Aonach Eagach Ridge - Wild Camping on Britain's Narrowest Ridge
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- Wild Camping on the Aonach Eagach Ridge just in front of the Crazy Pinnacles is for me so far the best wild camping spot in Glencoe, Scotland. The Aonach Eagach is famous for being the narrowest ridge in mainland Britain, linking to Munro's (Meall Dearg, Sgorr nam Fiannaidh) with a great scramble on the ridge.
On this tour I experienced sun, heavy rain, strong wind and fog on the ridge during and after the wild camp. When you want to see more wild camping videos, check out my channel or leave me just a comment.
Hope you enjoy the video of this adventure!
ATB Stripey
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N.B.I: What is it with the "no added DRAMA"? Simple, I record all of my videos with as little lens distortion as possible particular on the GoPro. That means for me a less wide view which is for sure a disadvantage, but for you it means that you get a most natural perspective/watching experience without dramatic edges/ bended horizons/... or short an unreal watching experience!
N.B.II: This is not a guide in how to scramble the Aonach Eagach Ridge, rather a video memory of a fantastic tour for myself!
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Thanks a lot for watching - ATB Stripey
Hey Stripey great vid and channel ! Do you think a dog could make it across ive for a collie looks doable from your vid I’d get a harness for her she’s pretty good on the steep bits ? My Grandad would often mention this route . I saw it from WHW looks impressive . Thanks bye
Hi Niles,
No I wouldn’t do it with a dog! In my eyes it isn’t suitable for dogs.
Thanks,
Stripey
@@StripeyHatGuy thank you
I just watched to the end I must have only watched half way def no way with a dog near the end cheers
Trying to catch up with all your videos. This is the most terrifying, by far! I was so afraid for you😳Navigating such narrow and treacherous rocky ridges requires an agility and skill that, I dare say, most humans lack! Astounding video! Thank you, and I’m so glad you completed the adventure safely. 👍🏻
Thank you very much Rose! ☺
Amazing, another great video, can't believe you cracked it whilst holding your camera.
Cheers mate 😊
I’ve done the aonach eagach twice. The first time was in fog and we blasted over it, but the second time the exposire became apparent. We took it a lot slower then 😳 The prize is a couple of beers in the Clachaig afterwards. Great vid Stripey, thanks!
Thank you very much! Is an absolute stunning ridge, not without a reason a very popular place! Did you think as well that the stones when wet from the fog were supper slippy?
ATB Stripey
@@StripeyHatGuy care required for sure, but the fog hides the drop 😅 Stunning piece of work Stripey, really enjoyed it 🤗
Yeah definitely it does! Cheers.😊
Amazing video, Stripey! Possibly your best yet. Some amazing camera and drone work. Breathtaking and terrifying in equal measure!
Thanks a lot Martin!
Wonderful video. I did this around 1982. I remember it as being the most exposed walk I have ever undertaken. A wonderful place. I love watching this video as I doubt I will ever repeat. The video brings back happy memories with good friends. Thank you.
Thank you very much Bernie! Yeah is such a beautiful outing, definitely up in my favourite 3 so far in Scotland - difficult to beat 😂.
Great to hear that it brought back some happy memories ☺️
ATB Stripey
And to have done that with essentially one hand is most impressive!!!
Exactly what I was looking for Stripey..It really shows you the difficulty level and exposure of the scrambles on the ridge.Another top class video😁👏🏻❤️
Thank you very much Murchie Mountains glad it helped! 👋👍😊
Wow! Top effort for doing that with a camera, especially in those conditions. You deserve an award for that in my opinion! Well done 😊
Thanks a lot mate! Really enjoyed this one 😊
That was brilliant stripey, love watching your videos
Thank you very much!
We are hooked on you Stripey
Simply Spectacular! I love all your vids but the scrambles have me on the edge of my seat! and a great sense of humour goes well with all your adventures.
Thank you very much!
❤lovely photos
Stripey Hat Guy, your video work [especially the drone footage] brings the Aonach Eagach to life! I walked the ridge many years ago in similar weather conditions and remember especially a Brocken Specter effect I witnessed--without getting a photo, since it was short-lived. Sun casts one's shadow onto the mist within a spectrum ring. I could watch my shadow's motion inside the rainbow ring. Then it was gone. Please review your footage, for at time 25:26 I believe the beginnings of the effect are evident. The sun is behind you and there is a circular glow [no spectrum that I could see] on the mist as your shadow leaves the ridge and climbs onto the cloud. It is there for less than a second, but is definitely visible.
An IMMENSE scramble, made to look ridiculously easy. Fantastic.
Catching up on some of your older videos,what a brilliant camp/scramble the drone footage was breath taking 👌 thanks for bringing us along on your adventures 😊
Thanks a lot for watching them 😅. The AOR is really a nice one, was quite some effort to carry all that stuff along the ridge, I am not surprised that people usually camp further along and just leave the tent standing and go back again 😂
Outstanding Stripey lad, cracking inversion.
Reading comments I’m a senior who loved my adventures camping in Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado .
Must be amazing! Have only been once for a few days to Colorado to visit some friends my wife made when she was working at the C lazy U Ranch. But the little I have seen I loved.
ATB Stripey
Superb👏👏👏
Your video takes me back to my traverse of the ridge 5am rise on the top for sun up and the ridge to myself.... thanks for the video
Thanks a lot Barrie! just amazing to have the ridge for yourself 🙌👍
Sorry, effect of Brocken Specter is more like 25:36--take a look!
Hello Stripey👋 That was stunning but also absolutely terrifying! How on earth did you manage to walk that ridge whilst carrying the camera! 🫣 Great video tho 😊
Hi Gillian 👋, thank you very much. Yeah is a stunning walk, definitely worth the effort.
ATB Stripey
Your damn awesome guy ❤Stay warm enjoy your camp cooking-?Recipes German ravioli 👍🏼⛄️🙋♀️🍩🥖
Excellent video thanks
Hi Steven, thank you very much 😊👍
Just stunning views!! Amazing video.
Thank you very much!
Another fantastic video account of a classic scary ridge. Well filmed, and a very edge of seat watch! Well done Stripey.
Thank you very much Jim! 😊👍
Always exciting when the serious business plastic hat comes out. Looks like a lot of erosion at 10:25, makes us wonder how much of the mountain has slid down the side over the last century. Agree 100% on the crowds bit. Your rock scrambling is Legendary sir, we could watch this stuff for hours. Sunset and sunrise looked buts, bet is was even better in person. You're right, it doesn't get any better than that! Thank you so much for taking us along!
Hi Northeast Family Adventures thanks a lot for watching! Yeah it was just really stunning the whole trip, loved almost every minute of it - not the long slog down and back to the car so but it would feel like "cheating" if I would get a taxi 😂👍
Great vid Stripey. Done that ridge, that was 30 yrs ago! Don,t remember it being that hairy, once on the ridge no escape till the Clachiag Gully, we carried on a bit, gully to dangerous, keep up the good work, this auld gangrel loves it.
Thanks a lot, still one of my favourite trips so far 😎
OK , I kept watching and saw the full effect later, very cool
Thanks a lot Andy! I also had one on the Buachaille Etive Mor with my son and at the Blackmount Munro's. Never get tired of nature's beautiful phenomenas ☺️👍
Wow, amazing views. Highly skilled climbing those rocks holding the camera. Thanks for showing us the superb views.
Thanks a lot Serk D, the Aonach Eagach Ridge is really a stunning place here in beautiful Scotland 😊👍
Absolutely amazing and atmospheric! One of the best videos I have watched stripey! First class! Paul
Wow, thank you so much Paul! ☺️👋👍
@@StripeyHatGuy well deserved stripey! Wunderbar! 🏅🏅🏅😁
@@PAADVENTURES1 Vielen Dank!
@@StripeyHatGuy Gern geschehen! Enough! 😂😂
Excellent video Stripey Hat/White Helmet Guy.
Not for me at my age, but fantastic to see a great video of the famous ridge.
Thanks a lot Johnscot1, I can now completely understand why the ridge is so famous! Just stunning 😍
Great film Stripey well done mate! 👏 Loved every bit of it!!! I think you got all of Scotlands weather in a few hours i honestly thought your wee tent was going to fly away it was crazy lol! 10/10 for this one!! 🍻🍺
Thanks a lot Peter, yeah it was quite "windy" for a short time but thankfully it was just a short heavy shower (maybe 40 min. or so). Horrible way back so but what can you do....
That was an amazing video stripey, you are brave 😂👍 not been up there yet, but you captured it really well and it gives you a good idea how steep it is, well done!
Atb, James
Hi James, thanks for watching. Really a nice tour probably better with a smaller rucksack 😃👍
I think there is a section to bypass the pinicales.
Excellent video and you were very calm on the ridge.
John Quinn, Glasgow, UK.
Thanks a lot John!
Bypassing the pinnacles is not really possible - even if it would be in my opinion much more dangerous.
ATB
Stripey
Wow - amazing content my friend
The tent spot , the drone , the long arm camera all the way along the ridge - super cool AF!!
I did the ridge years ago remember shitting it all the way along
Well done - atb 👍🏽
Hi DaveDoesOutdoors thanks a lot. It is really a stunning tour and understandable that a lot of people getting a few scary moments when doing it 😃👍
That was amazing stripey well done 👍👌
Hi Gary, thanks a lot.
Wow!! 👏👏👏 Take care
Thanks Tracy I will.
Amazing mate 10 out of 10.Great vid 👍👍👍
Thanks a lot mate! 👋
This brought back memories for me, this was actually my 9th and 10th Munro, to prepare for Skye, it was a wake up call for me, sometimes I was fine other times I was shiting myself ( just being honest ) well done and keep them coming sir ✌️
Hi Harry, absolutely understandable - it is always good to have a sound respect! I heard that recently a lot of people had to be rescued 😔
@@StripeyHatGuy ye seen that stay safe sir ✌️
Cheers Harry, you as well! ATB Stripey
Great video. Thanks.
Hi Alan thank you very much and thanks for watching! ☺️👍
This is fabulous, love to see the still photos you must have taken. I wish I had the head for exposure like that, I'd be up there with my camera every day. I was looking out for the piece of rock called the Chancellor, I can only find one video of someone walking / crawling across it, but it looks terrifying!
Thanks a lot S R. Next time I am up I will show the Chancellor - definitely not as wild as people talk it in my opinion!
Yeah I considered to show more of my pictures in the videos as I am coming from photography but I had the feeling that people are not that much interested in it. Most people watch videos like that for research as they want to do it themselves I guess. Need to have a look how I will it in the future but at the moment I keep them just at my wall 😉👍
Thanks a lot for watching!
ATB Stripey
@@StripeyHatGuy hey put them on Flickr, people will follow!
One word "superb"
Hi Alistair - wow - thank you so much! ☺️
Nice one Stripey. 👍
Thanks Kevin!
Incredible
cheers John. Have you done the Aonach Eagach yet or was the Curved Ridges your first Glencoe classic?
@@StripeyHatGuy camped on Am Bodach and done the ridge, so not too dissimilar to yourself mate. 10/10 Would repeat
Great! I am the same 10/10 will repeat, but I will definitely do the scramble back then to Am Bodach to avoid the slog back to the car 😃👍
@@StripeyHatGuy i think I'm the opposite. I fancy trying the route you took. How long was it back to the car from the pub, do you know ?
I went down the way basically where it joins the way up to the pap of glencoe - horrible way down so, a lot of big rocks...and it was like nearly 2.5hrs I believe from the 2nd Munro down and back to the car. To Glencoe Village I would recon around 1 hour or so, not sure where the pup is so.
Climbed this recently at night time whilst doing the west highland way it was horrific... never again lol. Climbing with a headtorch on after doing 13 miles isnt advisable lol. Great channel man!
Hi One Life Live It, thanks a lot and great name! Oh wow I can't even imagine to do it after 13 miles...Split in two days with a "disadvantage" of a big backpack was already exhausting for me 😎👍
@@StripeyHatGuy it was mistake that I did it at that time but I've wanted to climb it for the past few years and now I have :) your other scramble in glen coe looks scarier I must try that one next time I'm up in Scotland.
Yeah might look like it but it isn't 😉👍
Ummm it’s meant to be 3 points of contact… 😮
I like the shelter you used on this - what make is it?
I made this one myself Doug.
@@StripeyHatGuy oh wow! it looks great 👍
Thanks a lot!
God I so want to do some off the scrambles in Glencoe but I would need some brave pills or better some one else with me
😂
Can you explain to us Americans why you Europeans use tents with no sealed bottom? I’m constantly seeing this with Europeans that use tents that are to us nothing more than a tarp. Thank you!
Hi Dave! I can only talk for myself but I personally like the versatility much more without angebt floor. This particular tent I made myself for the Alps where I was usually sleeping on rocks, no tent floor likes that over a longer period of time. In Scotland I use one without a floor mainly to reduce weight of my pack, but it is boarder line as we have so many ticks. I have an inner tent for my duomid but try to use it only when necessary (e.g. critter time in the year).
So in short: Tents with no floor are for me just lighter and more versatile 😎
Thanks a lot for watching- ATB Stripey
@@StripeyHatGuy Thank you for that and my wife and I really enjoyed watching that trek up the ridge lines. As a common statement in the US military - you’re a stud muffin! One heck of an adventure!
You need a wee plastic hat for your camera!
😂👍
Loved watching this as I can’t do that sort of thing now. I did this for the first time in 1998 east to west and then in 2005 both ways in the same day. Surprised that you found the rock slippery but there has been quite a few years of erosion since I did it. I felt very confident on the rock both times. Mind you, I was only carrying a day pack. Look forward to watching others of yours.
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