Winter Mountaineering in the Fannich Mountains in Northwest Scotland
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ค. 2024
- I’m making a summit camp in the Fannich range, which includes a couple of the Northwest Highlands highest mountains. Being January, the days are short and the nights are long and cold, but magical weather conditions make for some incredible dawn photography on the summit of Beinn Mor Fannich.
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CAMERA EQUIPMENT USED IN THIS VIDEO:
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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:
Terra Nova Quasar tent: www.terra-nova.co.uk/products...
Therm-a-rest neo-air x-lite: www.thermarest.com/ie/sleepin...
Mountain Equipment Xero 350 ultralight down sleeping bag
Mountain Equipment Glacier 700 four season sleeping bag
Rab Neutrino winter down jacket (2008)
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...
Grivel Munro Walking ice axe
La Sportiva Nepal Extreme Winter mountaineering boots
Grivel G12 crampons
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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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00:00 Introduction
03:43 Summit ridge camp
07:39 Dawn on the summit of Beinn Mor Fannich
13:08 Back at camp - discussion
15:35 Descent from the ridge
17:35 Closing discussion and credits
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Absolutely beautiful video mate. That area looks truly stunning!
Love your videos epic scenes well done Scotland is just incredible I love it there 👍👌
Thanks a lot!
What beautful conditions you had for such a winter camp. So competently recorded for us to come along with you. Congratulations on overcoming the snow camp, losing feeling in extremities.... something to think about. thx for posting. JMO.
Many thanks, glad you enjoyed it ❤
nice to see the quasar in its natural habitat :) fannichs are ace tremendous views
I love my quasar… despite the weight 🙂
I summit camped on what I’d say looks the same night. Very good video. I’ll give you a sub on that one 😊
Thanks! It was a pretty exceptional night couple of days to be sure 🙂
Nice one Fergus, you picked a great weather window for that visit. You have captured some great footage which shows off that area too.. ATB Kenny
Yes it was wonderful weather. I try to go for the best windows and stay home otherwise in winter!
Really enjoyed that Feargus. Some lovely views and lighting. Did some of the Fannichs a few years back in May, still plenty of snow on the tops. Melting snow further down the slopes made waterlogged conditions under foot. Think you might like the GR20 route on Corsica, did it in June 2008. All best.
Really glad you liked it. All the best 🙂.
Fergus another great video worth all your effort for the views and pictures. Thanks.
The animal that left the droppings behind is a grouse or Ptarmigan, having flown in and sheltered overnight in your deep footprint hence the amount of droppings.
Ah! That’s fascinating - thanks for pointing it out. One of the unexpected perks of doing these videos is knowledge from others who watch them. 🙂👍
When you know it the sublty of that light is the best.
It’s awesome, and you gotta be on that summit when it happens 🙂
You hooked me with that stunning opening. Subscribed. Cheers man!
Thanks… glad you liked it 🙂
Superb video . What a superb pitch you had and the views are totally stunning..Great photography as usual backed up with excellent drone shots...Many thanks for a wonderful video and best wishes for your trip to a warmer climate.
Thank you… delighted you liked it 🙂
Fergus, what a great film again mate, love it. Can see your channel blowing up before so long. 👏🏻
Can I ask what tent you currently use for the winter expeditions, I’m on the hunt for one at the moment.
Thanks
It’s the Terra Nova quasar. A fairly heavy one but the tent of choice for even some polar expeditions. 🙂
Great video Feargus, what a spot!
Thanks Dave. It is amazing. Might use it again sometime.
The animal leaving his poo behind may well have followed in your footsteps, for some animals are so sluggish that they only take the path of least resistance. In the depression made by human foot, it is way easier to cover the tracks of an animal yielding such tiny pellets of faeces.
Good point. 👍
Wind blown snow has covered the shallower animal tracks over, but not your deeper footprints?
Yea I thought about that, but there was no wind in that spot either day and it was even calmer at night. I’m more thinking that because the slope is at a steeper angle to the sun than other spots that the upper snow layer has evaporated the tracks away?
@@feargusc you should ask SAIS - they would genuinely enjoy the question
Another brilliant video Feargus. 😎🏔️⛺️👍. Looked like you suffered the same fate as me; run out of energy, light and time. Also the frozen lips 😁👍. Have a great adventure abroad. Best wishes - Dave
Thanks Dave. Yea it’s crazy when you hit that wall!