Cycling the 5 HIGHEST climbs in Great Britain in under 12 hours *challenge*
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3 жыл бұрынever wondered if it's possible to climb the 5 highest roads in the UK in under 12 hours? Probably not right... Well I did! This was my attempt...
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@beatwann 3 жыл бұрын
Cam I follow you for long now and I can confirm that this video is the greatest and the most impressive you've already done on your channel. Great scenery and amazing shots (like the aerial view of the car on the bridge). Mate, you've level up so much that no one in the cycling youtube game could fight with you (even GCN ^^). Can't wait for the next one ! Thanks Cam :)
@Cameron_Jeffers 3 жыл бұрын
MY FOOOKIN GUY
@stevenplant6225 3 жыл бұрын
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@tomcycles9725 3 жыл бұрын
if you stayed in your kit it would ave probably saved like an hour, great effort anyway cam 💪🤜🤛
@simonbergman5970 3 жыл бұрын
But then the kit would get really nasty, because it couldnt dry, and driving in cycling shoes is also terrible 😂
@s34nvideos 3 жыл бұрын
I think getting the drone out a couple of times to watch the motorhome drive over bridges etc would have saved some time. Also filming the motorhome drive away, then driving back to get the camera. 😁 but despite the title, it sounds like the challenge was more of a side thing. You can't trump the experience as a whole really! Great video!
@markairey1986 3 жыл бұрын
Great video Cameron, since you asked, the "golf ball" thing on top of Great Dun Fell is a radome which contains both primary and secondary surveillance radars which are used by UK air traffic control (NATS, National Air Traffic Surveillance) and also a repeater site for air traffic control communication with aircraft amongst many other antennas that are up there :)
@Cameron_Jeffers 3 жыл бұрын
thats a pretty cool fact... Thanks!!
@mactoshdog 3 жыл бұрын
@@Cameron_Jeffers It also has the highest flushing toilet in the UK.
@andymitchell2146 3 жыл бұрын
@@mactoshdog arguably the better fact.
@PaulJakma 3 жыл бұрын
Same thing for Lowther Hill. It's a NATS radar.
@Zzyyxx22 3 жыл бұрын
Bealach na Bà at Applecross. “Bealach na Bà is a winding single track road through the mountains of the Applecross peninsula, in Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands. The Bealach na Bà is just one feature on this road, being its highest point and site of several corries. The historic mountain pass was built in 1822 and is engineered similarly to roads through the great mountain passes in the Alps, with very tight hairpin bends that switch back and forth up the hillside and gradients that approach 20%. It has the steepest ascent of any road climb in the UK, rising from sea level at Applecross to 626 metres (2,054 ft), and is the third highest road in Scotland.”
@iPedal 3 жыл бұрын
The answer is: YES YOU CAN! I also make videos for different projects and now started my own vlog... Small details like you placing the camera down and coming back cycling to the van, doing the drone shot, etc... those take time! If you did not spend time filming, you would have done it. I would take an hour out of the total time to make it fair. So you did do it under 12 hours. Congrats mate!
@israelakowe9304 3 жыл бұрын
Good paved roads everywhere 😍. Still a dream for us here in this part of Africa. Great content btw 👍
@joecycles264 3 жыл бұрын
i can honestly say great dun fell was one of the toughest climbs ive done in england. fair play!
@addypope2706 3 жыл бұрын
Nice idea and video (as usually). Last time i climbed the Lecht i left my arm warmers at the top forcing a 2nd ascent. Balls. Next up for you might be the biggest climb in the UK which i think is the Bealach Nam Ba - sea level to 650m and back to sea level in about 15km. But if you do go, the coastal loop to get back to the start is arguably harder than the climb itself. Its just relentless ups and downs. Borrow the van - its stunning up there.
@auto-nowburystedmunds9421 3 жыл бұрын
Great video Cam. It doesn’t matter if you succeeded or not. The fact you made another cracking video for us to watch and enjoy is what matters. Keep it up fella.
@matejklinc6817 3 жыл бұрын
"I'll share some safety tips in the future. Now watch me climb and descend on snow!" 😂
@simonwillgress 3 жыл бұрын
When I climbed Great Dun Fell it was in low cloud, shat myself descending because off all the sheep on the road.
@PaulJakma 3 жыл бұрын
A lot of the attempts at Lowther hill will have been people whose climbing started at the bottom of the leadhills - either at Abington, Elvanfoot or the other side up from the Mennock pass. If you drive up to Wanlockhead and start from there - yes you're going to be a lot fresher. You're only doing half the climb! The Mennock pass side is the longer climb. Try that.
@northyorkshirelad11 3 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic video! The challenge, the scenery, the aerial shots, the crazy weather for May. This had it all. Really looking forward to the next challenge. Thanks Cam!
@geoffreynenninger 3 жыл бұрын
I think the clock should start at the base of the first climb, that normalizes the challenge for anyone else who wants to attempt it regardless of where they might live. Great video, cool scenery! Would love to cycle in some of the scenic spots of the UK. Say hi if you're ever in Boulder, Colorado USA!
@Cameron_Jeffers 3 жыл бұрын
Did think this mid way through actually!
@stevegriffiths605 2 жыл бұрын
In my eyes you made it well within as your timer should have started at the base of the first climb. Well done in crazy adverse weather conditions.
@samalbrow9329 3 жыл бұрын
13:54 every Scottish person winced 😂 (no hate, really good video though!)
@kieransweeney6010 3 жыл бұрын
came here for that comment :)
@Johnny-ek3fk 3 жыл бұрын
I call it avi more. Just like a call it kirk caldy and just I like I call it glen rothes. 👏
@Cameron_Jeffers 3 жыл бұрын
hahahahaha, I am sorry Sam!! It's noted for if I ever return ;)
@Johnny-ek3fk 3 жыл бұрын
@@Cameron_Jeffers don’t apologise. As Roy Walker used to say ‘say what u see’ I’m English living in Scotland and it winds them up!
@Stoo61 3 жыл бұрын
@@Johnny-ek3fk Try Milngavie.
@RachelSchloer 3 жыл бұрын
"Morning Ride"
@gregallen1160 Жыл бұрын
That shot of the van at the end with the drone 👌👌 Scotland is such a beautiful place
@user-dm84 11 күн бұрын
Great video! Fantastic achievement even slightly out of the self imposed time limit!
@8paolo96 3 жыл бұрын
Living in northern Italy I was quite shocked when you showed the height of that climbs (and even more when I learnt that the biggest UK mountain is only 1300m!!). I'm so used to see big climbs topping up at over 2000m, 600m are like the first hills you encounter from the plains around here
@simonwillgress 3 жыл бұрын
What we lack in elevation we make up for in gradient.
@grahambarker2186 3 жыл бұрын
....because....go on...you can do it...join the dots....gawd....
@PaulJakma 3 жыл бұрын
@@simonwillgress The Italian mountains can be as bad for gradient, worse even, than some of these. And they go on 2 or 3 times longer! I've done Lowther Hill, and the 10% is "only" 2km, the 12% only about 800m. Monte Serra by Pisa is 4km at 9.5% - from the Compito side. Ouch, ouch, ouch.
@simonwillgress 3 жыл бұрын
@@PaulJakma our highest climbs are not our hardest climbs. Abdon Burf is a proper climb,
@Karlmcewan 3 жыл бұрын
We need more of this!!
@greigmackay8465 3 жыл бұрын
Good effort on Lowther, but snow up there in May is not that uncommon. The golf ball at the top of lowther is for civil aviation radar equipment and along at the next hill of Green Lowther is for British Telecom as my dad used to work for BT and maintain equipment on Green Lowther. The buildings that you passed at the bottom of the climb store snow track vehicles for civil aviation and BT so that they can get up to the top of the climb in the winter as there can sometimes be 4ft or more snow drifts on the hill. The snow tracks have rubber caterpillar tracks to drive on top of the snow. It is also why there are snow poles on both sides of that climb up to the top. 👍
@stevehaskew 3 жыл бұрын
Loving the challenge - great to have you back smashing the content! Only one problem... Marchlyn Mawr in Snowdonia looks to be higher than some of these... gate at the very top is at ~640m according to the OS Map! 😉
@mag9792 3 жыл бұрын
Beat me to it! Marchlyn in 643m, deserves a crack!
@stevehaskew 3 жыл бұрын
To be fair I think another video of Cam riding Marchlyn and Stwlan would be 👌
@1975kaboom 3 жыл бұрын
Cam, I absolutely loved this video, amazing effort and brilliant scenery. Thanks for making this content!!
@davidmellor5605 3 жыл бұрын
5 steepest climbs next?!
@CCN-tu2kr 3 жыл бұрын
Great content mate....fantastic challenge, awesome footage, perfect soundtrack, you nailed it 👏
@williamnicholls4059 3 жыл бұрын
Loved this video Cam.....dramatic scenery and a great challenge....you always deliver...amazing
@roaming_kangaroo 3 жыл бұрын
Great work Cameron, love the videos, recently got into your content in Perth, Australia. Keep it up mate 👍
@gauloisrefractaireenexilvo4366 3 жыл бұрын
Great effort, Cam. Suggest a "summertime version" as a 2-day bike packing escapade. Is that doable?
@252Scooby 3 жыл бұрын
When I saw the upload I was expecting something like this as I saw the data from dun fell you was up there last week as I was hovering the segments as the same day I was up lamps moss which also has a lot on snow up there
@cameroncrook7311 3 жыл бұрын
love that you are uploading more
@davidjamesclarke2355 2 жыл бұрын
Great camera work And commentary 👌👍
@waynewilliams109 3 жыл бұрын
Missed your videos like these. Loved this one, keep up the great work Cam. Ride on 👍
@BelpassoOilandWineCo 3 жыл бұрын
You should do Great Dunfell again in good weather Cam, it is fabulous.
@ianwelch3415 3 жыл бұрын
Nice one Jeffers. Keep up the good work.🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻
@davidjamesclarke2355 2 жыл бұрын
Bloody great going What an epic adventure
@BikepackingAdventures 3 жыл бұрын
Ah did Great Dun Fell in April... it was awesome. Nearly threw my full sleeve jersey in a hedge to collect on the way back down - glad I didn't it was a freezing ride back down! God knows how you descended it in all that snow, its a scary climb without the ice potential - if you didn't just walk some of that near the top I'd be amazed!
@andrewnorris5415 3 жыл бұрын
Appreciate the sponsor and safety tips. Quite a standout from the usual gear sponsor it got my attention.
@huwbuck7084 3 жыл бұрын
fair play but forgot one, marchlyn mawr north wales- 650 meters.
@seakayaker20 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Cam, Great vid. It is Cairnwell (not Cairnell). I know it is Scotland (I'm Irish and living in Scotland) but they deserve the correct spelling. And what happened to Belach na Ba at Applecross? Surely you've heard of it? Cheers Don.
@tristonsmy2434 3 жыл бұрын
Great idea, great video, thoroughly enjoyed it thank you!
@DrJRMCFC 3 жыл бұрын
5:48 wow, good effort. May?!! Actually, i take that back... 11:58 blimey. Cracking content, really enjoyed the Monaco one too.
@Road2Glory 3 жыл бұрын
well done mate, great effort. best video by a mile so far on the channel.
@rowan4908 3 жыл бұрын
Mega video saw the rides on strava, all that climbing makes sense now
@stuartpage1971 3 жыл бұрын
Cracking effort Cam. I struggled up an 800m 9% climb this morning. Need to do better
@papagatorackspanner 3 жыл бұрын
Great vid, nice idea well executed. Jasper Verkuijl did a stunt like this - riding every province going from the southern to the northernmost point in the Netherlands (I wouldn't be worth doing all the dutch peaks) in 24h. I'd like to see someone do Lands End to Lowestoft.
@lorddilego6805 3 жыл бұрын
Great video as usual, Cam. However, we demand that you revisit this climb 11:32 and go for the KOM anytime you're even remotely close by. That KOM is ours! (Quick before Ed goes on a UK KOM Tour! xD ) 15:56 What are you saying about the Scottish scenery, aye? ;) Next time an even harder challenge for you; Can you ride to Formby and successfully find the beach? ;P
@Cameron_Jeffers 3 жыл бұрын
i'll be back
@PaulJakma 3 жыл бұрын
@@Cameron_Jeffers Got to do the full climb though, from Sanquhar doing the full Mennock pass, to really claim that KOM. Does it count if you drive up more than half-way to get the sub-segment? :)
@manurono7111 3 жыл бұрын
Eeeyy good effort 💪. This makes me want to move to the UK
@TheUlitamateStunt 3 жыл бұрын
It's definitely doable! A little better weather, maybe if you had someone to drive you so you could get changed on the road, and you'd easily do it.
@peterferrier2490 3 жыл бұрын
Well done superb effort!!!!
@jujuryan9632 3 жыл бұрын
Cool challenge and nice video as always, Cam!
@melbournecyclingsegments7510 3 жыл бұрын
Took a gamble and hit like within 5 minutes.... I wasn't wrong. Great video!!
@AndyLewsey 3 жыл бұрын
Very enjoyable and motivational. Nice one fella :)
@benhaywood2510 3 жыл бұрын
Great effort, Cam. What a fun way to spend a day!
@TheHondamayhem 3 жыл бұрын
Yes Cameron I've been waiting for an awesome video like this. Can't wait for the next one!
@TheHondamayhem 3 жыл бұрын
@Cameron Jeffers Omg dude the first climb in the snow at the top, you absolute legend lol
@MyRunningJourney 3 жыл бұрын
Great effort that, especially with the weather. Well done!
@bradburywillis 3 жыл бұрын
Legend! Great effort pal. British weather screwed you over! lol
@Garybaxter1 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome!! Cam well done!! 💪👍😁
@drewvalenti 3 жыл бұрын
Haha talking about the law firm with the “f@&k it” poster in the background
@Kashster222 3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, missed watching your road trip adventures 👏
@holmston1973 3 жыл бұрын
You'd have done that no problem on a good weather day. Great video
@donald_cope24 3 жыл бұрын
Cameron, hate to break it to you but your geography of Scotland is a bit out that was Glenshee you climbed to my local ski centre on the second to last climb and you were closer to Blairgowrie than you were Avimore. It is a good road tho and I have thought about going up it on a bike. Great vid tho can't wait to see more of these time limit based challenges! Love the content!
@Cameron_Jeffers 3 жыл бұрын
my bad!! Sorry haaha
@mountaingoat3012 3 жыл бұрын
Great idea Cam and top adventure. Brutal weather but stunning scenery makes up for it
@Cameron_Jeffers 3 жыл бұрын
It really is!
@flex8151 3 жыл бұрын
You are crazy! very nice video
@jonathanfroggatt5865 3 жыл бұрын
Well done Cam great effort 👍 When are you coming to Austalia we have some great hills here 💪
@VincentForDesign 2 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget you need to plan all the videos shoots too! Of course you can finish them in 12 hours!
@hotfortott 3 жыл бұрын
Great vid Cam. Really enjoyed watching that.
@cyclenutter2715 3 жыл бұрын
Highest stuff you get around here is the top of Kingston Bridge 😂
@tomcycles9725 3 жыл бұрын
is that where everyone does altitude training 😂
@Cameron_Jeffers 3 жыл бұрын
hahaha
@RB-lj7ge 3 жыл бұрын
na we got the Col de Leith Hill
@tomrachellesfirstdance7843 3 жыл бұрын
Good video really nicely out together just wished you could do videos more often. Maybe try this again in July get that KOM
@d9dga 3 жыл бұрын
Oh Cam, start the timer at start of the first climb, and drive in ya bib shorts! You could do all 6 in 10h 😉💪
@markjthomson 3 жыл бұрын
Good work! I reckon quicker kit change would help... of course snow hindered the whole thing! Cool challenge!
@GrayFox-xd9ww 3 жыл бұрын
What’s up Cam new rider here spent $12,000 usd on new specialized bike tried to ride up a hill earlier today I couldn’t do it ended up walking then rode down it. Not sure why my new bike so expensive and I couldn’t ride up 12 percent hill it’s only about 1.5 miles. 😐
@kingdaniel69 3 жыл бұрын
I love those novelty sunglasses you wear, fabulous. Like a Buggles video.
@ad9898 3 жыл бұрын
Great content Cam, mega kudos to you.
@htukmumfie 3 жыл бұрын
great video great climbs. did you do killhope from the west side, heading east? (the official seg for 100 climbs is that way). chapel fell and dunn fell are two of my favourites👍👍👍. there is a fantastic loop called the big 4 which is chapel fell, dunn fell, hartside and killhope in a full 88 mile loop. worth a go.
@theprinceofbabylonia 3 жыл бұрын
Snow in May!? Thats crazy
@markj.a351 3 жыл бұрын
I worry about moving back to the U.K in the future. I love climbing and I'm spoilt for choice when it come to mountains where I live now.
@TomLoosley 3 жыл бұрын
Very cool video idea!
@JosephLycettCycling 3 жыл бұрын
Cam should have done an Andy Hampsten from the 1988 Giro and ridden through the snow to take that KOM. Perhaps a cool follow up video during the summer could be “taking the KOM on the UK highest climbs”
@Cameron_Jeffers 3 жыл бұрын
hahahaha, I did try Joe! I was sliding all over
@waveylp4722 3 жыл бұрын
Is that your camper/mobile home?! It's sick! Saw this on strava and knew you were up to something interesting.. Great vid as always cam!
@Cameron_Jeffers 3 жыл бұрын
Sadly no, maybe when I hit a mill subs I will buy one, ahha
@tonystrange7224 3 жыл бұрын
Nice video Cam and a great idea for a challenge. I reckon you'd have done it if you hadn't kept getting changed in and out of your kit.
@michaelford495 3 жыл бұрын
Well done great effort 👍🇨🇭
@cyclingadventureswithspeed1697 3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic Wanlockhead just up the road from my parents, great climb.
@SJM5050 3 жыл бұрын
Alright Cam, what brand are the blue specs you’re using in the video??👍🏼
@nordie2370 3 жыл бұрын
Cool vid Cam!
@dougsmith17 3 жыл бұрын
Loved the Vid...keep them coming...
@willcowen2152 3 жыл бұрын
What an epic day! Please keep on with the class videos 👏 Random question- do you shoot linear or wide on your GoPro?
@Cameron_Jeffers 3 жыл бұрын
Wide!
@edwardleech4737 3 жыл бұрын
loads have been saying it but great dun fell is a wonderful climb in summer, i looked back a few kms up and saw a few people set off a couple of minutes behind and i treated it like a breakaway lol, needless to say i celebrated at the end like it was a Grand tour stage
@briantwigley 2 жыл бұрын
The lecht is brutal, it’s hard enough to drive it 😂
@iamjamieross 3 жыл бұрын
In the snow for most of it as well, epic mate!! Bealach na Bà just missing out on Top 5 status @ 626m 🏔
@Cameron_Jeffers 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah it’s number 6 I believe!
@kamucho 3 жыл бұрын
Great video! If you had a driver you would definitely be able to make it!
@kennedystuart5685 3 жыл бұрын
Totally awesome video...very cool...great idea...well done 👍
@Cameron_Jeffers 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Kennedy, glad you enjoyed 🙏
@kennedystuart5685 3 жыл бұрын
@@Cameron_Jeffers this was probably one of my favourite videos yet....keep it coming...👍👍
@ace-fk5rq 2 жыл бұрын
such a good vid
@duncanwestbrook5092 3 жыл бұрын
I remember climbing Great Dun Fell - my uncle helped build the radar station at the top back in the day! Had my first proper crash on the descent on a good day so fuck doing it in the snow 😂
@bertchalmers 3 жыл бұрын
If you ever want to re attempt this with a driver so you can focus on kit and fuelling - I'd like to help out
@deseanhalley3066 3 жыл бұрын
I have to say, u have missed the regular volgs man. Keep up the great work.
@alpd7638 3 жыл бұрын
"it's snowing and -1 in May" *laughs in Canadian* :-p
@insertname383 3 жыл бұрын
Aaah the "its colder where i live" nice that you showed up
@alpd7638 3 жыл бұрын
@@insertname383 Aaah, the "can't take a fucking joke". nice that stopped spending money on onlyfans and showed up
@insertname383 3 жыл бұрын
@@alpd7638 someone gotta help your mom with that grind, she has to pay for heating somehow in cold cold Canada
@scottjackson8156 3 жыл бұрын
Bloody good effort ! 🤗
@rachelcarre06 3 жыл бұрын
The way he said Aviemore made me and every other Scottish person laugh 😂
@Cameron_Jeffers 3 жыл бұрын
:’(
@rachelcarre06 3 жыл бұрын
@@Cameron_Jeffers it’s fine, I’m sure I will do the same with English place names😂 it’s pronounced A-vi-more just for next time your there!
@troycollett8540 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah for safety I now look at get brighter kit and helmet etc I also run a rear light
@lingodingobat 3 жыл бұрын
Great vid! Really enjoyed that :)
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