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.
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
Garmin Instinct 2 Solar – £371
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
MSR Elixir 2 – £278
Terra Nova Pioneer 2 – £550
Rab Ascent 1100 Down Sleeping Bag – £385
Mountain Equipment Aerostat Synthetic 7.0 Sleeping Mat – sold out most places
Nemo Fillo Pillow – sold out most places
Jetboil MiniMo – £129
Jetboil Summit Skillet – £50
Osprey Aether 60 AG Backpack
£139 Aether 55 S/M on Amazon
£174 Aether 65 S/M on Amazon
£182 Aether PLUS L/XL on Amazon
£198 Aether 60 L/XL on Amazon
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
Inov-8 Mitts (Thermo) – £33.99
Unigear Crampons – £18.99
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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!
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 .
taste test microwaveable rice and an Aldi sirloin. Settle down Jamie Oliver. Hardly the crem de la crem of camping meals
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
What a group of idiots, you know there’s a storm coming snd you go hiking, not only putting your self in danger but also any rescuers that come and get you if you get into trouble. All the gear you stated none of you had crampons on.
Absoutely stunning, really extreme weather, luckily there's always Suolo the 4 season tent, makes every extreme weather comfy inside the tent.
Yep Daveswildcamping was the first to do the steak on a mountain years ago 😂😂
Absolutly awesome adventure host,love it👍
Good job.
Hello form România
Love the channel mate, you're so wholesome
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 👍
Great seeing you use all of this awesome gear in extreme weather! Awesome job 🙂
Awesome stuff mate
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.
Reminds me of my days island camping on the Mississippi river in Wisconsin. While out fishing a storm with 70 mph gusts blew in and we barely made to back to camp. We get a lot of tornados in the US Midwest, but we has no idea normal storms could create those kind of wind tunnels from the hills on either side of the river. When we got to camp our tents were already in the trees, so we huddled down while enjoying being pelted by hail. Storm cleared, we picked up the debris that used to be our camp and headed home with our tails between our legs.
The next few years we always brought extra rope, lashed our tents down and put heavy logs over the stakes. We finally got our storm with those freaky 70 mph gusts and everything held. Total sense of satisfaction. The gusts only lasted a few minutes, but were amazing to behold.
That food looked the bomb.
great video, very strong wind there, watching from Indonesia, thanks for sharing 😊
also a tent tour of what it looks like inside
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
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 😆).
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
Nice camp guys…beutyful
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.
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… 👍