I BAILED! Tick Nightmare + THANK YOU For 1 Year On Youtube
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- My celebration of 1 year on UA-cam didn’t go quite as planned! What was originally supposed to be a summit bivi of Cnicht was changed to a summit bivi of Yr Arddu, which I then ended up bailing on - it's been over 2 weeks now and this experience still makes me shudder! 😖
Thank you so much for watching me for 1 year now 🥰 All of you guys who have been here since the start, and all my new subscribers too, I appreciate you all so much and am so grateful that you like to watch me doing what I love
..THANK YOU! ❤
See part one of this trip here: • A Night In A Mountain ...
Lyme disease.. (among other things that ticks transmit) is a seriously nasty, potentially life-changing illness that you don’t wanna get. Check yourself thoroughly EVERY time you travel through long grass, ferns and anywhere that you make contact with foliage. Don’t panic if you get bitten but do get them off. They are unlikely to transmit Lyme if they are promptly removed before they start feeding. Look up how to remove them safely and kill each one only after it is removed. Experts disagree on how long it takes for ticks to transmit Lyme, but it is generally thought to take over 24 hours
After this trip, my car had to have a hardcore interior cleaning. I bought a new drone, sent my camera for repair again (the battery compartment broke on Yr Arddu). And replaced my potentially-infested socks and my waterproof over-trousers, which I'd ripped. So it turned out to be a bit of an expensive and knackering trip. My health, thankfully, has been fine
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Hi Clair, i first came across your channel mid July, and it has changed my life. I have been widowed for just over 8 years and not had a holiday in that time, by the first week of August i had bought tent, backpack boots ect ect changed the thirsty Merc for a diesel Saab and was on my way to Cumbria. Absolutely loved it. Have since been back there again, and just recently come back from a few days at Dovedale. Have seen some wonderful misty mornings, spectacular sunsets, 3 RAF Typhoons flying low over Skiddaw and a naked man running down Blencathra 🤔🤔 !!!!. Am now researching lightweight tents ect to go wild camping in Wales and Scotland. Thanks for the inspiration, and the gear guides and look forward to your next video. Finally, for anyone that has got this far, i am a almost 68year old, semi retired NHS bank worker, don't let age stop you, get out there and enjoy our beautiful country. Take care James 😊
Great to here you've been inspired so.
I got inspired by Patrick Dickson last year. He did a video on recreational tree climbing. So for my 70th birthday I bought the gear and have been enjoying the canopies of many magnificent trees.
@@aumjohnfisher8181 We all seem to watch the same inspirational people. Looking forward to Patrick Dickinson coming back from his break in videos.
Loved your comment James. I hope you are well and getting back out there in nature. Nature heals.
Hi Clare and James. I too lost my wife in Nov 2020 and have just about got all my kit together for my first night out. Love the channel its so inspiring
At 72, I started fell walking again this year. Used to do it a lot in my youth. Thought it was all over but not so, I just needed someone to do it with. Not quite as brave as you and Clair, to do it alone. But that's ok. x
A famous mountaineer said "Getting to the top is optional, getting down is not", trusting your gut is never wrong. I don't see this as a "fail" but another experience in the great outdoors that you have learned from. Now that cupcake at the end...... that's another matter altogether :)
She clearly is the champion. I agree with your advice!👍
The skill of a mountaineer is knowing when to quit and climb another day.
^ This. 100%.
@@OffGridwanderlust it’s still an important skill though. Ego kills.
Agree,best way is to know your limits
From experience, at times I think that is the most important skill 👍
@@OffGridwanderlust i beg to differ.
You made a rough trek, lost your drone, dealt with a lot, and came back to tell about it. Not a fail. Just pushing tough, but having enough sense to recognize when it was time to call it. Loved the sound of the rain on the car. I'd have slept there a bit too after all that. And enjoyed it. I've lived in many places, including 4 years in the interior of Alaska. I feel the same way about mosquitos as you do those ticks. I've been in Southwest Texas since 1996 now. Being able to lay in bed or lean back in my truck and listen to the rain is a rare treat these days. Much respect and wishing you a long and wonderful life.
That's not a fail at all Claire. Evaluating the situation, and making the right call is a success in my book. Mountain Rescue would be less busy if people made the right decisions more often. Love the videos and congrats on the first year.
Totally agree. Claire you made completely mature informed decisions. And lived to do it again.
OMG I nearly checked MYSELF for ticks! 😂 Thanks for sharing your unique and wonderful adventures with all of us ❤
Personally I love the video. It shows the reality of camping and the pitfalls of it. Very informative.
Thanks David :) this whole trip was the worst one yet I think haha. Hopefully things can only get better 😂
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I got a tick bite and never knew about it until next morning I was shivering uncontrollably so I went to a Doctor who knew what it was and gave me 6 weeks supply of antibiotics, these helped a lot. I have a supply of a product called ,''Fogger", so you put all your stuff laid out on the floor then put the fogger right in the middle of the room, pull the tab and get out damn quick ! Leave the room shut for 24 hours then go back in, open the window and allow fresh air to get into the room, shake all your stuff out in the garden and you will be pest free ! Your channel is interesting but solo camping overnight is a risk, if our daughter ever wanted to go solo camping overnight then I would tell her to take her dog along
Congratulations!
About the ticks: if you have a large enough freezer put the garbage bags with your shoes and backpack in there and leave them for a couple of days. Long enough for the complete content to get well frozen. The ticks will die.
A hot wash cycle is good enough
@@zeez9053 oké, didn't know that.
@@Ottedikkie got to be above 54 degrees Celsius .Also in the drier kills them aswel at over 54 degrees C
@@zeez9053 good to know. Thank you!
Either way you need an enormous dryer or refrigerator , just bag them up and make sure you use in that time other items for hiking , and wait for cold nights -1C - 4C early mornings for a few nights, and leave bags outside basically when there are cold spells through January /Feb.
Sounds like tick hell!!! Good call to bail out and good call on the MacDs stop. Sometimes you gotta. Congratulations on One Year!
Omg…I’d still be traumatized. You’re so brave and intelligent. Knowing when to call it day can save lives.
Also, you probably were the only warm red bloodied creature to come their way. The ticks were in heaven!!!!!
Absolutely love your channel!!!!
OMG I don't blame you for bailing. I've been 'out and about' most of my life (54 years) - North of England, Wales, bits and bobs around the world, all without being attacked by ticks once. I now live in the far north of Scotland (not even a foresty mountainous bit) and in the ten years of being up here I've been put off going out by the ticks. I thought it was just me they liked - clearly not. So mushroom foraging, wild camping, even cycling! is all affected by having to factor in the tick problem. You are indeed a trooper par excellence and a massive inspiration - thank you.
I'm with you on the ticks. Very little in nature bothers me, but ticks really creep me out. Happy 1 year anniversary!
When you mentioned checking "bits" for ticks - I shuddered. That's a firm no... Tick bites are never pleasant, but that would be beyond a joke !
Love the videos - I have not done anything like this since I was a lot younger and now physically just can't even contemplate it, so I enjoy trekking by proxy :) As far as your "fail" is considered - I see a fail as putting yourself in an unsafe or unpleasant situation. This is meant to be fun and removing stress - if your safety is threatened in any way, bailing out is the right thing to do. A single tick bite is not fun, but 30 or 40 of the little sods... no way!!
Thanks for letting us explore with you - hopefully you will get up my "neck of the woods" (Scotland), as we have some pretty respectable scenery up here too :)
Oh my god I loved watching this! I just found your channel and I am watching this whilst sleeping in a make shift shelter in heavy rain on Dartmoor because my tent failed!!! I am now thankfully warm and dry and feel so much better after watching your video (at 2am haha) because part of me felt like I had failed. I can see now it’s all learning and growth to make my spirit stronger. Thank you 💚
Brilliant vlog. Inspirational young lady. Well done. Happy birthday channel.
Whether you nail it or you bail it ...it simply doesn't matter.
Providing the experience is memorable (for good, or for bad) and no one gets hurt, putting ourselves in situations like these make us so much stronger, wiser and richer.
A very Happy Birthday Wildbeare (Penblwydd Hapus;).
This is very true Thomas! :) Diolch yn fawr iawn
You didn't fail, Claire, you intelligently re-evaluated your options. Much respect from New Zealand.
Sorry it didn't work out Claire, yes Lyme Disease is horrible, I have a friend who caught it and is still suffering years later, even after several medical treatments. Nothing wrong with bailing! You made the right decision, personal safety first!
Happy 1st birthday on UA-cam! Thanks for cheering me up and making me smile, as you always do.
thank you for being so honest about 'bailing'. I had to bail on my second bikecamping trip a few weeks ago. my gut was telling me it was going to be too much for my body to handle. I had just finished a 152km weeklong bikecamp with my dog and a prior two months worth of riding. so I was in need of a rest from over a total of approximately 1200km of biking in 60 days. I was so disappointed, but listened and cancelled my campsite for that week. as the days went, I started to realize that i wasn't feeling well and if I had pushed through, I would have been sick and alone in the rain for days with my dog. So glad I cancelled and stayed home. there will always be other trips and the confidence I gained by listening to my body is invaluable.
Greetings from sunny Malaysia 🏕🇲🇾. Congratulations on the 1st anniversary of your channel. Great to see how it's grown in the last 12 months with the content and quality going from strength to strength. A shame about having to bale out on this trip but that's an insane amount of ticks you collected and safety comes first.. Here's to the next 12 months adventures and many more beyond that. ATVB, stay safe and tick-free 🎂😷
Hell of a trip girl, it’s definitely NOT a fail, it’s just attempt number one. Those ticks were really horrendous,staysafe, you have more guts than me !
Ahh bless you. Definitely no shame in bailing when faced with such a formidable enemy. Ticks are the worst and at my age it's hard to spot them without my bins. Even though it must have been pure hell for you, the video was pure joy for the rest of us. Keep it up you nutter, albeit a nutter with a winning smile and an infectious personality.
A bail is not a fail,it's the right call at the time.Happy Anniversary brave lady.....
Well, thank YOU! You do such a good job of conveying your love of nature through the screen, and you vids are so well made. You inspired me to do my first solo wild camp this summer - at the age of 56... I don't envy you your tick nightmare though, that looked truly horrific!
Hi Anett! Ahh thanks, I do love it so, even when it spends the weekend kicking my butt, haha. I'm soo happy that you've gotten out solo camping, so good for the soul isn't it, and confidence building. Yeh it was pretty bad, think I might be developing a bit of a phobia of them now. Had a few run-ins with them this summer but this was by far the worst 😫 ergh horrid things. Have a lovely evening :) 💚Claire
Kudos to you and your adventuring spirit.
I also HATE ticks, with a vengeance! They are the nastiest little critters, EVER!!!
I am new here, found your channel and have been watching a few vids.
I have subbed and rung that bell too. So I look forward to the next one.
But first, I am going to hunt down your vid with the pink Bunny Onesie... lol 😜😜
Oh, and the true nature of strength (versus weakness), is to know your limits.
Definitely not a fail - but a right call to bail.
Thanks for sharing
Cheers
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At only 1-year, perhaps the *all-round* most enjoyable hiking content on the internet, IMO. THANK YOU!
I hate ticks… 😮 congratulations to 1 year and don’t see this as a failure. It only shows how clever you are. Love from Sweden. ❤ 🇸🇪
Happy one year channelversary! Knowing when not to succumb to "pressonitis" is an excellent skill to have. Better to be safe in your car wishing you were up at the summit than stuck at the summit wishing you were safe in your car. Looking forward to everything you have planned to show us in the second Wildbeare year.
Thank you Neil! Yehh I was glad to be back in the car, relatively tick-free and not getting drenched in a bivi bag on a lil rock summit 😄 that would not have been fun at all haha
Feeling itchy now and its making me tick-ed off....Enjoying watching your videos you make though and what to expect of the outdoors
The difference between a real outdoors person and a fool is not knowing when to say, "Whoa, this is not going to work!". Thank you for a year shared with us, Claire, and all your lovely videos. You are an inspiration. May you have many wonderful years more!
A good tip might be to use larger sized freezer bags, to put your used clothes in. Squeeze air out, seal tight and bag them. It's what I do whilst travelling; staying at hostels/hotels... On returning home, I've been known to put the bags in my freezer for a good 24 hours and then stick them in the washing machine. No bugs on me...🤪😂❤
Well done Claire, can’t believe your Chanel has only been a year, You are so accomplished. Thank you for your videos, love watching them, beautiful scenery, great adventures and you are so inspirational. Look forward to more.
Hi Sue, ahh thanks! It's strange it's flown by, but I'm also surprised how much I've managed to fit into it 😄 I'm so glad you like them and so grateful for your kind words & encouragement, thank you! 💚
You gave it a go, that's what matters. And you inspire me. Thank you 🙏🏻
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Standing ovation. Well done Claire I’m still quite new to your channel in fact I’m new to all this UA-cam stuff. But thank you for your video’s they really cheer me up when I’m low. And it’s never a foul there’s always another day your safety is the most important thing and ticks can be very nasty. I’ve worked the woods all my life and been very sick due to ticks so you absolutely made the right decision. Good luck for the next years to come. And thank you for this one. 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂
Definitely not a fail! Well done for getting as far as you did. 👍🏻 live the channel by the way
Happy first birthday Claire 🎂🍾 Being safe and using common sense isn't failing, that's how we learn for the next challenge 👍
Its not a fail!! A fail is sitting at home and doing nothing, while watching someone do this on UA-cam... cough, cough. I have an excuse, I live in Texas and ticks are the least of my worries. You made the right call and banged out before you got yourself into a worse situation. Thats a win. Experience is always a win. Hang tough and keep on trekking. Watching you battle your way through adversity to have amazing experiences is nothing short of an inspiration.
The text and comments you put at the end of this one are very inspirational. Thank you for sharing all you do. I'm glad you bailed, keep safe and take care of yourself!
After watching your struggle with the ticks, I felt itchy all over! lol! When I first bought the farm I live on in Canada, the land was very wild, lots of deer ( tick carriers!) every time I walked out the door it seemed I brought back a few “little friends”! My dogs and horses got them too so it seemed I was forever removing the bloodthirsty little monsters! I am relieved to report that cutting back the grasses and grazing the horses has removed the tick problem. I still tuck pants in socks etc if I’m walking on the wilder parts of the property though! I HATE TICKS ! Love your videos❤️
This was certainly no failure! Your fortitude is awe inspiring…Love watching your videos
You never failed if you've tried,and if you never fail you never have tried...you are fine young person congratulation welcome to life...ENJOY..
Definitely the right decision...rain , ticks , drone , conditions, environment, if its not enjoyable have big mac 👍thanks for a brilliant first year inspiring all the best stay safe marra 🏕
Ticks are no joke. I think you made the right decision. I actually hate the deer flies more, as they always try to get into my beard.
I like your honesty that's why I love your channel. These trips do not always go as planned
THANK YOU FOR TAKING USE WITH YOU ON YOUR ANDVENTURES!
Some of the most challenging times in our lives become the best stories. You learnt a lot from this adventure Claire and it all leads to growth and resilience. Some stunning scenery, thank you for sharing 😊
This is true :) it's really beautiful there 💚 thanks Gary
You didn't bail you used experience. No one likes ticks, be proud of yourself. Would love to wild camp with you one day. Congratulations on one year. I've bailed before even after 25 year's of wild camping. Never be despondent about something you love. Your face says everything about mother nature. Xx
Super first year, can relate to the tick situation and Permethrin is the best defence alongside a little less bushwhacking through the growth! No fail, just a bail, wise move when cons outweigh the pros get outta dodge!
You are my absolute hero. I don't see a "bail" I see "survival tack". Anyone in there right mind would do the same. Ticks are a serious menace. (I've dealt with them myself), and they can be a serious detriment to your health. You did the right thing.
Failing an adventure is like digging half a hole, it's just not possible. You went out and explored and you're now back home safe, that's a win! Love your videos!
Crikey mate!!! What a ball ache! You did so well!! Well done. Bless you.
Like so many others I love the channel and congratulations on your first year! Never worry about the trips you take or how they turn out, I expect that most of us are here for your great attitude and positivity!
I worked outdoors for years and share your loathing of ticks, I can highly recommend treating your clothes with any available form of permethrin, it is great at repelling ticks and other biting insects. I know many people have strong views on some of these harsher chemical products, but with all the diseases that can me passed through insect bites, I always felt it was a compelling case. Best of luck, looking forward to more adventures i the coming year !!
As an Australian bush walker, I strongly agree. I spray the strongest insect repellent I can on my clothes, prior to each walk and after every major stop. I haven’t had a problem with leaches, tics, flies or mosquitoes for years. I like to minimise the amount of heavy chemicals in my life, but having had to have minor surgery from my GP 30 years ago to remove an unfound tic and the amount of Ross River Fever here, down under 🇦🇺, I no longer feel guilty about using heavy duty insect repellent on my clothes, pack, face, ears and neck. Not to mention, the spiders here can pack a mean bite at times.
You and me both then for the annihilation of the tic community?! 😂 We live on Dartmoor and they are horrible but I’ve NEVER seen anything like your experience. GEEZ😱 I’m itching just watching. Happy Anniversary 🎉 And so pleased I found your channel. You’re an inspiration to get me outdoors and wild camping, although even at 53 I’m still a bit scared & freaked but your channel is huge help.
Thank you so much for keeping our family entertained Claire, can't believe it's a year but hey we'll done, keep the content coming, your a star 🌟👍
A long (long....) time ago, one of my teachers said, "we never have disasters, we just have rich learning experiences." It's basically how you choose to look at an event and whether or not you use it to become wiser. Good for you for posting this video, which lends a whole new meaning to the phrase "I'll be there in a few ticks...."
I’ve binged so many of your videos this evening. I’m amazed at the cinematography, the content and how articulate you are. What a great thing you are achieving
Please don’t stop making these wonderful videos! Watching your videos is my happy time ! 🤭
I'm glad for you that the comments are so supportive, rightly so. Knowing one's limits is a skill that is rarely talked about so well done for getting it out there. And here's to the next few years!
Claire, about 20-30 people die every year in the mountains of my little land. The mountain rescue service intervenes more than 200 times. Each year. Your experience is worth its weight in gold with the message that sometimes it is wiser to give up. I'm sooooo subbing!
Just came across your channel, might I recommend an o’tom tick twister in your first aid kit. Works a treat if the little blighters latch on and helps prevent them leaving the heads behind. Me and my boy had the tick issue wild camping in the forest of Bowland. Oh and get some DEET, helps repel them.
You did not bail! You climbed the summit, and you took the most responsable descision you could make for your health! Good job ! (but.....I agree on the trauma part.....I hope your dreams will be completely tickless). I have been following you for some time now, but I believe this is my very first comment. Love the honesty and open minded experiences you share with us. Keep it up you brave woman! Greetings from the Netherlands!
Happy 1st Birthday Wildbeare, I haven’t been following for that long. But love the content and inspiring me to get out in the bush more often. Thank you.
Hi Geoff, thank you :) 🎂 so glad it's inspired you to get out more, have the best time in the wild places :D 🌿 Claire
Hello WildBeare and thank you for this video. I've been following for about a year and love your videos, but this one was particularly meaningful for me. About 4 years ago I became obsessed with the idea of rowing solo across the Atlantic. I started training, did courses, bought a boat and started building a following so that I could raise money for a couple of charities. Then a few months ago I went out for a training session from Bridlington and everything changed. I don't really know what it was but there was a voice in my head (no I wasn't hallucinating), and it was saying "you can't do this". I thought about it long and hard and decided eventually that I had to bail. It's not easy giving up on something like that but your video has helped me to put it into some kind of perspective and come to terms with it. Looking forward to the next video!
What a beautiful soul you are, I love sense of life and adventure, keep going it’s awesome x
A few years ago, my son and I backpacked up a river in Oregon. The ticks were so bad, it seemed nothing would stop them from biting, even in our tent. We bailed too! There is no shame for getting out of a mess like that!
Happy first birthday Claire !
That was not a “failure” it was an “experience” and from that you gain knowledge . Like wearing appropriate clothes to cover up the Tick menu 😉
Looking forward to your next adventure . Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for sharing. Your video highlights the importance of making a difficult decision and bailing out if necessary. You made totally the right call and it potentially saved you from serious illness. Keep the videos coming, love them. Stay safe 😊
I love your beautiful little channel. You are so positive, even in the face of tickaggedon! Happy birthday Wildbeare!!
Ahh thank you so much Geoff 💚 I've had the best year :D 🎂
@@WildBeare here's to many more! 🎉
Glad you had the sense to bail, never seen so many ticks in my life!!! Cnicht is a fantastic mountain.
just found your page and now Subscribed
I always feel at peace when I watch you , trust me you're a special person x
Aw yay that's so nice, peace is good 🥰 thank you 💚
Retreat is the most important mountain skill. If you don’t fail sometimes it means things are too easy😂. Great passion and great films. Happy 1st Birthday. 👌
Well done, you’re pretty hardcore so what felt like a “failure” to you is far more than others will ever try! Love your brutal honesty in your videos, can’t wait to see your next video of you back out there bossing it!
I’m not sure quitting was a failure in this case, seems like you assessed the situation and used your experience and judgment to do the right thing ❤
Wow, I've been walking in the hills for years and I don't think I've ever seen a tick. If your ever in that area again I can recommend Moel Mawr on the other side of the valley from Cnicht, it has just about the best mountain views in wales, several great paths up and some interesting old mine workings half way up on one side and a damn on the other.
Considering the difficulty of hiking that terrain, you have to be impressed with the gruelling work that it must have been to build those walls. Amazing. And …. Congratulations on a very successful youtube channel.
It’s never a fail! It’s all just experience and you still produced a great video 👍🏻 congratulations on your one year channel WildBeare. Really like your hat by the way 😊 (I always share most of your videos on Twitter & FB along with Haze Outdoors as well) both of your channels are my favourites
Heyy, so glad you like the hat haha! Thank you :) yeh this one was an experience for sure, not the experience I had in mind but there you go 😂 Aw thanks! Yes Mr Haze is awesome ✨ have a lovely eve :D
Ticks are horrific we have an inbuilt fear of them. Totally wasn't a fail i.love that you go with your gut. It's a brilliant attitude and it's definitely the message we all should heed. We should listen to our instincts not quiet them
They are part of us for a reason and have very possibly saved you many times. It's so refreshing to have an adventurer say erm no I'm turning back I LOVE that
1 year and you're doing extremely well, from an outside perspective the channel is extremely positive even despite setbacks experienced here, some of the filming is exceptional and the colours vibrant, enjoyable 2 part video and like some other channels, better than what's on TV! Ticks are a nightmare though, good call I think, better safe than sorry.
Thank you :) I love making them, it's really lovely that other people like to watch them :D yeh they're horrendous I've had enough of them now, been so bad this summer!
@@WildBeare I was bitten outdoors a few years ago. It wasn't a tick but it put me off my feet for two weeks with 2 courses of antibiotics. I never walk through bracken, forest or dense undergrowth near rivers without my legs and arms covered. I know it seems a pain, particularly in warm weather (who doesn't like wearing shorts in summer) but I learnt the hard way.
Anyway, you just do want you think is right for you and keep up the good work. Your photography and commentaries are really well done and are quite professional.
Ticks are jerks, but Better Free Than Safe!
Well done Claire Bear. You made the right decision to bail. People can become stuck in very isolated regions without guidance especially when the weather changes for the worse. Tall ferns are notorious for ticks especially when inhabited by sheep. Watching this made me subscribe.
That's a tick horror show, the right decision to get out. I bailed from Dartmoor last year, albeit for different reasons. Congratulations on the one year anniversary, here's to another great one, thanks Claire 🎉🍻👍
Yehh, it was so bad, I wish I'd filmed it but I got myself all in a bit of a stress with it all and just wanted them off me ASAP. Nowt wrong with a bail Mike! I've had a few. Thank you so much! :D
A good tick deterrent is Permethrin. My outer garments would be sprayed with it. Bad thing is you can't put it on bare skin. Everywhere else I tried to use tick repellent with deet.
Worst camping trip I had to bail on was a winter trip. Weather turned out much morse and dropped to -21 C. The wood we had pre-collected at our campsiite was like a sponge, and took more energy to burn than put off heat. We were bundled up in our sleeping bags and didn't want to stir at all and do anything. The campsite was road accessible and luckily my father drove out to make sure we were still alive. The road was passable by 4x4, but the trail we took was drifter over by snow.
So excited to see this one Claire, what a weird episode for the 1 year anniversary but hey, Pooh happens, LOL. Love it, keep it real bud
Hahaha yeh very weird!! Not exactly what I had in mind 😂 Thanks for watching Sir :)
@@WildBeare You`re not far from where i used to go camping... Porthmadog/Black Rock Sands/ Criccieth/ Borth y Gest/ Beddgelert/ Tremadog...
Mountain rescue teams spend hundreds of man hours looking for people who did not bail when they new they should but didn't! Stay safe and happy first birthday.
Happy First Anniversary Claire. Be you and never change, this life is amazing, plus this wonderful country of ours has loads of excellent places to explore. Take care and have fun 👍
Thank you Asa :) isn't it just! :D 💚 You too, cheers!
I have enjoyed watching you progress in the outdoor world over the last 12 months, and I admire your sense of adventure. Ticks are awful things and can lead to nasty illnesses like Lyme's disease, always carry a tick removal tool which enables you to remove ticks safely, they are cheap and very light, a must have in any outdoor first aid kit.
Claire(?)......I haven't solo camped in almost 40 years but I have often wondered
if a person could put a flea/tick collar around each boot at ankle level to keep
critters away. I don't know if they are safe to handle every day but it might be
worth asking about.
Tick bites are the worst! I remember watching my young son having a golf lesson, I waded through some longer grass at the side of the driving range to get a better view of what they were doing. Got bitten straight away, and my leg blew up like Michelin Man. Must be a constant hazard for you, great channel.
You should consider investing in Permethrin. You can treat all your clothes, rucksacks, anything fabric based with it, and it will kill Ticks on contact for ~6 weeks or ~6 wash cycles. It is highly toxic to aquatic life and cats in it's liquid form, so care needs to be taken applying it to clothes; but it is the most effective long term tick deterrent available. Combining it with smidge is the way to go. It also kills any midge that land on your clothes. Worth it when going off trail or in peak beastie season. It can even be applied to tents or sleeping bag liners.
poison, don't do it to yourself
Wanted to check if someone else mentioned this, I fully concur. Works great in the USA in tick country and doesn't cause problems on synthetic materials like DEET. Also won't rinse away in rain or other wet conditions. Of course you should test a small patch of materials to see if you have allergic reaction. Perfect for a light sleeping bag liner that can double as a wipe for your back and hard to reach places. BTW, I do have a cat and as long as the treated items are fully dry, the cat will be ok. With this, you can defeat the ticks and go where you haven't gone before. Permethrin is widely used for this and certain parasitic maladies which you can look up to determine if this is the right solution for you. Good luck
It is so poisonous for you too though.
@@BotanyDegreePilkertonits prescribed for scabies so definitely not poisonous to humans 😂
@@sheona7693no its not
Bail out Is a smart thing to do! I thought leeches was a major horror on hikking trekking trips , yet to experience ticks this much.
Very smart choice. You have little margin for error when you solo foray. My family truly loves your channel.
I have been watching this channel for a number of reasons. First and foremost because I love the outdoors and genuinely would love to replicate similar adventures myself. Reality is I probably won’t, but I can at least get some vicarious experience here. Secondly is that these adventures speak to the strength of individual character and determination to fill one’s life with experiences one could not get easily. It is an analogy for life. Life is really hard. Overcoming adversity brings perhaps the greatest gift to life. This shows that in action. Thanks so much. And thanks to your family for supporting your ambition.
I personally hate ticks myself but you push yourself to the limit of what you could endure and thank you for sharing your experience
That tick situation is a nightmare. I don’t blame you for bailing! Ugh.
You could write a book on how to make the best of a bad situation Claire! Great video especially the end bit with the celebration. Be well and I hope you continue for years to come😊
I feel your pain..I hate ticks as well. Hang in there..more great adventures to come..👍
You produce some of the most beautifully crafted videos on UA-cam. Wonderful real content. Happy 1st YT birthday 🎂
It was not a fail! You followed the compass of your instinct and made a good decision. The person who made no mistakes, made nothing. Its all about learning from trial and error and learning from different types of hard situations. You done really well and IMO made the right choice. Not every camp or expedition goes according to plan. If it did you wouldn't have such great stories to tell down the line. I know it can be horrible at the time but in time you will laugh and learn from it. Good for you to show that things can and do go wrong sometimes, thats all part of the experience of what we do and love. Keep her lit Wild Beare!
My goodness Claire I’ve never known anyone as spirited, self-motivated and positive as you. And completely without ego or bravado. You didn’t fail on this occasion and I can’t imagine you ever do because you make a plan, have a go but use your experience and wisdom to tell you when it’s not sensible to persist.
Not a fail at all. Turning back is sometimes the sensible option, it doesn't mean failure. Well done for hanging in there for twenve months, keep going.