Day 3: West Highland Way - Loch Lomond to Tyndrum
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- Опубліковано 11 лис 2024
- West Highland Way Day 3: Edge of Loch Lomand to Tyndrum. 14.4 miles. Ate porridge by the view whilst Midges ate me. Absolutely blistering heat for being exposed most of the morning until the early afternoon. Helped a girl pick a Tick off her arm 🤮😰 Had some relief hiking through Pine Woodland in the afternoon before being out in the Sun again. Finished with a pint. I could hike no more due to swollen feet from the heat. I was in PAIN. ibuprofen and paracetamol will be my friends tonight 🤞🏼 for tomorrow.
Going to hate when this trail ends!
Hope you keep hiking after this trail. I love watching you. You are bubbly and funny and beautiful
Your poor feet. I hope the tape and bandaids were enough to prevent them from getting worse. Consider adding an umbrella to your gear. They are great for rain and blazing sun.
Most AT thru hikers got off in March but some kept going. Some are now summiting Katahdin.
A nice hike and video. Good Luck, Rick
Umbrella!! Noted. And hiking gloves too i think, to stop hand burn! 📝
The scenery there is just so amazing! Great job! Crazy about the sheep. Happy hiking!!
It really was fabulous. So many similarities to places I've been in the states. Woodlands at times very similar to the AT, some vistas slightly like colorado (with MUCH lower peaks!)
Man I would love hiking that trail.
Along with your tips videos could you explain how you dry out your shoes, tent & sleeping bag on the go please? X
My trail runners dry out as I hike. If you get a baaaaaad spell of weather, trail runners are going to be a bit miserable until it clears and it would be best to go for Boots. UK is usually pretty miserable but we had a heat wave recently so I went with my runners as I much prefer them. If my tent is damp I'll try and give it an air out at lunchtime/snack break, if possible. Even better if you're on a big windy hill/mountain and can hold it out like a kite haha. Same with the sleeping bag! But I treat my sleeping bag like pure gold and diamonds and try to avoid it getting wet at all costs - eg keep wet gear out of the tent. Sometimes you can't avoid condensation though unfortunately x
@@appalachiangirluk9960 thank you. I recently went to the lake District with my 11 & 13 year old. We set up in the dry around 12pm but from 2pm - 2am it poured down. By morning the inner tent was wet. We managed to keep the sleeping bags dry but when folding the tent the inner tent inevitably got wet, we decided to go home as it was raining again from 9am & I couldn't see how I'd manage to set it up again later that day & keep our sleeping bags dry. It's not put us off but I need to learn from it x
Oh no!! What tent was it??
@@appalachiangirluk9960 it's a Vango Ark 300 which is waterproof & still had rain running off the outside but just with the sheer amount of constant rain when you touched the inside it was wet. Then with compacting it down to put away everything was wet. I've considered buying a DD 3m tarp for situations like that so I can shield the tent in future (probably not on a long hike but if wild camping) x
Is it a single-walled tent, ie does it go up all in one go? Or do you need to put the inside up first and then the outside?
Having a one-layered tent increases inner condensation as the tent lacks breathability from the inside - from breath and body heat, which then collects inside and trickles and drips down the walls.
In terms of leaking from the outside that's a huge shame and some tents do in fact do this even when 'waterproof'. Where did you get it from and did you just use it for the one trip? Outdoor gear manufacturers often have amazing warranties on items and will refund/gift voucher you. For example I wore Salomons on this whole hike and the fit of the particular model wasn't good and they gave me nasty blisters. I wrote to them about it and i just got an email today to say comfort is under warranty and they are giving me a gift voucher to buy a new pair! They don't even want the old ones back. So do check.
Failing that, have a look into Waterproofing your tent further, I just had a Google and came across this:
www.winfieldsoutdoors.co.uk/blog/best-way-waterproof-tent/
The tarp is a good idea but it will add weight to your load and Waterproofing might be cheaper.
The final option would be a different tent, more of a 'proper backpacking one' (basically it would be two-walled with mesh and waterproof layer, and lighter, a bit more 'engineered' if you will) However they are expensive and I totally get that if its not something you do often then it might not be justifiable in price.
Brands to have a look at would be MSR, Big Agnes, Nemo (but Nemo sizes tend to run a bit smaller and im mindful you said there's 3 of you)