My biggest wild camping disaster! A stormy night on the most popular Fell in the Lake District!

[@1DrBar]

It seems that there are several lessons to be learned from this trip. The first is to always carry down gear inside dyneema fabric dry bags, but the more important one is to ALWAYS carry at least two spare cans of beer. Are there any ultra light beer coolers out there on the market?

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

🙌😅😅😅 brilliant mats. UL beer cooler is now on my list. Good suggestion haha

[@MountainManJohnFilms]

This is why I take wine 😂..... Good job. The walk from the car park to the middle fell south think it's Martindale common?.... Great easy ridge walk towards Angle tarn pike. Fab spots, also Place fell from there. .......

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

Hopefully not a bag of wine mate hahaha thanks for watching brother

[@MountainManJohnFilms]

@@TheMackemMountaineer no I use a hard water bottle. All good. Pillow looks lush 🤣

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

@@MountainManJohnFilms the pillow is great mate, I've since bought the plus version too so I'll do a compare video of the plus and regular. Both great

[@MountainManJohnFilms]

@@TheMackemMountaineer ps. Subd. Well done on over 500....I'm on my way 😎

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

@@MountainManJohnFilms cheers mate subbed back :)

[@stepheneverett6131]

Great video Andy ,like I said I would of brought you a bag across from our static . But you got through the night 👍👍

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

Cheers mate. Top man

[@jocky2]

What a beautiful place to hike and camp. Thanks for sharing.

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

Thanks for watching 😊🙌

[@dominicgleave6649]

Get a drybag for your sleeping bag, it will stop it ever getting wet again.

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

Worst part is mate usually I always do. Typical this one time while rushing I didn't bother 😅🤦‍♂️ thanks for watching mate

[@nightsinthewild]

Id be gutted i was a can down 😂 thanls for sharing 😂

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

I didn't dare cry incase I got my bag any wetter hahaha thanks for watching 😊

[@cal1103]

We all have off days mate. You learn from them that's how we progress. Deffo dry bag, your sleeping bag, change of clothes and electricals as a rule. Great watch as usual keep on camping bud.

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

Absolutely mate. All good experiences. Learning the hard way can be fun in a sort of sadistic way 😅😅🤣🤣

[@OUTDOORALLY]

Nightmare ! But these are the camps you remember 😁 i always have my sleeping bag inside my army bivvy bag at the bottom of my pack , had a similar incident to you and learned my lesson , its wxtra weight but its peace of mind. Another thing i always carry is an emergency foil blanket in my first aid kit , its not much bigger than a wallet but would have came in handy for the situation you found yourself in . Anyway loving the channel mate , juat watches your at abbs video , planning on doing a wee trio/video there myself soon 👍🏻🏕

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

Thank you brother. I've just seen you have a channel too so have subbed you back. Will check out your videos this weekend (currently up a hill in the cheviots haha). The worst camps - in the long run - are the best and most memorable ones, I think haha

[@OUTDOORALLY]

@@TheMackemMountaineer legend ! Have a good camp pal 👍🏻🏕

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

@@OUTDOORALLY blowing a gale here 🤦‍♂️🙈🙈🙈🙈

[@emz_adventure]

Ah andy man i felt ya pain. Nowt worse than a soggy bag.........hang on there is, its a beer drenched bag 😅. But you persevered and stayed out, most of us me included would have high tailed it off that hill and booked into a lovely warm B&B 😀. Fair play to ya 😀 🎉. Another corker of a video, good to meet you the other week when i was up the hill having me tea . Have a good week 😊x

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

Thank you emz 😊 yeah i thought staying would equal character building haha thanks for watching and great to meet you too 😊x

[@nathanmason5337]

what camera you using mate?.

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

I'm using the go pro 11 mate and the go pro 8 for time-lapse. I've added a cheap foam case to the 11 to stop the wind 😊

[@nathanmason5337]

@@TheMackemMountaineer tell you what looks crisp for a go-pro mate good video.

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

@@nathanmason5337 cheers mate. When I rip it in the app I always save it as the highest res and have the camera set to 4k recording :)

[@nathanmason5337]

@@TheMackemMountaineer honestly mate thought it was a dslr or something at first must of gotten alot better them go pros since I had one must of been about five years ago like😂😂

[@LundysWildcampBushcraft]

Well at least you weren't surrounded by tents that's a positive 😂😂 but a good experience to learn on a summers night instead of a winter night I put mine in zipped locked bags then carrier bag then dry bag and always try to pack on the outside as I've had the same happen to me we are always learning good positive attitude mate new sub atvb Jimmy 😎😎👍👍

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

Yeah would have been a totally different beast had it happened in winter or mid multi day hike haha thanks for watching brother

[@trickofthetrail]

Ah gutting about the beers mate. At least the Heathen was still in one piece. I'd have probably bailed had it gone pop! 😂 In all seriousness, sorry you had a rubbish camp. It happens to us all from time time. Great tips about the sleeping bag though. I actually want to wash one of mine, so it's great to see you go through the process and it's come out fine. 👍

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

Haha. Protect the heathen with my life. Silver linings etc Yep we all have the bad camps, lessons to be learned from them and to be honest, I still loved it 😀 I was worried putting the bag in but it actually felt better after the wash and tumble lol

[@beyondyourfrontdoor]

Rough night! And the worst part, you lost your beers. Hope the next one is better.

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

Thank you 🙌

[@paulapowell22]

Great video son ❤

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

Thanks mam xxx

[@LeesOutdoorOdyssey]

Absolute tragedy losing those beers mate. Forget the sleeping bag 😂 atleast you got through it and luckily it's summer. ATB Lee

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

Cheers mate. Absolutely true haha

[@andrewdavis9223]

Hi just subscribed bad luck with your BEERS 🍻 😊

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

Thanks for subbing mate. Hope you enjoy the channel. 😊🙌

[@michaeljames8534]

Well done for staying positive and not bailing, some folks would have, me included. Life’s a constant learn isn’t it. I managed to destroy my drone and put it in a tarn on my last camp, complete user error and a massive learn, but we live to tell our tales. 👊

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

Thank you sir! Yes without positivity what do we have... Still no sleeping bag 😅 shame about the drone, which drone was it?

[@michaeljames8534]

@@TheMackemMountaineer DJI Mini 2, luckily recovered it as I took out the 2 year cover. £42 for the first replacement, glad I opted for it, as the service has been excellent from DJI.

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

@@michaeljames8534 same drone as me. Great little thing

[@StoreyR]

You're in a Hilleberg tent. No emergency what so ever. I'd be more bothered about losing a beer in this situation. Wet sleeping bag is the number one to not get wet though. Last line of defence for warmth.

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

Absolutely mate, had it been the lanshan I'd have bailed

[@StoreyR]

If you've got a bivi bag, they offer reasonable protection leaving the sleeping bag inside it. Pinch the bivi bag with the sleeping bag inside where your feet would go, spiral wrap them together to let all the air out before packing into the bottom of the backpack to utilise the rest of the space. Then to waterproof - drybag/canoe bag.

[@Simon_Nonymous]

You poor bugger but there's more learning in things going wrong than watching someone who always (seems to) get it right! I've seen good comments re dry bags and bagging liquids, just your bad your sleeping bag wasn't in a dry bag. I'm a fan of keeping liquids on the outside of the rucksack, and anything that came in a glass bottle, I pour into a placcy bottle as I am as clumsy as a man can be. As others have said - very cool for sticking it out!

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

Absolutely true mate. I started vlogging pm my first ever wild camp so I've learned on screen and made so many mistakes haha most I look back on and laugh and am thankful they were not as bad as could be. I don't mind putting my mistakes out there as others will learn from them too, and let's be honest, its quite entertaining and funny in retrospect 😅🙏 thanks for watching brother

[@PSPmaster321]

This was an interesting and enjoyable vid, but why use a thumbnail that implies something totally different happened?

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

It was thebonly good image I took in all honesty. The others were just selfies 🤣

[@jh9911]

Great video mate I feel for ya but that lesson is over with now, chin up soldier on and keep pushing mukka. All your viewers have been educated too but there’s nothing better than experience 💪 ⛺️ (Putting your legs inside your backpack can help to some degree in an emergency too)

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

Ah mate the backpack was like a keg 🤣🤣🤣 sleeping bag like one of those bags of wine you can buy 🤣🤣🤣 defo an issue that never crossed my mind haha cheers for watching mate

[@williamforrester1853]

Shame Andy but still enjoyed it. As you say a lesson learnt youngen cheers will

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

Absolutely mate haha beers in bags for tomorrow's camp lol

[@RootsLion]

simle bit a tissue n soe inso tape rnd botl top woulda prevented that lol

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

Wish I'd tried this before the video hahaha

[@avreage_joe5103]

Double bag all liquids 😂🤭

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

Absolutely mate. This will be the first thing I do on every camp. Possibly triple bag them 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@McCaf-1962]

No, put all liquids in the side pockets, that why they are mesh on osprey bags.

[@Makinen386]

You live and learn on the hills😂

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

Very true mate. I've learned from a few disasters so far 🙈🤣🤣

[@JayR-vl2cb]

Nightmare!

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

Freddie kruger style lol

[@driewiel]

Wow. Beer attack in the Lake District!

[@TheMackemMountaineer]

🤣🤣🤣 grizzly beers