Cycling the 5 HIGHEST climbs in Great Britain in under 12 hours *challenge*

[@beatwann]

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]

MY FOOOKIN GUY

[@stevenplant6225]

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[@1975kaboom]

Cam, I absolutely loved this video, amazing effort and brilliant scenery. Thanks for making this content!!

[@andrewnorris5415]

Appreciate the sponsor and safety tips. Quite a standout from the usual gear sponsor it got my attention.

[@RachelSchloer]

"Morning Ride"

[@cameroncrook7311]

love that you are uploading more

[@ianwelch3415]

Nice one Jeffers. Keep up the good work.🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@simonwillgress]

When I climbed Great Dun Fell it was in low cloud, shat myself descending because off all the sheep on the road.

[@BikepackingAdventures]

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!

[@Road2Glory]

well done mate, great effort. best video by a mile so far on the channel.

[@benhaywood2510]

Great effort, Cam. What a fun way to spend a day!

[@stuartpage1971]

Cracking effort Cam. I struggled up an 800m 9% climb this morning. Need to do better

[@jujuryan9632]

Cool challenge and nice video as always, Cam!

[@TheUlitamateStunt]

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.

[@hotfortott]

Great vid Cam. Really enjoyed watching that.

[@Kashster222]

Brilliant, missed watching your road trip adventures 👏

[@TomLoosley]

Very cool video idea!

[@cyclingadventureswithspeed1697]

Fantastic Wanlockhead just up the road from my parents, great climb.

[@SJM5050]

Alright Cam, what brand are the blue specs you’re using in the video??👍🏼

[@kennedystuart5685]

Totally awesome video...very cool...great idea...well done 👍

[@Cameron_Jeffers]

Thank you Kennedy, glad you enjoyed 🙏

[@kennedystuart5685]

@@Cameron_Jeffers this was probably one of my favourite videos yet....keep it coming...👍👍

[@htukmumfie]

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.

[@kamucho]

Great video! If you had a driver you would definitely be able to make it!

[@willcowen2152]

What an epic day! Please keep on with the class videos 👏 Random question- do you shoot linear or wide on your GoPro?

[@Cameron_Jeffers]

Wide!

[@xandershawvlog]

Great video you have inspired me to try this. Won’t have the comfort of a camper though.

[@Cameron_Jeffers]

Have fun!

[@xandershawvlog]

Hopefully no need for snow chains I. June/July.

[@chrisandsamlivingthedream]

Awesome buddy awesome...

[@alexpickering.]

Ayyy, another sick video 💪🏼💪🏼

[@tomvanpelt2548]

And again awesome video!

[@jascollinscork]

Fantastic video!!! What a great video!! And you could have done better if had a driver 🤔😀

[@framedman]

Who said May was a good month to do this challenge in? Hahahahahahah. Mental stuff.

[@Lizardking420]

Palm angels, matching BAPE and a moncler jacket, KZbin money’s going well👀

[@liambarker6953]

And the house, and the motorhome.

[@madwank]

Awesome. What about the longest continuous climbs now?

[@Cameron_Jeffers]

Great idea!

[@wolfwhalley3371]

oh no cam turning into a youtuber

[@Elchie232]

Would have rather you did the bealach na ba, best climb in Britain

[@Cameron_Jeffers]

for sure man. It's on my list to do!

[@Elchie232]

@@Cameron_Jeffers class, probably half my time lol

[@MrSmithees]

UK roads man...

[@elmothegreat969]

Na mate. You gotta start from Mennock for that fourth one to count.

[@Cameron_Jeffers]

stewards enquiry is out

[@matthewbenger8355]

Second Alyx's comment. Also a class descent back down to mennock!

[@GiorgioCoppolaCycling]

Should have stayed kittted up all day... would of made it if you did 😝😂 great video though

[@lewisbarwick3961]

What are your sunnies ? 😎

[@Cameron_Jeffers]

Sungod!

[@whitestuff10]

Why take a campervan for a 12 hour challenge?

[@petervonl]

My OCD will not rest before you've done it again... In under 12 hrs... No pressure... Sorry...

[@scottcrabtree2051]

Pop that seatbelt on properly lad

[@liambarker6953]

As a cyclist you should know better than using your phone whilst driving! *angry*

[@checkmycatself666]

Use a faster car

[@tomcycles9725]

if you stayed in your kit it would ave probably saved like an hour, great effort anyway cam 💪🤜🤛

[@simonbergman5970]

But then the kit would get really nasty, because it couldnt dry, and driving in cycling shoes is also terrible 😂

[@s34nvideos]

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!

[@samalbrow9329]

13:54 every Scottish person winced 😂 (no hate, really good video though!)

[@kieransweeney6010]

came here for that comment :)

[@Johnny-ek3fk]

I call it avi more. Just like a call it kirk caldy and just I like I call it glen rothes. 👏

[@Cameron_Jeffers]

hahahahaha, I am sorry Sam!! It's noted for if I ever return ;)

[@Johnny-ek3fk]

@@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]

@@Johnny-ek3fk Try Milngavie.

[@davidmellor5605]

5 steepest climbs next?!

[@israelakowe9304]

Good paved roads everywhere 😍. Still a dream for us here in this part of Africa. Great content btw 👍

[@markairey1986]

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]

thats a pretty cool fact... Thanks!!

[@mactoshdog]

@@Cameron_Jeffers It also has the highest flushing toilet in the UK.

[@andymitchell2146]

@@mactoshdog arguably the better fact.

[@PaulJakma]

Same thing for Lowther Hill. It's a NATS radar.

[@cyclenutter2715]

Highest stuff you get around here is the top of Kingston Bridge 😂

[@tomcycles9725]

is that where everyone does altitude training 😂

[@Cameron_Jeffers]

hahaha

[@RB-lj7ge]

na we got the Col de Leith Hill

[@matejklinc6817]

"I'll share some safety tips in the future. Now watch me climb and descend on snow!" 😂

[@joecycles264]

i can honestly say great dun fell was one of the toughest climbs ive done in england. fair play!

[@JackRay]

People who live in Leadville, Colorado (3,094m): ha ha amateurs

[@addypope2706]

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.

[@huwbuck7084]

fair play but forgot one, marchlyn mawr north wales- 650 meters.

[@chrispritch]

God i miss that motorhome.... 😞

[@Cameron_Jeffers]

I missed you in it with me :(

[@auto-nowburystedmunds9421]

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.

[@alpd7638]

"it's snowing and -1 in May" *laughs in Canadian* :-p

[@insertname383]

Aaah the "its colder where i live" nice that you showed up

[@alpd7638]

@@insertname383 Aaah, the "can't take a fucking joke". nice that stopped spending money on onlyfans and showed up

[@insertname383]

@@alpd7638 someone gotta help your mom with that grind, she has to pay for heating somehow in cold cold Canada

[@josephxkendrick]

They’re manipulating the weather.

[@iPedal]

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!

[@seakayaker20]

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.

[@ace-fk5rq]

such a good vid

[@Zzyyxx22]

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.”

[@GrayFox-xd9ww]

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. 😐

[@gauloisrefractaireenexilvo4366]

Great effort, Cam. Suggest a "summertime version" as a 2-day bike packing escapade. Is that doable?

[@PaulJakma]

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.

[@theprinceofbabylonia]

Snow in May!? Thats crazy

[@robtaylor9782]

Great vid 🤔 BUT your gonna have to do it again coz Lowther hill actually starts at Mennock just off the A76 not at Wanlock head

[@mickelkobeck7376]

Maybe if you had not changed into and out of your kit you "might" have saved the time needed...would have been closer for sure.

[@jessejamesv]

Yeah, all the changing was a bad choice.

[@user-dm84]

Great video! Fantastic achievement even slightly out of the self imposed time limit!

[@BelpassoOilandWineCo]

You should do Great Dunfell again in good weather Cam, it is fabulous.

[@manurono7111]

Eeeyy good effort 💪. This makes me want to move to the UK

[@greigmackay8465]

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. 👍

[@drewvalenti]

Haha talking about the law firm with the “f@&k it” poster in the background

[@sepica]

ahahaha ...UK beatiful land but not for cyclist...you can ride on zwift .

[@VincentForDesign]

Don’t forget you need to plan all the videos shoots too! Of course you can finish them in 12 hours!

[@bradburywillis]

Legend! Great effort pal. British weather screwed you over! lol

[@Karlmcewan]

We need more of this!!

[@MarkRiddellRacing]

Should've made a day of it and done Bealach na ba... 626m

[@252Scooby]

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

[@gregallen1160]

That shot of the van at the end with the drone 👌👌 Scotland is such a beautiful place

[@kleendetailing]

Cam, I reckon you'll smash it in the m135i 🚀🤣

[@geoffreynenninger]

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]

Did think this mid way through actually!

[@stevegriffiths605]

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.

[@kamucho]

The UK isn't known for its extreme terrain? Tell that to the geologists...

[@briantwigley]

The lecht is brutal, it’s hard enough to drive it 😂

[@daviejamesc429]

Bloody great going What an epic adventure

[@stevehaskew]

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]

Beat me to it! Marchlyn in 643m, deserves a crack!

[@stevehaskew]

To be fair I think another video of Cam riding Marchlyn and Stwlan would be 👌

[@daviejamesc429]

Great camera work And commentary 👌👍

[@flex8151]

You are crazy! very nice video

[@rowan4908]

Mega video saw the rides on strava, all that climbing makes sense now

[@8paolo96]

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]

What we lack in elevation we make up for in gradient.

[@grahambarker2186]

....because....go on...you can do it...join the dots....gawd....

[@PaulJakma]

@@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]

@@PaulJakma our highest climbs are not our hardest climbs. Abdon Burf is a proper climb,

[@t0pg3arlad]

You should do a calorie challenge Cam

[@Garybaxter1]

Awesome!! Cam well done!! 💪👍😁

[@holmston1973]

You'd have done that no problem on a good weather day. Great video

[@drewbuffington]

Bro why you always forgetting shit. Or having tech problems. Always.

[@melbournecyclingsegments7510]

Took a gamble and hit like within 5 minutes.... I wasn't wrong. Great video!!

[@peterferrier2490]

Well done superb effort!!!!

[@michaelford495]

Well done great effort 👍🇨🇭

[@matthiaserlacher6122]

Might have gotten it if you called the challange "can i kom the six highest roads of britan in just 12 hours?"!

[@Cameron_Jeffers]

hahahaha jeeeeez

[@awesomfog345]

Sheesh flexing the bape

[@joeb4612]

Could do the 5 steepest climbs next?

[@williamvarley99]

Hello Ben fosters friend

[@GerdLinden]

Why don´t you use your car for the climbs? It´s eseayer and faster.

[@Cameron_Jeffers]

I mean this is a very valid point