Rain, hail, wind and sun - wild camping in Morar
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2024
- Hiking and packrafting in the mountains of the Morar region during one of the coldest and wettest June’s in years. We get rain, hail, strong winds, cold below 10-degrees celsius, and big waves on Loch Morar to hone our packrafting skills.
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Link to the first ‘Jungle video’: • Packrafting in the Ama...
Music tracks featured in this video are:
- ‘Silk’ by Tubebackr: Download link: / silk
- ‘Cloud Ten’ by Tubebackr: / cloud-ten
- ‘Steps’ by Alex Productions: www.audiolibrary.com.co/alex-...
- ‘New Sea’ by Infraction: inaudio.org/track/new-sea-doc...
- ‘Cut me Free’ by Tubebackr: / cut-me-free
CAMERA EQUIPMENT USED IN THIS VIDEO:
GoPro Hero 10 black: www.techradar.com/reviews/gop...
Iphone 13 pro: www.apple.com/by/iphone-13-pro/
DJI Mavic Pro: www.dji.com/uk/support/produc...
Boya BY-V20 Wireless Microphone: www.boya-mic.com/product/by-v20
Canon Eos 5D Mk III with 24-105mm lens: www.canon.co.uk/for_home/prod...
Slik Sprint pro tripod: slik.com/products/sprint-pro-i...
SOME CAMPING/OUTDOOR KIT USED:
DD SuperLight Pyramid mesh inner tent: www.ddhammocks.com/product/dd...
DD SuperLight Pyramid tent: www.ddhammocks.com/product/dd... neo-air x-lite: www.thermarest.com/ie/sleepin...
Mountain Equipment Xero 350 ultralight down sleeping bag
Alpacka Denali Llama Packraft (2011 version) with Tizip internal storage system: www.backpacker.com/gear-item/...
Rab Neutrino winter down jacket (2008)
Aqua Bound Manta Ray 4-piece paddle: aquabound.com/collections/man...
Delorme (now owned by Garmin) Inreach Satellite text message handset: discover.garmin.com/en-GB/inr...
Jetboil Zip stove: www.jetboil.co.uk/products/zi...
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About Me:
Hi and thanks for checking out my videos! I’m Feargus Cooney, a photographer and amateur explorer who has been disappearing into the wilderness for most of my life. It’s my passion and my salvation from the stresses of everyday life.
The main aim of my excursions/expeditions is to explore the relatively (and occasionally completely) unknown if I can - to get off the beaten path in some way and bring back photography of nature and wilderness.
I’ve been filming my adventures since 1999, though am only a recent addition to using TH-cam as a way of getting the experiences out there. During the COVID-19 pandemic my wife and I made the decision it was time to escape the stress of living far from any real wilderness and moved to northern Scotland, and that’s where most of these videos take place. It’s not as pure and unspoilt as some wilderness areas around the world but it can certainly be remote and wild. I also head off into more ‘pure’ wilderness around the world once or twice a year, and will occasionally add videos from my archive of trips I did in the past where the quality is high enough.
Scotland has made a world of difference to my mental health. The space - and right - to roam here, along with a healthier attitude to freedom of access to nature than I’ve come across in most places I’ve lived has made entering this phase of my life a truly transformative one, raising me out of persistent cycles of depression and stress that have plagued most of my adult life.
I’m passionate about nature and the wilderness and always have been, and I hope to share some of that passion with you.
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A WORD OF CAUTION: My videos cover experiences I have had and are not to be taken as guides or recommendations without proper training and experience. I’ve been spending time in the wilderness camping wild and doing the various activities I show for many years, and have made plenty of mistakes while refining my experience and wisdom, some of which could have been very serious. Please seek appropriate training or go with someone more experienced than you before trying risky activities.
00:00 Introduction
00:51 Introducing the plan
02:44 Packrafting to the end of Loch Morar
06:26 Oban Bothy evening
10:05 Hiking south into the mountains
11:58 Soggy camp at Loch Beoraid
15:34 Hiking in the trailless hills to the west
20:49 Wet and miserable camp!
23:17 Closing comments
Another cracking film, Feargus. Scotland never ceases to surprise us weather-wise, but this year has been totally mental!
Maybe it’s not so unusual long term and we’ve just got used to hot days in June over the last few years. That’s what the Met office said a week ago 🤔
@@feargusc is probably right-we were just talking about four years ago, at the start of lockdown, when the weather was incredible from the end of March to the end of June!
Not the the weather but ,for sure, one of your best videos.
Thanks a lot!
That depth is basically the same as The Shard in London. Give or take 5 metres
Another brilliant video Feargus. Loved it. They just keep getting better 👌🏻🏴⛰️⛺️👍 ATB
Thanks a lot Dave. It's funny - I never know when I've done a cracker or a more mediocre one!
@@feargusc haha. I know the feeling 🤦🏻♂️😁
Loch Ness is not the only loch with a monster
No sightings today of Morag in Loch Morar
Enjoyed that, beautiful scenery
Haha. Yes I’ve heard of the monster of Morar. Just left talking about it out of the final edit as that bit was getting a bit long. Glad you liked it 🙂
Very envious. Missing it all so much and don't see when I'll be out of it :/. Thanks for posting, once again a fantastically filmed and edited video. Brilliant!
Thanks Ev. If it's any consolation I was pretty miserable on a couple of the days in the soggy, cold weather!
Hi Fergus, hi Laura, wonderful video as always, what an amazing area. I bet it was rather exhilarating being on those choppy waters knowing there was nothing below you for 300m, it certainly would be for me anyway! 😬
All the best guys
Dave 😀⛰🥾🏕️🏴🏴
Yea it’s fascinating. Someday I’d like to get hold of a depth housing and light that I can lower to the bottom on a line and see what’s down there!
It was super cool!
@@feargusc Monsters of the deep!
Shame about the weather Feargus, it's a wild area in the best of weather.
Backpacked in from Beasdale, over to Meoble, then to Oban, into Knoydart in a heat wave.
All best.
Heat wave sounds better - especially when in a tiny boat :)
Is that a new pack I see 🤔😉 which one did you decide to get ? And how you finding it? I bet it's making a huge difference in the carrying sense with a nice sturdy hip belt again taking the load how it should 😊
How good of you to notice! Yes it’s a brand new Lowe Alpine Cerro Torre - and it feels so sturdy in its form, but also relatively comfy. So far I’m pretty pleased. Just hope I can get another 15-years out of punishing that one before being unable to carry such a big load anymore!
@@feargusc what litre did u decide on? As I know you like to take a wetsuit and drysuit at times with you. So I imagine it being quite a large capacity
I got the 80:100 litre one, which is the same as the previous one - indeed I do need a lot of capacity sometimes!