overnighter using only vintage gear

[@tobester4172]

made me feel old calling the 80's vintage 😂. great video mate 👍

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Thank you 👌. That’s because we are old 😂

[@duckypam]

Nice to see you fellows out together again. Feeling very nostalgic for my childhood many years ago. I had a backpack and tent like that for sure.

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Thank you 🙏 I’m glad you enjoyed the video and it brought back some good memories 👌

[@j.scampingandoutdoors]

Loving the old jansport bag Marc !! 👍 awesome video mate !

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Yeah she’s 1970s that old girl 👌

[@TheNatsuguri]

I camped in Force 10s many a time in the 80s 😁 love the film Into the Wild. Music by Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam 😁

[@stevesmith3556]

In the 70s, I had a gaz stove, an aluminum frame backpack, and a canvas Coleman a frame tent. Good times!❤❤❤

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

👍👍

[@stevensmith1289]

You can still buy that tent new. A classic

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

I wonder if it’s as good and well made as these old ones

[@helenlogan6481]

This is what the tents from my childhood looked like 😂

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

👍👍

[@jacksg1809]

Great tent Mark looks spacious. ..and easy to assemble

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Yeah you could easily fit 2 people and gear in there 👍

[@morganwilkes6136]

My favourite videos to watch, keep it up😊

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Thank you 🙏

[@totoroben]

wow! The old "blueberry" stove! I think many people were still using white fuel at this time, but this is quite a throwback.

[@johndoogan3712]

Hi, the pocket transistor radio definitely deserves a mention here, mine is a pocket Sony am/fm powered by 2 aa batteries. Definitely a good little set.

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Sadly I don’t own one of them 😞

[@gene_takavic57]

Great book! Very cool you have that vintage gear. Love the stove.

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Thank you 🙏

[@johnbee6897]

Should have bought a couple of vesta meals to he truelly retro 🙂👍

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

I was thinking about some retro meals but wasn’t sure what to get .

[@terrysadventure1529]

Back in the 70s and 80s that's what we done and had fun doing it anywhere

[@CampWithMatt]

OMG this was my first tent! Or more accurately it was my Dad's tent which I borrowed and camped in the garden in back in Brum.... The rubber bungees had all gone, but it worked...

[@randomhato]

That tent. God that took me back 40 years!

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

She’s an old one but a good one 👍

[@randomhato]

@bushcraftoutdoorscamping back when I was Quatermaster spent many a night in that precise beast. Pretty sure Steven would deem it Wayguu tent..... as opposed to Allan's chuck steak effort lol

[@jamesellsworth9673]

Back in the day, we took a book...to read if we had the energy after hiking or backpacking. Even in a fixed camp, we were close to trails and canoeing. I used that Jansport pack model sometimes. Other times I took a Kelty frame pack.

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

I do really like that jansport pack 👍 sadly no where to go canoeing in my neck of the woods so a good old trusty book it was haha .

[@skookumjack]

What a lovely journey back to my 70's! I had flashbacks of yomping over the Brecon Beacons doing my DofE gold..... thanks for memories of that equipment!

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Thank you 🙏 I’m glad you enjoyed the video and it brought back some hopefully good memories for you 👌

[@clarsach29]

yep, that tent and stove look familiar from 80s camping holidays when i was a kid…..and yes, reading and playing cards or maybe doing puzzle books were the main entertainment, that and good old fashioned conversation….happy days :)

[@kokopelau6954]

Well, my first solo overnighter was in roughly 1957 so I grew up using vintage gear. Heck, we spent a year living in a WWII tent when I was 6.

[@AdventureswithJeffandMeeka]

Nice. In the late 70's, I had a different version of the Jansport pack. It did not have the top bar, which extended above the pack. Great times. I wish I had my F2 back then. I still have and use my Coleman lantern and stove. Thanks for another great video.

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

I’m glad you enjoyed the video 👌 thanks for watching 👍

[@norfolknomad]

I was a young lad in the 70s and I’m pretty sure the tent we had, had the metal bars on the inside. And I’m pretty sure I used to wake up with water dripping off the cross bar onto my face. Happy days they were.

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

You can’t beat the good memories even if at the time water dripping on you was a nightmare but it still turns into a happy memory 👌

[@lexluthor9966]

Decent video and loving that tent. Gonna now watch 'into the wild' later 😂

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Thank you 🙏 yeah watch it your love it 👌

[@kodiak_woodsman]

Awesome set up. Love the vintage gear.

[@jazzkazz]

Oh my....The old blue Camping Gaz stoves and lanterns...now THAT takes me back lol

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

They are great aint they haha

[@Joker33743]

I remember it when I had one it was fantastic

[@jazzkazz]

@@mdmoutdooradventures my dad had them, and I remember as a little kid I used to fall asleep to the comforting sound of that Gaz lantern hiss at night 😁😁

[@yorkshire.woodsman_outdoor5454]

I say Mr Marc splendid video "legend"

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Thank you 🙏

[@owenmorse3136]

Going back in time ment you was being away from everything unless you wanted to queue at the local phone box , reading books and playing board games and winning and losing at cards was the order of the day and only radio was your only real connection with the outside world even though you were just outside Hastings , I obtained recently a copy of living wild by Bear Grylls its a interesting read if anyone is interested , so another good video MDM we need you to just keep on going. MDM .

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Yep they definitely didn’t have what we have today to keep us occupied 👍

[@paulblubaugh589]

This adventure hit home. I have that exact same Jansport backpack (which I bought new in the early 80's) and still use it for heavy loads. I also had Camping Gaz stoves and lanterns which were the best until I could no longer find their proprietary fuel canisters. Agree with you about sleeping on those old closed-cell foam mats. They worked but I'm too old to be sleeping on the ground.

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Hopefully it brought back some good memories for you 👌 I found the jansport bag to be very comfortable an absolute great bag 👌

[@paddy1437]

really loving the retro gear....heads off to ebay......👍👍

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Got to love a bit of vintage 👍

[@harrygiles1098]

great video

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Thank you 👍

[@justgoingout6824]

Great book, great idea................all you and JB needed to do was turn up in shell suits and perms to really round it off, perhaps a Vestas curry. Good vid

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Yeah shell suits would be hilarious 😂

[@DaveCollierCamping]

Awesome video- have a great day

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Thank you 👌 and you 👍

[@thesteakdetective]

I Say Old Chap! Splendid video. Reminded me of carry of camping. Good job you didn't have radishes for dinner as that's ruddy nice tent said Charlie Muggins. Many of them from that era have those Y shaped pin blocks for the poles. Love to see the old vintage gear and you're right that's it's built to last. Burnt orange and sh"t brown floral was all the rage back then 😅 great transmission! ♨️

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Thanks old chap 👍 vintage but still going strong 💪

[@roberttolley5055]

I'm going in Friday heart stints, as soon as possible get the 1979 Harley Davidson chopper show bike. Put the camping back pack on it with the saddle bags, and do a 1970s biker camping adventure ❤

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

I hope it all goes well for you on Friday 🤞

[@roberttolley5055]

I watched 2 guys. Use clear plastic covering front of shelter. Plastic directed the heat in tent. Maybe you could try a video. Set up so wind hits tent first, then fire 3 feet ish in front of door. Plastic cover clothes pins, rolled over 2 poles stuck in ground. Since f2 has 3 in trances. Something to think about. You tube far north bush craft. Watch him your self. Good saying hey.

[@jim-bob-outdoors]

Good video mate, I enjoyed that. 👍😎

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Thanks Alan 👍

[@bsb11kat25]

Great Vid mate......those "vintage" camera's and iPhones are awesome for videoing lol

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

I’m going to get one of the old video cameras that you have to turn the handle 😂😂

[@Andrewoutdooradventures1550]

Fantastic video with the vintage gear can't bet the old 70s & 80s camping gear still got the gear using the gear this weekend for 2 nights back Sunday cheers Mark for absolutely fantastic video 😊👍

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Thanks Andrew 👍 I hope you have a good trip with the vintage gear 👌

[@sandrafawcett1648]

❤❤❤❤❤❤ it was good video thanks for your video see you soon

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Thank you for watching I’m glad you enjoyed the video 👍👍

[@Sotnek79]

Good one Mark!

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Thank you 🙏

[@seasidegirl8391]

Good book. Try his book on Everest. Love the broadcast.

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Will do 👍

[@AllisonReece]

"Allen slept in his hanging disappointment."😂😂😂😂

[@ekspatvos6264]

Another great video again. Alan of course is a hoot! But I suspect he is also “that one friend” we all have and always refer to as “that one friend”.😂 Thanks guys for great entertainment.

[@rarknivesandleatherwork8045]

All very familiar as I started camping solo in the 70s. I couldn't afford anything as high end as the Vango though.

[@storbunlimitedbushcraft6996]

Quality mate

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Thanks m8 👍

[@ukpaul9221]

Love the trad gear. Understand it and have used it well. Not impressed by the need to have a camp fire, especially as the embers seem to have been left in the night unattended. OK when I was a lad but we have learned a lot since. Every good wish

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

No didn’t need a fire but it’s just nice to look at in the evening and don’t worry we use this camp spot a lot so the fire pit is well established and won’t catch anything a light 👍 also we never go to bed with it still burning it’s always out .

[@texasmoby]

Morning campers… Another enjoyable camping adventure Mark. You know by now I’m a fan (along with Andy & Simon). I do enjoy the vintage specials. Where does one find them for sale and what’s the price range please? Now onto the serious business… Us viewers need longer videos. Let’s see the wood prep, some serious cooking, a bit of bushcraft. You know the score. Similar length to Andy and Simon to give you an example. I like ya style, just need to see more! The channel is monetised so it’s a win, win scenario. What da ya fink old chap? Best wishes from not so sunny Northamptonshire 👍🏼

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Afternoon fellow camper 👍 you can find these tents on eBay from anything from £100 and up depending on condition. The thing is if I put the wood prep in every video then it would just get boring and as for cooking well I hate cooking so it will always be simple meals I’m afraid, I hate cooking so much 😂 it’s just not enjoyable for me and enjoying myself is the main reason I go camping to escape the normal day to day life and routine 👍 but I will try and get some longer videos out in the future 👍

[@donnamccash8728]

Mark..Ive just started watching you, been watching Andy for weeks now, and because Ive watched both of yous, Ive started buying stuff for camping , ( dutch oven) never camped in my life, 57 now ha...I couldn't believe you pulled out that blue box with the lamp and the wee gas cooker thingy...I was gobsmacked, I've got one of them somewhere...its a brilliant wee thing, all the bits your using , vintage stuff are brilliant, I do auctions, car boots, so I collect bits like that, love it....keep showing your vintage bits 😂....xx Donna

[@gladysklip268]

Hi Mark, I've enjoyed watching this video! It was good to see some details of you setting up camp you should do that more often. Greetings from Amsterdam!

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Thank you I’m glad you enjoyed the video 👍 yeah I do like to show it but it does take a while to film it all so it all depends what time I end up heading out that day .

[@tywilliams6530]

Isn’t it crazy that was high speed gear back in the day! And jansport framed pack. Wow. I thought they just made book bags for kids in the 90’s. Great video!

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Thank you 👍 I do love the old gear 👌

[@johnbee6897]

I did my D of E with the old Vango force 10 mk 2, great tents but Heavy, always split it up with a mate

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Yeah they are heavy but bomb proof 👍

[@Jonebee7771]

​@@mdmoutdooradventuresyeah, nothing folds them up, apart from maybe a cow

[@SanaurRehmanShahmir]

Beautiful sharing as usual! Lots of love and respect from a solo mountain hiker friend from the Hindu Kush Mountains Lower Chitral District of Pakistan!

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

I’m glad you enjoyed the video 👌 thank you 🙏

[@honeychurchgipsy6]

I walked the Southdown's Way in the mid 1980's with my partner, using equipment we bought from my friend's club book (rucksacks and sleeping bags and waterproofs) and Millets (lightweight hiking tent) - lol!!!! I did it alone (apart from my dog of course) a few years later in the early 90's with the same stuff: this time I had to carry the tent though!!

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

I would like to walk it and that may be how I do it next time it’s just having the time to do it .

[@honeychurchgipsy6]

@@mdmoutdooradventures - true - you need a at least a week unless you want to do 20 miles a day every day. September is a nice time - just make sure your dog doesn't steal your sleeping bag in the night - lol!!

[@stuartmays]

Hi mate,8 bought the Pre Vango force 10 before it was even a thing. An elderly couple had bought the bright orange canvas tent mail order new and when it arrived,it was missing the A pieces,so they wrote to the company and received a full new tent and told to discard of the other one,that was in the 70s,he put it up the loft and forgot all about it. I bagged it on eBay,brand new never been used or set up about 2 years ago,and simply bought the A pieces online. Yet to use it but such a good sturdy tent,Vango bought that company over and ceased production and simply rebranded the tent to Vango force 10.

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

You need to get that poor tent out and use it mate , poor little tent 😂😂 . Yeah they are very sturdy and from what i understand due to the sturdy design they used them back in the day on Mount Everest . If you type into KZbin vango force 10 tent you should see the short documentary video that was made about 7 years ago with the founder of vango being interviewed, has a nice bit of information in that video 👍 he started vango in his cupboard under the stairs .

[@stuartmays]

@@mdmoutdooradventures Yeah your not wrong mate,ive been scratching my head trying to remember the specifics. It's a Conquest Medina mk1 STD. it's in immaculate unused condition and would definitely stand up to any weather I could possibly be out in. If you ever see one for sale, I'd say grab it.

[@BinManSays87]

You've just gotta love a old force10 I've got a green mk1 feather weight that I'm thinking about trading in for one of those new tents, but only because the fly material in fraying that bad I think it'll come away from the seams if I take it back into the hills again plus I want something I can actually sit up in that doesn't weight a tone

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Yeah they do weigh a lot but bomb proof and stand the test of time

[@BinManSays87]

@@mdmoutdooradventures nope my mk1 all in weighs 1.7kg my ultra heavy tent is a Polish lavvu with a bushcraft Spain modification/button in center which turns it into a 5 man pup tent. It's such a shame to trade in the old F10 but it'll get me £200+ off a new 4 season hiking tent

[@RoughTimba]

nicely done sir

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Thank you 🙏

[@josht.m9697]

that was a nice looking tent looked a bit bulky tho and i hope he enjoyed his hammock 🤣🤣🤣😎

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

He wasn’t very impressed with the hammock 😂😂

[@josht.m9697]

🤣🤣🤣@@mdmoutdooradventures

[@lethiferouscherryred7277]

So how did you come by this old Vango Force 10 and where from? Were you specifically looking for one or just retro gear in general? Do you know when it was manufactured from and until? We're you warm enough overnight and how would you say it compared to more modern tents? Did you find out how much this would have retailed for at the time? Did you get rain overnight?, I can't remember you saying! Interested to know how it fairs in the wet? Oh yes and was it heavy? You did seem mildly flushed in your intro!

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Yeah it is heavy for sure but a fantastic bit of kit . I believe they first hit the market in 1967 or 1968 and was the first tent vango designed and put on the market even using them on mountain Everest back in the day . I’ve been looking at them for a while but most of them I saw was always bright orange so I was just waiting for the right colour to show its face

[@Herknungr]

Lovely cup of anti-murdery juicy juice!

[@roberttolley5055]

Live in center of Ohio, Wooster Ohio. 57 years. Disabled by tanker on highway. Stuck on vintage camping gear.

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Oh I’m sorry to hear that , I hope you still manage to get out with the vintage gear

[@craigdann3954]

Can you tell me what brew kit you used in this great vid please..

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

It’s the bulldog billy can

[@georgeshort4112]

Where the hell do you get all this gear. Great vid yet again.

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

😂😂 I’m magic 😂😂

[@nic.in.the.pacific5113]

Mark, please stop referring to the gear I used as young fella as "vintage" 😂😂😂, even way back in those days we had inflatable mattresses! Great vid as always.

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

😂😂 I’m afraid we are vintage haha 😂 . I’m glad you liked the video . If I manage to find a inflatable mat from them days I will get one 👍

[@nic.in.the.pacific5113]

we used the “Lilo”, used them in the sea during the day and to sleep on at night.

[@kandicemarye8822]

Awright.....embarrassed but what what the deck is terrah?? I'm in Florida in the US an am finally breaking down to ask ask what it is. I've a friend in Ireland who, bless her heart, she usually get stuck with these questions but this one is yours...😂😂😂😂😂. So please and thank you and again I need a recipe for blood sausages. You make it look freaking good. Can you buy it made up here in the states? Anyways, love your vdeos, never enough. Watch her back

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

😂😂 Terrah means goodbye here in the uk 🇬🇧 yes you can buy blood sausages already made up here but not sure if you can in the states .

[@tobygawthorp8010]

Great video!!! What is Alan's channel?

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Thank you 👍 youtube.com/@frogmaster83?si=mg02DzEt1QKLkcGR

[@Joker33743]

Could anyone leave a link to Alan's Chanel please

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Here it is youtube.com/@frogmaster83?si=mg02DzEt1QKLkcGR

[@gibbo573]

What is Alan’s channel called Mark?

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Here you go this is his channel link 👍 youtube.com/@frogmaster83?si=FXP4X4N4p_CTqH7e

[@gibbo573]

Thank you a Mark. Keep up the good work mate.

[@richavery5431]

What brand pot and lid did you use?

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

I believe it’s made by a company called Bulldog but it’s pretty old so the company may not be around anymore.

[@hughsmith9401]

mice one i joined the army 1980 what ever you do don't buy a British army 58 pattern sleeping bag 🤣great channel

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

👍👍

[@budwilliams6590]

How about a link to Allen's channel?

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

youtube.com/@frogmaster83?si=cNRfHoNlko97KisG there you go

[@paulwatts1687]

Does anyone have the link to Allen's channel as I cannot find it?

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

youtube.com/@frogmaster83?si=xsqCXP9pJMiih-mj

[@dwaynestewart411]

Awesome video. Hey if you were hoping for rain I would be glad to send you some. I live in florida and we are getting a category 4 hurricane hitting us as we speak so I could spare some for ya😅😅😅 Dwayne

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Yeah send it over 😂😂 I like camping in the rain hearing it on the tent 👌

[@TheChaplin434]

I went my local, army shop for 2 shelter half's he wanted 60 quid for them

[@alanmacmillan6957]

I wonder if a Vango Force ten mk2 LW would survive 65mph winds on a mountain......... if I get one from somewhere I might test it. it's low to ground, fairly strong poles..... maybe with extra guy lines would do the business.

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Well I did look into the history on the canvas version of the force 10 and they did get used on Mount Everest base camp so they should be very good in bad weather 👍

[@JJ-JOHNSON]

Back in the 80s, we weren't reading books. We we're hunting or fishing while out camping. Those were the good old days..

[@mdmoutdooradventures]

Us brits probably did read books , hunting rights are a bit different over here unfortunately

[@PhillipStewart-k7f]

Amen for the good old days no phone no computers. Just outside. N the sun n moon. 😊

[@CampWithMatt]

Also - Gotta link to Andy's channel/Insta?