Ben Nevis | Hiking Scotland

[@RS.Outdoors]

Good stuff mate and nice that you got good weather for it. Done it a few times and in no hurry to do it again. Couldnt believe the number of folks heading up. Atb

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Thanks man! 🙂🐾👍 Aye, it was SUPER busy! There was 2 mountain rescues when I got back down as well. One helecopter and another on with a quad. Plus I helped a lass with a buckled knee back down. Got the luko tape out to bind her knee and gave her my walking poles until we got to the bottom. Just SO many folk on the hill that day!

[@alexcameron_]

Looks amazing wot clear views you got. You and Moss always look as if u have the best time. 🍻

[@HoundsofHowgate]

It was fantastic Alex! Aye, the bold Moss and I are some team! 🙂🐾👍

[@DaveGoodman1959]

Nice to catch another video from you. A very 70s look to it along with the music at the end. Cheers

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Thanks Dave! 🐾👍 Yeah, that music at the end was elevator music as a wee bit of daftness to go with the barefoot guy! Haha 😆😂👍

[@andrewwhite951]

Good job mate .done Ben Nevis 12 years ago with my brother.fantastic mountain.👍👍

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Thanks Andy! 🐾👍

[@projectsinmotion1405]

Wicked video mate, always enjoying your banter and adventuring here there and everywhere, keep the adventures coming.

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Thanks man! 🙂🐾👍

[@hungryhiker1681]

Great video! The weather was great! Beautiful shots, a tad crowded though ;)

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Thanks man! 🐾👍 Yeah, super busy! Especially coming back down; there was literally a line of folk right down the mountain!

[@craiglinton2980]

Cracking day you got for the Ben, usually no views because of the cloud up there. Loved the idea of climbing after a sesh 😂😂 I’ll need to try that out lol. Can’t wait for your next videos. Atb 👍🏻

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Haha, cheers Craig! 🐾👍 Aye, hangover hiking man; gets you used to keeping going when you feel your worst physically! Kinda comes in handy too, like on the last day of hiking the length of Scotland last year when I got food poisoning and was super dehydrated after crappin' and spewin' all night and had hardly any sleep. Still made it to the border though: hangover training helps! 😂👍 This wan: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZKudKyQh5uGfsk

[@craiglinton2980]

I’ll need to try the hungover hiking out. 😂😂

[@owdjockey4459]

Hi Hounds, some day for October! Been up the Ben three times now, each time via the Carn Mor Dearg arete, but always decended via the Tourist Path. The old boy with the "lost soul" reminded me last year in Applecross when I found someones detached boot sole. He must have have had pretty sore feet at the end of the day, unless of course he was a hot coal walker!

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Haha, I can mind seeing the picture you took of that shoe sole! 😆👍

[@JenniferLupine]

Nice! looks like the trail was pretty crowded - more beautiful views :) thanks for taking us along :)

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Thanks Jennifer! 🙂🐾👍 Yeah, it was packed!

[@JenniferLupine]

@@HoundsofHowgate Beautiful! watching some of your Skye trip tonight - now that one wasn't packed :)

[@fraserconnell21]

Love it! Upthumbed.....hot lassies hot weather and cool views.Wee Moss's enthusiasm knows no bounds! Gimme a giggle for a sunday evening. ATVB M8

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Haha, thanks Fraser! Pure hunners o' hot lassies up the Ben! 😉🐾👍

[@fraserconnell21]

@@HoundsofHowgate only in Ecosse can we overhear lassies giving out advice on where to puke..we know they'll feel better after.🤣👍

[@HoundsofHowgate]

@@fraserconnell21 best thing about it was they were pretty hot; nae rotters, ken. Mabies I was gittin affected aff the heat right enough! 🙃🙈😉🐾👍

[@smoggiewalks578]

Great as usual John and Moss. Not been on the Big Ben for many years. ATB Martin

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Thanks Martin! 🙂🐾👍

[@splotty777]

Great vlog as ever John. Nice to see it done in beautiful weather. Always pissing with rain when I'm up there. Not too keen on Glen Nevis campsite though. Had a few noisy nights there. Thanks again and scratch Mossies lugs for me. 😁

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Thanks Jim! 🐾👍 Haha, yeah, good old Scottish weather! I was luck: the views were amazing!

[@nseight]

Really great to see you and Moss oot'in aboot' :-) missed you both. Wow! That is an amazing view* I've just hit the notification bell-looking forward to your next adventures :-) Best wishes*

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Thanks! Yeah, I was well lucky with the weather! All the best, John & Moss 🐾👍

[@pete7872]

Well...at least the timberland boots guy was taking hit trashed boots off the hill instead of just chucking them! Keep on putting off Nevis, just always too busy! Thanks for the vid!

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Thanks Pete! 🐾👍 Aye, don't know what happened to the soles but! 😂😆

[@samuelramsay3631]

Omg hounds the amount of people that's shocking well done reaching summit such an iconic mountain also, enjoy Mull it's a great place to visit cheers Sammy atb

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Yeah, mental isn't it! Coming down there was literally one big line of folk down the mountain! 🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶 Cheers! 🐾👍

[@xmetal280]

There are more people up there than at my local shopping center on a busy night! I’ve never seen such crowds in a hiking video before.

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Haha, I know! 🐾👍 It was mental! Especially coming back down; it was literally just a line of people hiking down in one massive single file!

[@padraigkilkenny13]

Great Vid!

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Thanks man! 🐾👍

[@climbhigh395]

Another cracking video buddie. Good to see Moss and yourself out and about again. Ben Nevis not my favourite -- always to many people on the pony track to the top. Amazing footage from the top and what a cracking day you had. Was good to see the old fella we the trashed boots taking them off the hill rather than dumping them on the mountain. Keep up the good work always enjoy your videos. All the best keep on plodding. P.S. can I ask what type of squeezy drinks bottle you had with you …..cheers

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Thanks man! 🐾👍 Just now I'm using the Katadyn BeFree 1L: amzn.to/2BcDAor

[@HoundsofHowgate]

It's a water filter with a really good flow rate and is super easy to clean.

[@climbhigh395]

@@HoundsofHowgate cheers for the info John. All the best

[@HoundsofHowgate]

@@climbhigh395 no worries! 👍

[@FlyingScot]

Wow, can't believe the number of people and the trail looks me like a cobble rd! Gotta luv the Scottish attitude climbing that with a hangover...lol

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Haha, gotta be done Iain! 😆🐾👍

[@Adventure-Cornish]

Nice vid John - Nevis is on our list 😬 Must say it looked a bit crowded Lol Thanks for sharing ATB Mike StayCornish😬

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Thanks Mike! 🐾👍 Yeah, I think it must have been some sort of holiday weekend and was so busy because it was a particularly nice day: pretty mental!

[@littlenicky31]

Its only been just over a week since i did nevis and after watching this i would do it again! I didnt carry all the water up either i used a grayl i know expensive and heavy but im paranoid about drinking bad water. Using it seemed a great source of entertainment to fellow hikers for some reason but much preferred to carrying 2 litres of water. The ear buds in playing loud music i call it beast mode only to be cracked open in an emergency or when im tired and pussing out as my son says. The whole top was covered in snow and the scree bit before all covered in ice when i did it..... i saw a fair few wipeouts ( including my own.)

[@JustinWhiting9]

Nice one John! Up the Ben! 🏔 A bit different from my day after my WHW! Well done chap 👍

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Thanks Justin! 🙂🐾👍

[@bigcorky4687]

Litre of vodka and up Ben Nevis!! you are hard core man, I can't move of the couch the day after 6 cans of Guinness 😊

[@HoundsofHowgate]

It's the training good sir! Haha! When I hiked to Everest Base Camp in Nepal the Sherpas were calling me 'Hillary'. Folk couldn't understand how I could booze, smoke and then hike like I did; I called it hangover training. Like if you train when you are hungover and feel like absolute shecht you get kinda used to performing when you feel your worst. It's a good idea! Makes you strong! 😉🐾👍

[@fuzielectron5172]

That place just seems to get more busy! Don't know that I could do it on the back of a litre of Vodka though! Looking forward to Mull, Staffa and Iona videos, done them all more than once, jumped the chain in Fingals Cave and went as far back as I could go, missus decided to join me lol, other tourists were all Ooooh Naughty! but fun, soon became a free for all. Slept my hangover off on the stern of the boat on the way back to Iona, probably lucky I didn't roll off the back but then I'm practised at sleeping on boats.

[@HoundsofHowgate]

For sure, it was crazy busy! 🙂🐾👍 Yeah, that's a great trip; I've actually been on it before where you could go into the cave. This time round you couldn't because the path had fell away during a storm! There was a guy there repairing it though, so it will be all good again. 👍

[@Johnnyexploresscotland]

I've seen shopping centres with less folk lol very busy

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Mental, isn't it! 😱🐾👍

[@Johnnyexploresscotland]

@@HoundsofHowgate certainly is John I went to do the whw last month with my dad He hurt his back 18 miles in had to bail oh well next year Gonna try do a few winter camps this year though

[@HoundsofHowgate]

@@Johnnyexploresscotland damn, that sucks! But injuries happen easily even doing the most mundane things like stepping aff a kerb! Cool you are still gonna get out there in winter though; keep us up to speed wae yer adventures! 🐾👍

[@steverichardson5817]

Class vid kidda, been up thete 3 x times and never had decent views like that! 🤔 YRS ATB Steve

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Thanks Steve! 🐾👍 Yeah, I was real lucky with the views!

[@rucksackadventures4878]

Awesome video keep up the great work your inspirational to others ***Rucksack Adventures***

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Thank you! 🙂🐾👍

[@dogblackprincehoney]

Hi John, the views are fantastic!!! You were lucky with the weather. I've done recently Augustow Canal hike and really loved it. There are three canals like that in the world Caledonian in Scotland, Augustow in Belarus-Poland whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/2101/ and Gota in Sweden. Now I need to finish the Caledonian on the Great Glen Way, then walk Gota Canal in the future. I need to upload Cape Wrath Trail and Augustow canal videos, but soo much editing :-( I prefer walking to editing.

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Haha, for sure! I have taken 30 hrs of footage on the CWT so I think it took meat least 50 hrs to edit it all! Hiking is defo more fun! Those canal hikes sound cool; looking forward to them! 🙂🐾👍

[@dogblackprincehoney]

@@HoundsofHowgate Your Cape Wrath videos are GREAT!!!

[@TheBritishAdventurer]

I fucking love you man. Nice one :)

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Haha, cheers man! 🤜💥🤛🐾👍

[@-stefang-]

Nice one John! Review of the BeFree incoming?

[@HoundsofHowgate]

For sure good sir! 🙂🐾👍

[@mikemawson3354]

Felt sorry for the guy with the crappy boots, reminded me of a mate I go walking with who refuses to spend money on good gear. Lost his boot souls on the last day of a trek in the Atlas mountains and had to do the last 3 or 4 miles in socks and flip flops. Still not as funny as when we first started walking many years ago and we had to stop half way up the trek to Annapurna base camp in Nepal to get his rucksack fixed 'cause one of the straps had failed. On emptying his kit he discovered a cast iron griddle his flat mate had sneaked in the bottom of his bag, which is probably still being used to this day by the lady who fixed his strap!

[@HoundsofHowgate]

Haha, pure askin' for trouble so that is! 🙈