oh hello there so normally before i start my videos i like to check my makeup touch
up my lipstick today we're doing none of that because we're on top of a mountain
so you might recall that about three weeks ago i went on my first solo camping adventure and
things didn't go very well i.e the entire thing was a bit of a fail but today i'm trying again we
are in the beautiful lake district and i'm going not only camping but i'm going wild camping so
in the middle of nowhere pitching a tent on top of a mountain and i'm hoping this time
we will succeed because i'm going with a bit of help i've got a bigger backup this time um i'm
going with mammut mountain school mammut mountain school is based in kendall in the lake district
and it offers various mountaineering courses and outdoor instructors my friends helen vicki and i
did the level one private guiding course you don't need any previous experience for these and prices
currently start at 230 pounds for a group of four they can even lend you some equipment including
clothing portable stoves and tents i've got all the equipment i need once again on my bag but this
time i've got high hopes got high hopes and right behind us is vicky who's approaching us we've got
vicky and helen you can check them out right here these are their handles our hike took us close to
the lake district's helvelon range offering some pretty incredible views of the mountains and the
central fells as you can see there was one steep climb which we'll get to later but generally
speaking this is a very beginner friendly route with a gentle ascent up to hard crack
ricky surrounded by sheep like she's heidi also
this is such a steep hill with this much stuff on your back but it's really nice
it feels so good to be outdoors positively exhilarating excuse the heavy breeding
our guides dougie and emma didn't just show us the way they also taught us some basic map
reading and compass skills these were pretty hard to master as you can probably tell by my face here
but they're an invaluable skill for any hiker especially if you like going solo i know
that lord of the rings was filmed in new zealand but doesn't this look like middle earth too
doesn't this look like mordor not really um but it is very cool it's really really beautiful
this was the hardest bit scramble to the top
dougie got this water from the stream over there when i'm filling it into our bottles
it's so incredibly peaceful you see the lake in the distance let me show you that's
my favorite thing about hiking not the views although they're obviously part of the appeal
it's about overcoming the stroppy voice inside your head telling you to give up when things
get hard the small victories those mountains you conquer they're why i hide yes related
all right we've arrived to our wild camping hall we're just setting up the tents yes i
am helping i just wanted to you know do a bit of reporting slack off a bit
i had brought my own tent on this trip you can see all the equipment i use in my video
called solo camping for the first time which i am linking above but mammut mountain school had this
amazing hilleberg tent that could sleep all three of us which is much better for
wild camping the fewer tents the better because you want to be as inconspicuous as
possible okay i'm gonna go inside the tent now to do the rest of it so unfortunately
being walled in to the tent um i'm having fun having fun okay goodbye
that's great
all right you're gonna check out my crib these are inflatable mats and now we're just gonna
put down some sleeping bags yeah there's a little stream and this behind me is a little
heart-shaped lake which is absolutely adorable um but yeah this is gonna be our tent for the night
as a rule you never cook inside the tent you always want to be two meters away from the tent um
if your tent catches fire that's it that's your shelf
oh yeah it's so hard to see the flame yeah and then you just stick that on the top
so we're boiling some water on these tiny little stoves and we gotta hold
it at all times otherwise it falls over and kills someone um you know their best
okay sabina so how is your delicious um wilderness stew with rice well helen
that's actually really nice it doesn't it doesn't look super appetizing
but it's almost got that like soupy taste you know when you have um like pot noodles
slime it's nice yeah this is some space side whiskey
that dougie has brought up in a hip flask and i'm like having the time of my life here
this is how we dispense the water oh look at that efficient ish
good morning look at this breakfast time we're having another boil in the
bag meal this time it is oh porridge with chocolate and banana we've done
as much as you can because there's little change in the environment um
and it's really important that we get you know that we follow that kind of
rule because it is it is fragile it's even things like tea bags and people think i saw my teabag
they'll break down um and it'll disappear and yes the tea inside it will
most tea bags are made with synthetics
so even if the t-bar breaks down you're still introducing some micro plus environment okay once
again i'm not helping but filming we're taking the tent down but i'm gonna pitch in pitching
i thought i might do is get the three of you to navigate it off the hillside
she's running she set a camera he looks like i know you probably can't hear me but look at this
look at it now i'm gonna take my socks off and put my feet in if you think this water
looks nice and refreshing then you're really gonna enjoy my wild swimming video which i
recorded on the same trip to the lake district i've linked it above in case you want to check
it out the spot is called the fairy glen and as you can see it's pretty magical that's it that is
my shameless plug little quiz for you guys helen if you will what do you guys think
this is for pause the video think about it drop a comment below and pause now
okay so helen what's the answer um because you've been carrying it in your backpack
yeah it's clean though so that might give you a little clue as to what it is but um it's for
shuffling well actually it's for digging a hole so that you can poo in it yep so that is how you
sorry i touched you with it that is how you put on mountain tops so that you leave no trace and
this is i know we're like making light of this situation but this is very serious when you go
wild camping you need to clean up after yourself completely because this is a living landscape
and people want to walk around here people want to drink from the rivers
and they don't want them to be filled with your fecal matter and that's all i'm going
to say on that but yeah you dig a trench you poo in it you put earth back in you're done
okay the trek is over we've just sat down at the pub well
so that was my first ever wild camping experience and it's going to be pretty
hard to top check out mammut mountain school if you'd like to do a hike with them like i did
and see you next friday in a new video thanks for watching