Wild Camping in a STORM in my Hilleberg Soulo tent
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.พ. 2022
- This is our camping video of us wild camping in a storm. Storm Eunice came shortly after Storm Dudley and we took the opportunity to wild camp in a storm and test out all our camping gear. We took every precaution including in-depth planning and taking the new Garmin inReach Mini 2 and lots of winter backpacking gear.
We went hiking up to the summit of Cadair Idris in Snowdonia via the Minffordd Path. We were welcomed by snow and ice and of course the freezing cold strong winds from the storm. After summiting we got the rest of our camping kit from the car and made our way back up the mountain to go camping in a storm.
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I used my Hilleberg Soulo tent. This is a true 4 season tent capable of withstanding high winds, rain and storms. It didn't let me down. Camping in heavy rain and camping in strong winds is possible if you've got a decent backpacking tent, pitch your tent in a position with some shelter and peg it down properly and use all the guy lines too.
Please only go wild camping in strong winds if you have the skills, experience and gear to see you through. I would recommend camping in groups if you go wild camping in heavy rain as if some of your backpacking kit fails your friends can help you out.
I took most of my hiking and camping footage when the storm was momentarily easing to assist with audio and visual quality. I have also filtered some of the background rain and wind noise too. However, I can assure you the storm was battering us throughout most parts of both days and certainly the majority of the night. This is a genuine video, not one of those solo 'camping in strong winds' videos where the whole wild camping video is acted out from start to finish.
GPS / Satellite Gear Used:
Garmin inReach Mini 2 - £350 amzn.to/3p2ME8B
Garmin Instinct 2 Solar - £371 amzn.to/34WQ85J
I synced my Garmin Instinct 2 watch with Garmin Connect and uploaded the hiking data to my Strava account. On Day 1 we completed a 9.52 mile hike with 4101ft of elevation and 4h 48m of moving time (average 2mph).
Camping Gear Used:
Hilleberg Soulo Backpacking Tent - £800 hilleberg.com/eng/tent/red-la...
MSR Elixir 2 - £278 amzn.to/3H4iesH
Terra Nova Pioneer 2 - £550 www.terra-nova.co.uk/all-tent...
Rab Ascent 1100 Down Sleeping Bag - £385 amzn.to/34OFTR2
Mountain Equipment Aerostat Synthetic 7.0 Sleeping Mat - sold out most places
Nemo Fillo Pillow - sold out most places
Jetboil MiniMo - £129 amzn.to/3gZYpIz
Jetboil Summit Skillet - £50 amzn.to/3I9uAB4
Osprey Aether 60 AG Backpack
£139 Aether 55 S/M on Amazon amzn.to/3JxqKTt
£174 Aether 65 S/M on Amazon amzn.to/3Hpvzwq
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Hiking Gear Used:
Salomon Quest 3 4D Hiking Boots
Sprayway Waterproof Jacket
Alpkit Waterproof Bottoms
Mountain Equipment Ibex Trousers
Mountain Equipment Fleece
Hard Land Down Jacket - £50 hardlandapparel.com/collectio...
Inov-8 Mitts (Thermo) - £33.99 amzn.to/36wVTrg
Unigear Crampons - £18.99 amzn.to/3Ha3AQK
If you are into your hiking, backpacking and wild camping please SUBSCRIBE @BackpackingUK . Feel free to comment on my videos.
Storm camping is dangerous so please don't put yourself or others at risk. If you decide on a storm camp let people know exactly what your plans are. Don't put the lives of the mountain rescue team at risk!
Stay safe and enjoy the outdoors all year long whatever the weather.
Thanks, Andy.
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Notes: Please be responsible when hiking and camping in extreme conditions. Thoroughly plan your hike and camp and take all the kit you need for any eventuality. I highly recommend taking on these challenges in groups and always tell people your plans and take communication devices with you. Take care and have fun!
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Молодец, всё правильно сказал, безопасность превыше всего!👍👍
Отличный поход выходного дня, у природы нет плохой погоды, прекрасно что вы за безопасность, это главное в путешествии, глупый риск никогда не оправдан!👍👍
Absolutely brilliant mate and steak & rice would be very tasty and filling.👍
😍 steak followed by a bacon butty in the morning.. doesn’t get much better than that mate. Brilliant camp and video.
Can’t beat proper food on the mountain 🙌
@@BackpackingUK thats it mate👍🏼
Have a Soulo BL. It is amazing how strong the structure is even without guylines. Gonna try double poling the side pole soon to see what difference it makes. You may say that it is too heavy, but actually it feels quite light compared to the Tarra I used to lug around.
Absoutely stunning, really extreme weather, luckily there's always Suolo the 4 season tent, makes every extreme weather comfy inside the tent.
Couldn't agree more!
Absolutley awesome video Andy. Great advice as always. Reaaly appreciate you sharinag this one, cheers
Thanks 👍
Love that route and camping by the lake.👍
We’ll definitely go back in summer! Lovely place.
That is some serious wild camping, and quite a lovely dinner to contrast the weather! Good points on the woodland being a substantial risk - as a hammocker looking to try a tent again, the arguments people give about being able to site a hammock more easily than a tent fall flat; a bit of wonky ground under a tent won't kill you, but tree fall will! Much greater risk when hammocking with your placement given you basically have to be amongst trees.
Yes, there’s a time and a place for everything but I’m a big no to hammocks on a windy day!
Cracking film, mate. What an adventure, looked pretty dicey in a few places. Top marks on the grub front, too. Thanks as always.
Cheers Chris 👍
Your living the dream Andy. Enjoyed this one fella. Was up there in April last year, was an awesome wild camp adventure.thanks for sharing buddy
Thanks 👍
Wow. Epic video.
I don't know how you stay so positive.
I'd have been bricking it.
Cheers Dave 👍
Love your equipment and tent
Thanks!
After watching this I can safely say that I would be a 3 season camper 😂😅
Brave man!! This place is on my list but for the warmer months and when it’s dry
I’ll be back there in summer too!
joel, cadair is an amazing place, i did the first vid for my channel their
Hi Andy from East Coast Scotland enjoying your videos so clever you are and lots fun and your mates so confident to great work peace love stay safe ❤ 💜 😊
Thanks so much!
Really enjoying your video’s , as someone just getting into wild camping you’re video’s on budget gear has been invaluable to me , best of luck with the channel .
Budget gear ? He had a rab sleeping bag, mountain equipment jacket etc etc . Not like he popped into mountain warehouse.
I think Norman means my other videos. I have a mixture of budget gear and expensive gear but for this video I was taking any chances so took the best kit I own!
Been there. Lovely place. That was a cracking trek, meal and storm experience. Would have loved it myself.
I'll definitely go back, hopefully on a clear sunny day!
Great seeing you use all of this awesome gear in extreme weather! Awesome job :)
Thanks 👍
Stumbled across this after going down a rabbit hole looking at soulo tents, and watched to the end. Really great film and you even brought the ingredients for a bacon sanger in the morning, loved it. Subscribed dude.
Thanks for watching!
That's some shift you put in Andy. I found cadair Idris one of the tougher mountains so to complete the loop and then go back up to the lake is brilliant!
Tents holding up was a bonus too 😂
Good to see you out again. Stay Safe.
Adge.
Cheers 👍
great video, very strong wind there, watching from Indonesia, thanks for sharing 😊
Wow, thanks for watching!
Great video,
Thanks!
Absolutly awesome adventure host,love it👍
Thanks!
Love the channel mate, you're so wholesome
Thanks 🙏
Great video and some sound advice. The further up, windier and the tougher the conditions you want to experience, then the money you need to spend to keep you safe rises too. Practice at the bottom of the hill (or even your garden) with your gear in the sun, wind and rain, then you stand more chance of finding, not only the lens cap for your camera, or bottle opener, but also your way back down... 👍
100% agree 👍
Awesome stuff mate
Cheers 👍
i did my very first wild camp video by the lake at cadair idris and i salute you for walking the horse shoe with a pack on your back and then going back down to the car park to head back up to the lake again, sucker for punishment lol, its a killer hike from the car park to the lake, im considering cadair this weekend failing that it will be the ogwen valley somewhere, got a new scarp 1 to test
Thanks for sharing. Great choice of tent too 👍
Great video :)
Thanks 👍
That’s looked amazing
Well done Andy great vid
And that steak looked awesome
👍👏👌.
Atb Graham
Cheers 👍
Nice one Andy…. “Flipping eck this is bad” lol 👍😊. Lovely location buddy and great challenge.. I’m with you on the Garmin mini… essential piece of kit for me also… I wouldn’t say i take any more risks than i’m comfortable with, but just adds piece of mind in case your or others are in trouble. Take care Mark 👍
Cheers Mark 👍
Nice camp guys...beutyful
Cheers 👍
@@BackpackingUK cheers
Andy, I do the same on a one nighter. I cook my rib-eye in butter rather then oil and I add broccoli and mushrooms as well as the rice. Take a few pieces of tin foil - acts as lids on pans and to wrap cooked food to kept it hot whilst other magic goes on the burner. I use nalgene containers for butter and prepared garlic as well as for my mustard etc etc
You’re making me feel hungry! You can’t beat proper cooking on the mountain.
That food looked the bomb.
It was, so so good!
Amazing video bro, nice too see a fellow welsh man showing some great reviews! I've also climbed this mountain when i did Three Peaks challenge, didnt get the chance too camp though as it was a race. You have alot of similar gear too me it's freaky, from your bag, shoes, minimo. Awesome display of your Hilleberg tent too! was looking to get the same one myself. Really appreciate the cool kit you have on display! subbed
Cheers, welcome aboard!
The problem with all dome tents is that you can't keep the door open for ventilation because the rain would get in, you'd think they'd make them with a simple porch that overhangs the open door.
A lot of dome tents (like this) have a little hood over the door. It works well if the rain is coming from the opposite site.
Another thing- is there such a thing as a completely freestanding tent (dome or otherwise) that can be pitched on rocky ground that's too hard for pegs to go in?
OMG editing skills ✅ great filming ✅ bravery ✅ Really great video.
Thank you so much 🙏
Such a nice new video. Looks like a really challenging trip, but that just adds up more coziness for us watching from home :) Gonna be on a tour for the next 3 days on similar weather conditions ;) Have a great weekend and take care out there. Best wishes, Mario
Good luck! Thanks for watching 👍
Great video Andy, can't believe how well the tent stood up in that weather, bet you're glad to be home now haha. Not able to afford a decent tent right now but as soon as I can put some money away for one I'm going to get myself back out camping.
There's some really good budget tents out there for a fraction of what my Hilleberg cost. If you ever need some help choosing tents check out my other videos 👍
@@BackpackingUK Thanks Andy, I saw your video a while ago on the Cloud Peak 2 and it's similar to the Allak 2, which I like the design of. It's still 130+ on AliExpress without the shipping cost. Still want to save up for that though. Thanks for the reply.
Hoqus, a few years ago I bought a cloud peak 2 and bought some heavier duty poles to swop out the standard ones. I would peg the fly sheet using longer cords down closer to the ground. It transformed the tent. I had it above the tree line in high winds (60mph) and snow on several occasions - the tent survived exceptionally well with me and my dog. Now I’m able to afford more I’ve got myself a single skin Crux and a zpacks triplex. Both fab tents tho’ very pricey. I would also look at a one of the vango’s as they really offer good sturdy value.
Fabulous, new sub ✋
Thanks 🙏
This is a great treck to do! I live about 25 minutes away from Snowdonia and find myself in the mountains most weekends! Not during the storm though you have big balls my friend 😂
I wish I did, it’s a 400 mile round trip for me!
Cader Idris is probably my favourite hike of the last year. Actually I went twice in the space of a few weeks. First time the weather was bad, with visibility of just a few metres from Llyn Cau up, and I was hiking solo, so I decided to hike just to Llyn Cau and return to the car.
That whet my appetite, so the first opportunity I got to go back was just a few weeks later, on a beautifully clear day, following the Minffordd Path circuit. At pretty much every point on the way round there were spectacular views for miles. I ended up taking 1.5hrs longer than expected, simply because I kept stopping to take it all in.
I tell you what, though. I have a terrible fear of heights, and that last 20 metres ascent to the trig point took a bit of focus to do, with sheer drops on either side!!!
Well done, mate. The Mrs even sat and watched a bit of this viddy with me, a compliment in itself (she usually just shuts the door on me 😆).
Thanks for sharing. I'm definitely going back this summer!
Bacon always raises my spirits. Keep following your nose Andy.
100%! All of a sudden the bad night’s sleep is forgotten! 🥓 🤤
Cadair is my local - lovely but deadly at times, especially when it’s foggy windy or wet
It’s a good sleep in the shelter at the top too
That shelter was getting battered when we were up there. We thought the roof was going to come off! However, it did help us take a quick break from the sub-zero gale-force wind chill. Very jealous, wish I lived closer.
Bloody hell!! Even though I'm a northerner and only need a coat certain times of the year, even this has made me think, nah you should have stayed at home 🤣
When I started getting into hiking, I invested in a watch with maps, cos I can get lost in a car park! But in a car in fine, I'm just weird. I got the Suunto 9, wish I got the baro though as it tells you when the weather is changing and storms are due. But was out my price range 🥴
Thanks for sharing!! Glad you got back safely
My first GPS watch was a Suunto. Loved it but it was massive for my small wrists 😂
@@BackpackingUK they are massive like. How mine is in one piece I don't know, cos its forever bashed about 🤣 Although I'm a big lass, I've got small hands and wrists, it just looks obscene but it's such a good watch!
Very impressive and entertaining camping video. I just subscribe and like your wonderful camping adventures video. Very good video presentation, thank you for sharing your wonderful camping adventures my friend 👍
Thank you so much 🙏
Your lines are almost all way too loose. It actually shows how good that tent is that it just stood there and took it anyway.
They loosened off during the storm.
Great video again tip on bacon cook at home then just warm up on camp saves gas also on hot days doses not go off if in backing sun all day .
Great tip! Thanks for sharing 👍
great video bro , storm videos are awesome , people like to see you out of yoru comfort zone , may i suggest you show yourself setting up camp also ? then cooking your food as well , and also packing down the next day
The plan was to video setting up camp but it was dark by the time we got up there!
also a tent tour of what it looks like inside
It's in the video about 3/4 way through.
How come all your gear looks brand spanking new. I've got a garmin in reach mini therefore I can camp up the mountain in the worst storm for 30 yrs. I think you guys got lucky it could have gone really tits up.
Having said that I did enjoy the video. Stay safe pal
We didn't get lucky, we were prepared for the worst and could have stayed up there another night if we were forced to. Anything is achievable if you properly plan, have the rights skills, experience and knowledge and have the right gear.
Some are just better at taking care of their gear, mate. :p I scrape my teflon pans with a long titanium spoon and ask myself "How come the nonsticky stuff flake off?" 🤣
Would of been nice to see you pitch the tents , o the fun and the rain inside the tent night filming great.
We pitched in the dark so it won't have made a good watch. However, I'll add it in next time. Hopefully the sun will be out too!
Yep Daveswildcamping was the first to do the steak on a mountain years ago 😂😂
Dave's my hero then 😂
@@BackpackingUK yep sadly no longer here
Hhmmm steak an Mexican rice, I cooked that on my roundabout camp video . That weather is pretty bad. Nice video
Thanks 👍
Inreach is a great investment 👍
I think so, and a potential life saver!
Looked a great hike and camp some pretty horrendous weather.but I was thinking hmm that's a lot of expensive gear I'm all for getting bargains but paying for proven expensive gear pays off especially in wild winter weather cheap gear gets you by in summer.the Garmin mini is ok but the monthly subscription seems a bit steep
I’m on the Garmin tariff that you can stop and start. It’s worth the money just so I can text the other half and keep her happy whilst I’m away! 😁
@@BackpackingUK that's not 2 bad then I think a better way would be to pay for say 10 messages then if and when you use those then you could get another 10
Cader Idris… just up the road from me .. it’s a fair hike .
It's 200 miles away from me!
What pillow is that? Looks super comfy!
Nemo Fillo Pillow. It’s sooooo nice but nearly always sold out!
*taste test* microwaveable rice and an Aldi sirloin. Settle down Jamie Oliver. Hardly the crem de la crem of camping meals
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Good work. One pro tip : don't use olive oil for searing steak , the smoke point is actually quite low . Soybean or canola oil will work much better
Thanks for sharing 👍
It's good enough for Marco Pierre White though.
13:34 what about all the fat splashing in the vestibule?
Nothing a wet wipe can't clear up 😀
Ooooh….so risky with your satnav!
I always keep an os map in my bag 😀
@@BackpackingUK you’re missing my point, duh!
Is that your boots in the rain???
The rain was coming from behind so they were fine 👍
Did you’re boots not get soaking
No, not at all but I really look after my boots and NikWax them after every time they get wet. My mate's Berghaus boots were waterlogged halfway through Day 1!
@@BackpackingUK no way just looking at the vid looks like there sitting right out in the rain we’re about in U.K. you from
Good job.
Hello form România
Thanks for watching!
Sorry but think your mates conned you, unless they were carrying gold bullion in there tiny backpacks, there is no way there's were 20kg lol. Great video
2 of them had day packs on and put the big bags on to go back up camping.
Plastic Knife and Fork?
Yes, but the Sea to Summit ones are hard wearing. I think the set is £3.50 including a knife, fork, spoon and carabiner.
Not particularly responsible putting yourself in a potentially situation where you expect someone on the end of Garmin Inreach to put themselves in danger to bail you out as your last resort. Perhaps you missed the news report about the Ambleside mountain rescue person who had life changing injuries rescuing a wild camper. If you put yourself in that situation it’s down to you to self evacuate not expect other to risk there lives from a preventable situation. This won’t be a popular observation by some but I think it needs saying
Couldn't agree more!
The Garmin inReach SOS button is supposed to be an absolute last resort. People get into trouble on hot sunny days too and the MRT are called. Snowdonia, The Lakes, they’re all places that are potentially dangerous. At least I’m showing people how to do it responsibly and safely. You’ll never stop people doing what they want to do!
Fair enough but common sense would suggest a sunny day is less dangerous than intentionally going up a mountain in what was the worst predicted storm in 30 years with a danger to life advisory... That said good luck with your future adventures! 🤙
You have to remember its used in a life saving situation (or should be), SAR members are generally volunteers or in a job in which they know what they are signing up for. I literally see it used for just that here in the Canadian back country, I swear by my Zoleo and wouldn’t go anywhere in the back country without it.
I think you have to have a scale of what life-threatening is. Mostly people get into difficulty from having the wrong gear for the conditions. If you have the right gear then its less risky. Nothing wrong with this video as he has the right gear and right mindset. What would be wrong would be going out in jeans and a £50 tent from argos.
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Nah. This isn’t harsh. Come camp on the shore of Lake Superior during a storm.
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why take so much food to be COOKED and packaging etc ? pre cook a nice meal and just WARM it up. less shit to carry up and down and if the shit hits the fan you have meal ready to eat rather than raw meat etc .
Because it's better than being bored, sitting in a tent in the wind and rain eating pre-cooked food!
yer but look how much they are and i know wot your gunna say well you can,t put a price o your life and yes thats right and i don,t because im a licensed ham radio operator and have a radio with me so i can call for help on that and anywere in the world aswell nar only playing with you bro good video and you done well mate but thats were were different i just wouldn,t go i don,t luv my hobbie that much lol no the truth is i can,t afford one mate. how much are they like 350 pound or something. and when your taking your tent down leave your pegs in mate and pul them out two as a time even i know that and im new to this only started wild camping a few months ago and camped twice on new year eve and last week when it dropped to 4 degrees and i was in a 25 pound tent bough a couple of weeks ago from go outdoors in wigan oh the tent is a eurohike tamar 2 so you don,t need hillibergs to go camping aswell and it didn,t leak and its been in 60 mph winds. oh do you know how you can sort the wind noise get a old coat with a fur around the hood and cut a piece off and put it round the mic with a alastic band thats how you sort the wind noise my mate
Thanks for sharing. I got one of those Tamar 2's for £25 as well. Cracking tent for that price!