I hope you enjoyed the video. Part 2 coming soon and it Scotland’s weather really unleashed some venom upon us. Torrential rain, wind, thunder and lightning. Make sure to subscribe and hit the 🔔 so you don’t miss that one 👍🏻

There is something magical about being enveloped in cloud whilst on a mountain peak; great video Paul.

I've been walking there when I was young boy in the 70s it's a awesome place going back soon with my cousin for a 2 week camp, thanks Paul for a great video and bringing back so many memories thanks 👍🙂

As soon as I saw the flooded bridge I knew you were heading towards Lochnagar and the white mounth munros

Over the years I have spent many happy times sitting in the tent with nonstop rain. Oh happy days.

I've only ever passed through the cairngorms on a couple of occasions but never had the chance to stay and see the place properly. It really looks lovely up there. I'll have to get back there again one day before I get too old!!

Adventure! I'm looking forward to part 2. Not because I want to see you out in a storm, but to see how you cope and to learn from your experience. Thanks for sharing this trip.

That looked thoroughly....miserable 😁 I can take extreme heat & extreme cold whilst camping but the one thing I simply detest is the rain and the horrible, insidious dampness that comes with it, it just makes everything so much hard work. You can try and keep things dry but no matter what you do, in the end, the damp & wet will eventually win.

Welcome to Scotland and our fantastic weather.

I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for part two, it looks like you had a grand aul time of it.

I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for part two, it looks like you had a grand aul time of it.. Congrats to yourself and Jo on tying the knot, I wish you both all the very best of luck and happiness for the future 👍

Walking, Hiking and camping used to be free in Scotland as passed by the Scottish Parliament until they licenced Loch Lomond and Trossachs Park to charge people for camping in the area they control thus taxing the people of Scotland for the Freedom to Roam, the area they control get's bigger every year. Time it was stopped and give us our right to roam back. Freedom for Indigenous Scots.

Great content as always, looking forward to part 2!! 👊🏼😉

I'm glad that it rained! Not through any desire to see you suffer, but because it's good to see a wet-packing demonstration. Looking forward to the next edition.

Most excellent, thanks Today 15 September 2022, and all respect goes to Saint Yvon, just WOW, we should remember

Plenty of people using the Durston X-Mid in Iceland ;) Seems to be very solid with a couple of simple mods and an extra guyline on each peak for security (and saves a kg backpack weight and costs half the price - if those are a consideration) :) You should have given yours a work-out Paul - I'd love to seen how it handled that storm in Part 2 !

Awesome video Paul! I've watched your videos for a few months but this is the first time I've left a comment! I always enjoy watching your hiking and wild camping adventures, and they always inspire me to head out hiking and visit different areas of the country! I've yet to visit the Cairngorms, but it's certainly an area I'd like to head up to at some point! Looking forward to watching the rest of your trip! 😊

Looking forward to part 2. Really enjoyed part 1. Love your videos. Thanks for all you do it is appreciated.

It was rather entertaining to see the other two guys packed up and ready to go whilst you dried down the outside of the tent in the rain 😂 Looking forward to your assessment of the Southern Cross 1 and your comparison to a Soulo

Wow, that is some crazy weather. Its great to see how you pack up in the rain though. It's rather an art. Whenever I'm out in stuff like that, I'm reminded that wild camping is every bit a psychological activity as it is a physical. The mind can go many places when hiking in weather like that. Looking forward to part 2!

Excellent content,learned so much from you Paul.Thanks.

Reminds me of what I didn't like about the Akto, getting changed inside the small tent and packing your stuff before setting off.

Another superb video from Mr Messner. Thank you for uploading this for us to enjoy. 👍

Great video, Thank you and stay safe....

Superb video Paul , great to see you back doing these videos with your mojo back . Keep up the great work pal . Looking forward to part 2 . All the best !!

Unlucky with the weather! Its been great weather up until the last week or two!

Great to see you enjoying yourself again, love the videos!

I can’t wait to see part 2 Paul love all your video’s

Great trip, hats off for going up there in that weather! Looking forward to the second video.

another fantastic video Paul, cant wait to see part 2

Always lovely watching your videos Paul Thank you 🙏 ❤️

Can't wait to get up Scotland, looks like a good trip, bring on part 2! ATB 👩&🐕

Great video Paul and looks like a cracking trip. Looking forward to part 2 after that preview.

Another amazing video Paul Looking forward to part two Keep up the amazing content 🏕

Awesome video. I love hiking and camping like that

Really enjoying your videos, Paul. Keep up the work! Greetings from North-Norway

Should be glad of the wind Paul, keeps the midgies away 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Wow man, that looks like wild weather. Great part one, well done, I’m looking forward to part two. Take care, 👍👍👍

Great video! it's something I really want to do and this gives me more confidence, Thanks Paul 👍

I miss camping 🏕 take care paul and enjoy camping 😆

glad to see you are up and going again Paul best wishes

Looking forward to part 2 Paul!

Great film Andy. Keep on smiling bruvvvvaaaaaa. One love 👍🙏❤️

Great film Paul, that adventure food mince beef hotpot has for to be the worst dehydrated meal made. Foul stuff haha. TFS David 👍

Love this…I’m up there next week…magnificent!

Very wet . Not used to that now I live on the Sierra Contraviesa Spain .Even on Navada on the other side of the valley we rarely get wet .A combination of low rainfall and being able to pick and choose my days to avoid stuff like that.Was a bit of a shock to the system last month in Kyrgyzstan being rained on . We were lucky and most of the rain was in the evening after we had pitched. We had a lot of cold rivers to cross as there was Glacier melt mixed in with the rain run off . Back from when I was younger and had to do all weather stuff and river crossings had learnt that you need an accidental immersion/ hypothermia plan when out in conditions like that. If the situation occurs you have little time to sort it and your brain doesn't work well so worth having an immediate action plan. You mentioned the altitude. I had forgotten how low the UK is till Kyrgyzstan. The other multi national group has I was with work in London and struggling with the altitude. We were camping between 3000mtrs and 3600mtrs and hit 4000mtrs . Quite a few weeks suffering altitude sick. I was pretty OK as it was summer I had been spending a lot of time accros the valley on the Navada tops with 3000mtrs camps. (My house is at 920 and the nearest bar 1280mtr ) Was interested in your tent as could do with something between bivi and my Trango 3 . Thanks for your videos I very much enjoy watching them .

Thanks for taking us with you … 😎👍

Brilliant idea using the zip lock bag for the inner. Must try to remember this.

Hello Paul. Thanks for the good conversation and the beautiful pictures. Many greetings from Berlin/ Germany

LookinG forward to part 2. Great vid

can't wait for part 2!

Just realised. After all this time I've done this exact circular looks to be lochnagar + Loch muick circular. Lovely walk and most definitely achievable in one day.

Thanks for another great video, your certainly organised, x

Great that Paul. can't wait for the next one 😊

Another great video, Paul. Lochnagar - one of my favourite Munros. Amazing area that's only about an hour's drive from home. Really like that tent!!

I often take my inner down in poor weather. So much easier to pack away but I use another dry sac for it. Looked like fun though, looking forward to part two. 👍

nice to see you further afield Paul

Really liking that Door tie back for the southern cross

Great video as usual. I was wondering what kit you would bring for this major hike and camp, so I found it very interesting what you decided to bring. And I loved your humour. Can't wait for part two!

Brilliant video I’m looking forward to watching part 2 later

Looking forward to part 2!

Your Country is sooo beautiful!

Very nice looking forward to next part Great to see you out longer :)

Nice one Paul !! Looks a brilliant adventure ! Can’t wait till part 2 Atb Graham

The irony is the weather has been fabulous up here for months.......to be honest too hot for hillwalking. You are better in the cold (but not clag). I hope that you enjoyed your trip Paul..

That was great. Looking foreward for part two. :-)

Splendid landscapes

Thanks

Treat video. Really useful seeing you pack up in the wet. 👍

Lovely 🤩🤩

Very enjoyable video Paul looks like you get plenty room in that tent looking forward to seeing part two atvb Jimmy 😎😎👍👍

Great content as ever, thanks Paul

Your in the Homeland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, & almost old school methods & freezin 🥶 the danglies off 🙈🤣, can’t beat it 👌🤣, some of the views seem familiar as well 🤔👍

I thought the view was very beautiful. and clean river water. and u got a nice tent,

lovely vdo guys ..much love

Love the content Paul!

Great trip and footage so far. I liked your gear selections as well... appears suitable, up to standards reliable, and par for the course. My day was swabbing and inspecting whitewater rafts & catarafts. Work entails high attention to detail, check listing, and redeployments outfitting boating and camping gear for multi-day Moose and Bison fly-out remote destination float hunts throughout Alaska. Today... supposed to have two scheduled fly-outs by float plane... however weather delayed grounded due to blowing 40-50mph and waves of sideways rains. I liked the two-cone stove accessory... those take a while to build, and optimally nest a given/specific pot selection. Looking forward to part 2.

Nice footage, clear and crisp and watch out for that powdered milk Paul it is addictive, I drink it every day 😬

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Great camping vlog.

Wind is about to knock one of them big boulders about...

Looking forward to this, been seeing Beavo's updates on IG. 😁 Pity you didn't get the views from Lochnagar, still looked a fun trip. Looking forward to Part 2.

I do love seeing my windshield in use 👍😉

Thumbs up for the Jackson Gag from me. Easy to drop the inner down in the SC1 loads of room then.

Great wee video mate love that wee tent looks solid and spacious, keep up the good work. Atb Wullie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✊🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Awesome video !

Going hiking with a few friends may be tiring but also a lot of fun.

Brilliant. Im camping regularly in Scotland and Ive realised that its basically just about balancing a few simple factors ..... 1. You need to pack the lightest load possible to deal with the forecasted weather. 2. The weather forecast is usually wrong 3. The weather might do different things every every few hours. Its a beautiful nightmare. My best advice to anyone hiking and camping in Scotland is ... Take an umbrella (laugh all you like but you will eventually thank me ....) Plan to be hot, wet, and cold, in the same day. Possibly the same hike Get a very lightweight breathable poncho. (It might save your clothes, tent or gear, from water) ALWAYS take protection from both insects and sun. Think like a marine. EVERYTHING you take needs to be packed in a way that protects it from water. Scotland is one of the best places on earth to hike and camp. It is also one of the few places on earth where you might be drenched, battered by wind, snowed on, and sunburned, in the same trip. Good luck all.

Hello , Legend.. Mr. Paul Messner 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 I'm enjoyed your video 👍🏻🙏🏻

That was awesome dood..........

Breakfast cereal with milk? I use hot water, first boil it to pour the coffee, and then pour the breakfast cereal into the rest of the water. They turn out delicious.

Good to see you all out and about.. 😉I noted the colour of the water you took up from the stream et.. FOR NEWBIES in particular.. DO YOUR research.. on drinking water et from outdoor sources et BE VERY VERY careful as some rivers / water places can be contaminated with phosphates, pesticide run off AND other miscellaneous contaminants, high alkaline (decidedly not good for you.. water.) We've ALWAYS taken chlorine tabs with us AND decent filters et.. 👀Be aware that some water can contain tiny microbes.. As said, DO YOUR research!! FLOWING water is usually far better than STILL water especially re ponds et /puddles!

Reminds me of the days I went touring on a bike. packing everything into my pannier bags took a bit of time, then you realised you needed something at the bottom of the bag so out everything had to come again to get to it lol. I cycled with shorts and T-shirt, if it rained yes you got soaked but soon dried again on the downhills and you got a shower at the same time - Will be watching for your next leg of the journey, stay safe, happy hiking - Subscribed

Nice to see you do a proper camping trip Paul 🤣 great video as always bud.

Ah, enjoying the great British countryside! 😉 Reminds me of a few walks in the Peak District, not as high mind.

Even with a heat proof felt, my Cascade Wild table did start to deform after using it several times with an alcohol stove with a Caldera Cone. I've got a titanium table for this year.

great vid mate!

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I do enjoy bag weather. I live near the Blue Ridge and Appalachian mountains in Virginia. There are a lot of small waterfalls. I set up when the big storms hit so in the morning I see the falls at their best and when few people show. I have experienced the Scottish weather, it can get very dicey.

Great video. Also got caught in the mad storms this week.