Brilliant video Funky, your opinion on things is brilliant. Loved the time lapse at the beginning with the shooting stars, the "Zulu" clip was hilarious! Fantastic end frame, who knew we had all those stars !!
Got as far as 15:30, paused and went and brought ground anchors; cheers for the top tip. On with the rest of the show!! Love your stuff funky; keep 'em coming!
The movable grass clumps that as you said you could easily twist your ankle on - we called moon grass and always seemed to grow near boggy marsh land. Many a time on Mil exercises have had to lay down when under simulated fire on the grass hills and there always seemed to be some water spring that entered the top of you combat jacket !! - Have done many days on the BB in all kinds of weather - in winter with troop carriers having problems getting up Church Hill because of the ice, we still had to do daytime covert patrol exercises leaving troop shelters in white out conditions. This was in the early 90's - with no GPS - just a compass, maps and c+ap radios. The army issued kit was also c+ap - and it's thanks to Silverman's in Camberley and Survival Aids stores now both on-line so no direct visit is required that extra and better winter kit could be purchased. Was in the Royal Engineers, but as I was an Officer Cadet - all our pre Sandhurst training was based on infantry skills and tactics so saw a lot of Brecon, Salisbury Plain and Barossa training area at Sandhurst all unique training facilities. ATB
What a cool series, Thanks for sharing them with us. I broke my ankle bone the other day. Sure was nice to spend the time watching your videos. Thanks again.
Funky, a most enjoyable video series. Two scenes I could really relate to were (1) ~"mate, you can't really keep from smiling in a beautiful place like this" and (2) you were soaking your feet in that mountain stream. I was amazed at the large number of interesting topics you delved into in this video series. Keep it up! MSR makes a titanium pot kit similar to the Snow Peak but the fry pan when used as a lid channels the condensation back into the pot. Mozark
Gday Funky top vid of day two. Looking forward to the following day. Am hoping to do a couple of similar things on my property here in Australia in the future.
Tactical Hey Tac don't know if you know this, but this is place is in Wales. Didn't you say on a recent vid that you are of Welsh descent? You have to come over to Wales for a visit 'cause there's loads of places like this, loads of castles and shit too. Look up Snowdonia, it's in North Wales, awesome place. I live about an hour or so from the Brecon Beacons in Pembrokeshire ,another beautiful part of the world. I'm also a member of the Tac pack :) All the best brother
Really enjoying the videos from your Brecon trip Darren. Did a very similar journey around their exactly a year ago, just after recovering from heart surgery. Weather was similarly beautiful, with awesome views all around. But we also managed to include the summits of Corn Du, Pen Y Fan, Cribyn and Fan y Big. Great being up there in the evening, with the horseshoe ridge all to ourselves. Felt really alive again, after spending too much time in hospital... BUT was surprised that you didn't take a closer look at your OS map for your descent? As you would have seen the southern escape route from the Bwlch Ar y Fan pass down to the reservoir (currently drained), which would have been a hell of lot easier route (quicker and safer). Anyway the footbath in the stream at the bottom looked like a well earned reward for your boggy slog ;) We are planning to go back again there later this month. So was wondering how the upgrade work on the reservoir was going, and whether there were any indications that they might fence it all off? Hopefully not, as it is an epic wild camping spot... ATB, Andy
I live 5 minutes down the road from the carpark i was up there bank holiday monday just gone. Ive lost count how many times ive been up those hills and the views still get me everytime. When you looked down to the drained reservoir you should have pitched on the ridge on the right hand side its all flat with amazing views. great video by the way :)
We have been hiking in the Beacons for the last 7 years started with a full burgen and belt kit carrying about 70 lbs, every year we work on getting it lighter lol, this year I carried 36 lbs if I go lighter I would lose some comfort items or it gets really expensive. Great trip Funky great to see you in Wales doing the big hills. ATB James
Great video dude, looks nice there. I am ashamed to say i never visited the area at all. I lived in Wiltshire for quite sine time and thought about taking train to s wales and camp out and hike there. I have to plan it when i am next in the UK. All the best, Robert
wonderful video beautiful scenery! So jealous I have R.A. and Diabetes makes walking a chore. that style of camping is out of my capability but I do love your videos enjoy yourself and be safe you will have great memories of this trip and have this video as a visual record of it. atb stay safe, Mark in Texas
On the freeze dried meals I usually cut them the same way as an MRE pouch which is horizontally (depending on the packaging of course) or eat till the spoon won't get to the bottom, then slice off about three or four inches of the package top to get to the rest of the food (if I open it the way it is designed, at the top). The best way of course is an extra long titanium spoon. Those little short spork things are just about useless for modern packaged camping food. Glad you like the Nalgene brother!
Hi guys that was really impressive to see your buddy record winds of 85 M.P.H. outside his tent and it was really impressive to that his tent survived it as the wind blowing at much less speed than that say between 30-40 and 40-50 MPH. has broken the ribs of two of my tents which I rected in a similar type of area as this that had little wind cover.
Nice video FP! As you know, the more you do those type of outings, the more you would make decisions about the gear you would select for the next outing. As you lot in the UK say, "horses for courses". Nothing wrong with your gear, at all, just that you are no longer a young, hard charging grunt. :-) Stay funky and I look forward to your next part on this trip to the hills.
in the past month, every youtube video longer than 20-25 minutes halts part way thru. the sound continues but the video stops. every video. by multiple different people not just yours. this one halted twice . the close up of the split rock along the trail and the close up on the moon. when I attempted to edit and upload a longer video the editer clipped mine to about the same length. I ended up splitting it into two segments. just menioning it in passing. I just hit refresh on the browser and the video starts over at the halted point.
Hi Funky, I used to camp up in mountains on climbing trips and to hold tent in place used to use rocks to hold tent down works well and no carrying extra pegs also a lot of mountains just too rocky to get pegs in. Great vids looks like your catching the mountain bug. If the weather is really wild your best bet is a bivi bag good on ledges and light too all best Will😁
Im a teenager getting interested in prepping and i would love it if you could tell me where you got some if your kit from. Enjoy the Beacons been before cracking place.
I just realised you asked me questions on my winter on pen y fan video sorry I never got back to you,,, we need to get out and do a hill together lol happy new year matey
Hey Funky, I got a nice cast aluminium gardening trowel for two or three quid in Home bargains a couple of months ago. Great for rearranging coals in a fire as well as on shovel recce... Not managed to break it yet. Weighs six ounces though, so may be a bit too heavy for an old man! ;o)
Hi Funky, That was a question I always wanted to ask, if you only had yourself to cater for, no vehicle, no family, just yourself what would you take with you ??
Another great video, I'm a backpacker first and dabble with a bit of bureaucracy since I love in the lakes admit has to be said that it's all a learning experience, continually. Every time you said about this or that I thought to myself, yeah I remember that struggle lol. Thankfully there's lots of nice lightweight and fairly cheap reliable gear about these days including long handled titanium spoons for those ration and dehydrated meals haha. It's swings and round abouts though, what workshop the hills may not in the woods admits finding that balance to suit you, your needs and your capabilities. Atb
great video, and beautiful area to spend a few days in. If you get a chance check out a company called Toaks, they make some really good titanium products, at a reasonable price. I use 750mi pot with bail handle, got it for around 30 bucks on amazon. I to eat meals out of the bag on the trail, and bought me a exta long titanium spork. Now I have no worries about how tall the bags are.. again keep up the great work and thanks for letting us tag along.
Hay nice vid I did the same thing the other week done the 3 peaks there and also snowdonia done a small video check it out. I know what you mean about the weight. My first trip I was in bits for a week but the next trip Brecon I found so much easier than snowdonia. Happy prepping pal!
beautiful place ! last time i was there, i had a 100lb bergan, not including webbing and weapon ! these days i prefer and manage with a 12lb daysack tops !
This is one of the S.A.S. training areas it can be very treatureous as the weather can come in on you out there very quickly and you can get hypothermia the clouds usually come down low over the hills /mountains and cover themu.
hello funky......regarding lightweight kit....i am slowly pulling together the ultimate lightweight pack...for long distance walks...on that note check out sea to summit long spoon for those dyhdrated food, the titanium evernew stove and alpkit 900ml pot, and blacks octane 1 tent 1.7kg.....all nice bits of kit have done a review on evernew stove.....i reckon you need sub 15kg of weight on back for a comfy walk.....my ultimate pack weight is 10kg!
Howdy Funky! Great vids, I just wanted to suggest a possible cure for your leg problems. Try drinking a large glass of whole milk every day. I don't know why, but it helped with my leg cramps. Drinking enough water is also beneficial to stop cramping. Hope that helps. I'll keep my eyes open for new vid's from you, thanks for sharing. From Canada
nice vid , very beautiful country side :) Feeling bad for you on the gear weight issues. Is that the 5.11 recon performance tshirt you are wearing ? is that something you would recommend ? cheers from Denmark
I just found this series of videos. Sorry it's been so long. Tough hills there, that's why we use it for selection. 40 odd pound isn't that heavy, especially when going up the granny route then skirting corn du pronounced corn deep and taking the sheep track around pen y fan not pen eye fan. I hope you've worked on your fitness and pronunciation of the mountain names. I totally agree about the titanium crusader kit. I'd get one. ATB
thanks bro if i weighed everything i carried including clothes and film kits etc it was over 55lb, im 44 and have bad back and legs. it was a miracle i got to the foot of corn du to be honest lol. the only reason i didnt come back the same way was time restraints. had work the next day and it was a 5 hour drive home bud. ill go lighter like everyone else next time i think english say corn du and the welsh say corn dee
+funkyprepper I just noticed my auto correct mistake on my first message... Corn deep lol. Considering it's a Welsh name everyone should say it correctly if they know how to pronounce it otherwise the Welsh will keep saying "twll du'n pob sais". I'm English BTW. ATB Mark
the bcb canteen in stainless steel would be great rather than the plastic. if the full kit was in titanium then you would be looking at £150 plus which is crazy money
Check out some Thru hikers videos doing the PCT, AT, John Muir trail etc etc for idea on light weight gear, some is expensive & some not so. one channel springs to mind for gear reviews is Shugemery eccentric guy but worth checking out.
you seem to have been bitten by the hill bug..watch out you can spend more than you earn in a few clicks lol. I've not been out on a hill for a while that's going to change need some hill time. Thanks for the shout out mate its always good to help each other with good kit. :-) I will say if your using any sort of boil in bags a long handed titanium spoon or spork is a must
dude I'm with you on the BCB mug & lid I don't care how heavy it is I love it! light weight is very over rated just bust your ass & get in shape. these days everyone wants the easy option the light option bulls to that, my Father would carry tins of dog food for his great dane when hiking & he thought nothing of it! When I'm off for a week I rock a 25Kg pack not cos I think I''m hard but cos I like being sorted. I really don't know how people can go on long trips with 10 - 14Kg packs? Funny I didn't see you Funky I was up the Black mountains the same time as you! came back that way after doing Snowdon, it was a epic trip! glad your out having fun.
I love it he says we dont want anybody to see us here after hw walks 5 miles to the site across the hills dressed in military gear with an amber bib on the back of his burger tehe and then after tge sun goes down knowing rhat there are sas in the area he lights a smelly cigar to bring them right to him. You know sometimes the sas might use you as a training guinnea pig he apoarently managed to get away with it tehe. Hay man another great and enjoyable vid love it thanks.
just my thought. i would never use titanium! why not? it doesnt distribute heat like aluminum. if your just boiling water and thats it. you'll be good to go. just remember camping is 100% personal.
Those tent pegs are junk. What you need are aluminum rain gutter spikes. Damned U tube will not let me post the link but you can find them at good hardware stores or amazon. They are 7 inches long and roughly 1/4 " diameter.
That was great.
One of the best videos you have ever done in my humble opinion.
Absolutely top notch!
Loving @Wildsoul62 Vee & Funkies videos! Thank you for taking the time to share with those of us whom are housebound. Warm regards. D/P
Brilliant video Funky, your opinion on things is brilliant. Loved the time lapse at the beginning with the shooting stars, the "Zulu" clip was hilarious! Fantastic end frame, who knew we had all those stars !!
Got as far as 15:30, paused and went and brought ground anchors; cheers for the top tip. On with the rest of the show!! Love your stuff funky; keep 'em coming!
Another enjoyable and well edited video Darr, nice viewing on a chilled Sunday morning ~Peace~
The movable grass clumps that as you said you could easily twist your ankle on - we called moon grass and always seemed to grow near boggy marsh land. Many a time on Mil exercises have had to lay down when under simulated fire on the grass hills and there always seemed to be some water spring that entered the top of you combat jacket !! - Have done many days on the BB in all kinds of weather - in winter with troop carriers having problems getting up Church Hill because of the ice, we still had to do daytime covert patrol exercises leaving troop shelters in white out conditions. This was in the early 90's - with no GPS - just a compass, maps and c+ap radios. The army issued kit was also c+ap - and it's thanks to Silverman's in Camberley and Survival Aids stores now both on-line so no direct visit is required that extra and better winter kit could be purchased. Was in the Royal Engineers, but as I was an Officer Cadet - all our pre Sandhurst training was based on infantry skills and tactics so saw a lot of Brecon, Salisbury Plain and Barossa training area at Sandhurst all unique training facilities. ATB
What a cool series, Thanks for sharing them with us. I broke my ankle bone the other day. Sure was nice to spend the time watching your videos. Thanks again.
Enjoying this series like all your vids.
sir bruce
hi brother - hope alls good over there in atlanta.
great to hear from you again
cheers mate
Incredible. My dream to get there one day. Thanks for sharing
Funky, a most enjoyable video series. Two scenes I could really relate to were (1) ~"mate, you can't really keep from smiling in a beautiful place like this" and (2) you were soaking your feet in that mountain stream.
I was amazed at the large number of interesting topics you delved into in this video series. Keep it up!
MSR makes a titanium pot kit similar to the Snow Peak but the fry pan when used as a lid channels the condensation back into the pot.
Mozark
Gday Funky top vid of day two. Looking forward to the following day. Am hoping to do a couple of similar things on my property here in Australia in the future.
Excellent couple of videos mate. Well done.
Great video funky brought back good memories of the Brecons
thanks for all your videos!
Great effort... cant wait for Day 3!!
Good video Funky one of your best yet atb Camoprepper
beautiful area you were in. looked like a really good time and thanks for the tips. atb John
that spot at the stream was like heaven,loving the vids mate!
Tactical Hey Tac don't know if you know this, but this is place is in Wales. Didn't you say on a recent vid that you are of Welsh descent?
You have to come over to Wales for a visit 'cause there's loads of places like this, loads of castles and shit too. Look up Snowdonia, it's in North Wales, awesome place. I live about an hour or so from the Brecon Beacons in Pembrokeshire ,another beautiful part of the world. I'm also a member of the Tac pack :)
All the best brother
Good job Darren and Miss Vee thanks for sharing. ATB...........Les.
Awesome trip. Thanks for the videos :)
A good day :) Thanks
- Martin
Really enjoying the videos from your Brecon trip Darren.
Did a very similar journey around their exactly a year ago, just after recovering from heart surgery. Weather was similarly beautiful, with awesome views all around. But we also managed to include the summits of Corn Du, Pen Y Fan, Cribyn and Fan y Big. Great being up there in the evening, with the horseshoe ridge all to ourselves. Felt really alive again, after spending too much time in hospital...
BUT was surprised that you didn't take a closer look at your OS map for your descent? As you would have seen the southern escape route from the Bwlch Ar y Fan pass down to the reservoir (currently drained), which would have been a hell of lot easier route (quicker and safer). Anyway the footbath in the stream at the bottom looked like a well earned reward for your boggy slog ;)
We are planning to go back again there later this month. So was wondering how the upgrade work on the reservoir was going, and whether there were any indications that they might fence it all off? Hopefully not, as it is an epic wild camping spot...
ATB, Andy
I live 5 minutes down the road from the carpark i was up there bank holiday monday just gone. Ive lost count how many times ive been up those hills and the views still get me everytime. When you looked down to the drained reservoir you should have pitched on the ridge on the right hand side its all flat with amazing views. great video by the way :)
We have been hiking in the Beacons for the last 7 years started with a full burgen and belt kit carrying about 70 lbs, every year we work on getting it lighter lol, this year I carried 36 lbs if I go lighter I would lose some comfort items or it gets really expensive. Great trip Funky great to see you in Wales doing the big hills. ATB James
Great video dude, looks nice there. I am ashamed to say i never visited the area at all. I lived in Wiltshire for quite sine time and thought about taking train to s wales and camp out and hike there. I have to plan it when i am next in the UK. All the best, Robert
Awesome vid, looked like lots of fun.
wonderful video beautiful scenery! So jealous I have R.A. and Diabetes makes walking a chore. that style of camping is out of my capability but I do love your videos enjoy yourself and be safe you will have great memories of this trip and have this video as a visual record of it. atb stay safe, Mark in Texas
Another great video and thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing! --- Clark
That moon was beautiful. Must have been something else where you were. great stuff.
On the freeze dried meals I usually cut them the same way as an MRE pouch which is horizontally (depending on the packaging of course) or eat till the spoon won't get to the bottom, then slice off about three or four inches of the package top to get to the rest of the food (if I open it the way it is designed, at the top). The best way of course is an extra long titanium spoon. Those little short spork things are just about useless for modern packaged camping food. Glad you like the Nalgene brother!
+Steven “Shooter11b” Szabo
Sound common sense advice!
Did you leave your initiative at home Funky?
Funky never leaves the initiative at home, but I am guessing he might have been a bit knackered at meal time.
i live about 15 miles from the brecons ,wouldent have it any other way,you look like you had a great time coming out of the woods,good vid as usual,
Hi guys that was really impressive to see your buddy record winds of 85 M.P.H. outside his tent and it was really impressive to that his tent survived it as the wind blowing at much less speed than that say between 30-40 and 40-50 MPH. has broken the ribs of two of my tents which I rected in a similar type of area as this that had little wind cover.
what's the light on the ground about 51.20 in?
+leetshots just some of the ground illuminated by the moon
Nice video FP! As you know, the more you do those type of outings, the more you would make decisions about the gear you would select for the next outing. As you lot in the UK say, "horses for courses". Nothing wrong with your gear, at all, just that you are no longer a young, hard charging grunt. :-) Stay funky and I look forward to your next part on this trip to the hills.
wow beautiful country
That was such a great video!
brilliant vid .
i am going to get one of them tents
Great area! Cool and good time Darren!
in the past month, every youtube video longer than 20-25 minutes halts part way thru. the sound continues but the video stops. every video. by multiple different people not just yours. this one halted twice . the close up of the split rock along the trail and the close up on the moon. when I attempted to edit and upload a longer video the editer clipped mine to about the same length. I ended up splitting it into two segments. just menioning it in passing. I just hit refresh on the browser and the video starts over at the halted point.
Hi Funky, I used to camp up in mountains on climbing trips and to hold tent in place used to use rocks to hold tent down works well and no carrying extra pegs also a lot of mountains just too rocky to get pegs in. Great vids looks like your catching the mountain bug. If the weather is really wild your best bet is a bivi bag good on ledges and light too all best Will😁
Im a teenager getting interested in prepping and i would love it if you could tell me where you got some if your kit from. Enjoy the Beacons been before cracking place.
I just realised you asked me questions on my winter on pen y fan video sorry I never got back to you,,, we need to get out and do a hill together lol happy new year matey
Hey Funky, I got a nice cast aluminium gardening trowel for two or three quid in Home bargains a couple of months ago. Great for rearranging coals in a fire as well as on shovel recce... Not managed to break it yet. Weighs six ounces though, so may be a bit too heavy for an old man! ;o)
Hi Funky, That was a question I always wanted to ask, if you only had yourself to cater for, no vehicle, no family, just yourself what would you take with you ??
could you possibly do a full breakdown of all the kit you took with you. Love the vid though!
Great video have a look at heavy cover cook sets it replaces plastic Mil bottle light weight titanium.
Another great video, I'm a backpacker first and dabble with a bit of bureaucracy since I love in the lakes admit has to be said that it's all a learning experience, continually.
Every time you said about this or that I thought to myself, yeah I remember that struggle lol.
Thankfully there's lots of nice lightweight and fairly cheap reliable gear about these days including long handled titanium spoons for those ration and dehydrated meals haha.
It's swings and round abouts though, what workshop the hills may not in the woods admits finding that balance to suit you, your needs and your capabilities.
Atb
daren loved the video as all ways keep the work up
Great trip Funky
I know how you feel I was in sennybridge with cadets the amount time I helped people up after the fell over.
Loved this vid mate. Quality stuff. Might have to grab a few of those pegs as ive only the standard crap ones lol. Nice1 mate :)
great video, and beautiful area to spend a few days in. If you get a chance check out a company called Toaks, they make some really good titanium products, at a reasonable price. I use 750mi pot with bail handle, got it for around 30 bucks on amazon. I to eat meals out of the bag on the trail, and bought me a exta long titanium spork. Now I have no worries about how tall the bags are.. again keep up the great work and thanks for letting us tag along.
Hay nice vid I did the same thing the other week done the 3 peaks there and also snowdonia done a small video check it out. I know what you mean about the weight. My first trip I was in bits for a week but the next trip Brecon I found so much easier than snowdonia. Happy prepping pal!
Cracking upload
great film. alpkit make good value light gear. I recommend you cul the stuff you didn't use first though.
Hehehe as usual great dramatic music love it
2 vids out and no cigar or a sip of the good stuff . I'm injoying the bid brother keep it up. Johnny
You made my day with the air wolf music 😁👍😉
Nice video tks FP
Heavy Cover has the USGI canteen in titanium. Save your money up if you want one though!
beautiful place ! last time i was there, i had a 100lb bergan, not including webbing and weapon !
these days i prefer and manage with a 12lb daysack tops !
This is one of the S.A.S. training areas it can be very treatureous as the weather can come in on you out there very quickly and you can get hypothermia the clouds usually come down low over the hills /mountains and cover themu.
Something good to cheer me up after the Rugby!
IKEA do a gardening set which has a plastic trowel in it, been using it in the garden and its holding out ok, it's just a couple of quid.
hello funky......regarding lightweight kit....i am slowly pulling together the ultimate lightweight pack...for long distance walks...on that note check out sea to summit long spoon for those dyhdrated food, the titanium evernew stove and alpkit 900ml pot, and blacks octane 1 tent 1.7kg.....all nice bits of kit have done a review on evernew stove.....i reckon you need sub 15kg of weight on back for a comfy walk.....my ultimate pack weight is 10kg!
best Vid so far bro
nice one Funky, it looked hard for you to do all that walking with all that weight in that terrain
+Sean But the weight of your bergen i mean, not your belly mate haha
Howdy Funky! Great vids, I just wanted to suggest a possible cure for your leg problems. Try drinking a large glass of whole milk every day. I don't know why, but it helped with my leg cramps. Drinking enough water is also beneficial to stop cramping. Hope that helps. I'll keep my eyes open for new vid's from you, thanks for sharing. From Canada
nice vid , very beautiful country side :) Feeling bad for you on the gear weight issues.
Is that the 5.11 recon performance tshirt you are wearing ? is that something you would recommend ?
cheers from Denmark
I just found this series of videos. Sorry it's been so long.
Tough hills there, that's why we use it for selection. 40 odd pound isn't that heavy, especially when going up the granny route then skirting corn du pronounced corn deep and taking the sheep track around pen y fan not pen eye fan. I hope you've worked on your fitness and pronunciation of the mountain names.
I totally agree about the titanium crusader kit. I'd get one.
ATB
thanks bro
if i weighed everything i carried including clothes and film kits etc it was over 55lb, im 44 and have bad back and legs.
it was a miracle i got to the foot of corn du to be honest lol.
the only reason i didnt come back the same way was time restraints.
had work the next day and it was a 5 hour drive home bud.
ill go lighter like everyone else next time i think
english say corn du and the welsh say corn dee
+funkyprepper I just noticed my auto correct mistake on my first message... Corn deep lol.
Considering it's a Welsh name everyone should say it correctly if they know how to pronounce it otherwise the Welsh will keep saying "twll du'n pob sais".
I'm English BTW.
ATB Mark
+Squatts Wild Camping most of my trips I'm carrying between 50 and 60lb. I'm 47. I still run 10-15 miles twice a week with a 40-50lb bergen.
If you are worrying about folding the plastic container I suggest that you roll it instead. :-)
Enjoyable video. :-)
26.37 in...PMSL hahaha Bravo Funky, Bravo hahaha.Great watch so far
the bcb canteen in stainless steel would be great rather than the plastic. if the full kit was in titanium then you would be looking at £150 plus which is crazy money
M8 you can get the lid, cup and canteen in Titanium... Also wicked camp m8
A USGI plastic MRE spoon or a Sea to Summit Alpha Lite long aluminum spoon will get you to the bottom of the dehydrated meals with no problem
Two different tents the French tent I have has the two entrances and are not really man portable whereas yours is. :-)
What happened to your third vid mate. Have you taken it down?
Check out some Thru hikers videos doing the PCT, AT, John Muir trail etc etc for idea on light weight gear, some is expensive & some not so.
one channel springs to mind for gear reviews is Shugemery eccentric guy but worth checking out.
Nice to hear Steve Hillage (Green LP?) to your steaming feet :-)
Hay are there any fish stream?
Nice vid Darren if your ever up north wales give me a shout I'll take you up snowdon 😉 you'll love it too
WELCOME TO WALES!!!!!
you seem to have been bitten by the hill bug..watch out you can spend more than you earn in a few clicks lol. I've not been out on a hill for a while that's going to change need some hill time. Thanks for the shout out mate its always good to help each other with good kit. :-) I will say if your using any sort of boil in bags a long handed titanium spoon or spork is a must
Night time view of stars is best without moon on beacons.
dude I'm with you on the BCB mug & lid I don't care how heavy it is I love it! light weight is very over rated just bust your ass & get in shape. these days everyone wants the easy option the light option bulls to that, my Father would carry tins of dog food for his great dane when hiking & he thought nothing of it! When I'm off for a week I rock a 25Kg pack not cos I think I''m hard but cos I like being sorted. I really don't know how people can go on long trips with 10 - 14Kg packs?
Funny I didn't see you Funky I was up the Black mountains the same time as you! came back that way after doing Snowdon, it was a epic trip! glad your out having fun.
Stunning views mate. Shame about the pooper scooper. Cheers Moose
I love it he says we dont want anybody to see us here after hw walks 5 miles to the site across the hills dressed in military gear with an amber bib on the back of his burger tehe and then after tge sun goes down knowing rhat there are sas in the area he lights a smelly cigar to bring them right to him. You know sometimes the sas might use you as a training guinnea pig he apoarently managed to get away with it tehe. Hay man another great and enjoyable vid love it thanks.
Imagine going sledging here 😃
49:43 HAWKWIND !!!! \m/
THERE GO'S THE FISH!!!!
don't think a titanium pot would make that much difference to your setup. unless you go lightweight kit with everything it's pointless.
just my thought. i would never use titanium! why not? it doesnt distribute heat like aluminum. if your just boiling water and thats it. you'll be good to go. just remember camping is 100% personal.
+Danny “DREL” Panetta funky- thanks for the flash back to the 80's tv show!
It does look like Rorke's Drift
Those tent pegs are junk. What you need are aluminum rain gutter spikes. Damned U tube will not let me post the link but you can find them at good hardware stores or amazon. They are 7 inches long and roughly 1/4 " diameter.
funky what you think of wales
Basha bivi bag to go over your sleeping bag and metal mug with lightweight cooker jobs a good un bro :-)
I like the intro music
Alright Darren where has your part three vid gone of you and Vee.
re uploaded
Just a Qicky mate ,But i don't think "Titanium" responds well to very cold conditions (Shatters) or so i believe , Well done again