had noticed it already, great song.
Sending this comment from Switzerland. When Ben said "I genuinely don't think I've ever been in temperatures that cold" I couldn't help but chuckle a bit. Here where I live -10C is just standard, sometimes we get to -20 on bad days. I'm glad you completed the challenge and I hope to see more videos like these
30:49 yeah or we'd get a call (mountain rescue) and have to come out to get you.
But seriously when the weather is like this you have to respect the mountain.
I've seen people sadly underestimate what can happen up there
Cold, white out, wet shoes.... yeah you were very very very lucky my friend
6:47 that cut, lol
I also love the consistent of the well-deserved pint after each of these missions
Next straight line mission: Prime meridian? ;)
13 hours is really fast to travel more than 40 miles in the conditions that it was out there its unbelievable congrats
It’s so funny seeing you run around all the places I’ve been to a lot growing up in this area of Wales!
great video, greatly edited as well. the new editor is truly talented
As always Tom, you inspire me to live a more mad and adventurous life. And the asmr of the snow crunching was pleasing to the bones. Congrats on another riveting video
3:06 - Tom: "At the very least we're in the presence of beauty."
Adam: "Thanks mate."
24:45 That’s a big problem with hiking around water in the snow. It’s a main part of the short story “To Build a Fire” by Jack London.
I thought the editing was great! Glad you all survived! Crazy brave and or stupid for going through with it but very impressive still.
Youve inspired me and my 5yr old to head out on some local trails, not so often as its winter here but looking forward to summer walks together ❤
It just gets crazier and crazier! Love the new editor and the image quality is top-notch
I couldn't help thinking that some farmer was going to be pissed trying to get his tractor through that gap when I saw where you guys left the car. Turns out Tom has taught me well 😅
Nah man, That was absolutely from the plow. His car prevented the clearance of the snow from the area of the road around it
@@MagiSwag They were from the plow for sure, but they were definitely tactically placed to be as close as possible
Edit is great! What a crazy mission you guys did. much congrats to you three!
Thanks so much for posting tom! kinda like archie fieldhouses ending to wales, a run across it. sure you didnt mean it but its funny how these things turn out!
This a really nice challenge to always do with countries, after you cleared them straight line. You get to run around as a victory lap.
Adam has a great sense of humor
Yaktrax. My god yaktrax, chaps. Awesome vid, Tom!
The editing was excellent, but don't keep me waiting until the very last minute for that music!
🙉
There's so much winter magic packed in this video, amazing!
You guys made about a 3 1/4 mph average all considered- including total stop time in that (based on your total time). In those conditions, for THAT long- that's really impressive.
Thank you mate, really need this right now . take care.
Have you thought about doing more challenges across English counties? Like 'straight line' or 'no roads' across a county instead of a country? If you can do Wales in one day, you could do almost any UK county in a day too, even Greater London or Manchester. Maybe try and draw a shape or spell out a word with your GPS line across England. Try spell 'GeoWizard' with GPS lines across the Midlands or something.
What the fuck is an “English country”?
That ending was poetic in a way. Even after the adventure, the snow was still causing frustration!