Our Hardest Part of the Cape Wrath Trail - Day 4 & 5
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Still can't get over how tough this day was but epic looking back on it now!
What were the exact dates of your CWT, Edward? Enjoying very much following your films from my faraway perch, across the Atlantic. We prepared our CWT all winter long, 2020, having planned to do it May 2020, then had to "shelve" it when the first lockdown began in late March. Ours would also have been a two-person, parent-son journey. I'm guessing that you were out on the trail in summertime, but can't quite figure it out. It's great to follow your trip day by day, bringing into focus the months of map study that we'd done. Well done to you and your Dad!
PS Just saw foxglove blooming on the hillside where your poor dad took a spill in this section - did you do your CWT in early summer?
@@nellriviere-platt7204 2nd to 18th August (was wondering the same, so went Insta stalking)
@@nellriviere-platt7204 Hey, we done the CWT in August we set off our first day on the 1st day of the month. That’s a shame you had to shelve the trip but hopefully it will not be too long before you can get out and make it happen. Thank you so much, I’m glad you enjoyed the videos 😊
@@JoyHarpy I set off on the 1st of August and walked 16.5 then camped an extra day before driving home 😊
I’ve done bits of the Cape Wrath Trail and I’ve done the whole of the Pyrenees from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean and I can categorically state that the Cape Wrath Trail is ten times tougher than anything you might encounter in the Pyrenees!
Perfect example of waterproofs wetting out when claiming to be 100% waterproof. I do wish water repellency products were more durable, even Nik Wax seems to wear off within 3-5 heavy showers. Crazy conditions Edward! Well done, some fantastic views.
Hard-core, what a humongous effort you two put in & brilliant having a laugh about the conditions.
Super good job guys, impressive 👏
Thanks Kenny, really appreciate that. I mean I think if we didn’t laugh about it we would have probably cried 😂
Your dad tumbles with style! 🙀 All those white water veins running down the hills.....mega...well captured Ed 👏🏻
That clip of my dad tumbling doesn't get old, I still wind him up about not taking the route I took 😂 Thank you Nic!
Been really enjoying your series so far and liked the format of the previous two episodes but this one, man I was on the edge of my seat with your FPOV! You can feel the tension of your traverse and when your Dad took that tumble at 5:30!! Heart in mouth moment!!!
Thank you so much Paul, I’m glad you’ve been enjoying the series hoping to get the last videos out over the next two weeks 😊 yeah I actually surprisingly really liked the GoPro footage, it was good how it caught us in the moment. I still can’t believe I caught my dad falling was lucky the bag worked as a crash mat or it could have been his head!
A fair schlep that! Good job that our skin is waterproof 😊. New subb here buddy👍🏼
Hey Eddie - as well as I can work it out, on the night you guys were in Sourlies Bothy, I was camped a couple of hours up the Glen at the ruins - you would have walked past it - with the sheer cliff on the other side of the river? I was lucky, I got up and away early, and was over the river that blocked you, before the worst of the rain. I managed to get to Kinloch Hourn on the night you camped just short of Barrisdale (although crossing all the side streams on the path from Barrisdale was a challenge). I've walked and climbed in Scotland most of my life (I'm a wee bit older than you!!), and that day was one of the worst days of rain I've ever experienced!! Well done for staying safe in difficult circumstances. On your day 5, I got up and over the ridge, and was tucked up nice and warm at the hotel in Shiel Bridge!
It's really interesting to see somebody else's experience on the trail at more or less the same time. Looking forward to your next video.
Hey David, yeah we started the day off from Sourlies, so your right, you were just up ahead. Like you say it’s honestly so cool to hear that we were just hours apart but had completely different experiences of that section of the trail. I think that’s something I definitely learned from day 4, on these kinds of walks you’ve just got to take it a day at a time and never take anything for granted. The weather was just non stop from when we set off and didn’t really stop until the morning of day 5. I really thought at this point when setting up the tent for day 4 that this would have been the end of our trip and the time would have thrown us off. But thankfully the river was just settled enough that we could get across and back on the path again. Then as you know the weather completely turned after this from floods to sunstroke weather 😂
@@EddieFitz7 Didn't want give up any spoilers ... but yeah, the weather was awesome for most of the rest of my trip. Had a couple of days of rain (one of torrential thunderstorms), but nothing like your day 4, which was just apocalyptic.
Well done and looking forward to the next films. Few scary moments there but gladly all ok. Atb
Thank you so much really appreciate that coming from yourself, your videos are great! Definitely was a tricky and wet day but so glad we got across the river the following morning! Hope you are well.
Dave Goodman sent me a link to this video and I'm glad he did as this is excellent! I'll go back and watch the start later... atb :-)
Ahh that's so good, thank you so much. I am glad people have been enjoying these clips and hopefully will help others plan their own Cape Wrath journey. 😀
Just seen your dad take that tumble. If you've taken the path down the Falls of Glomach later in the journey I don't think that I can watch as I've been on that path and know exactly how treacherous it is (even in dry conditions) and that kind of slip on that path would seriously be game over...
Yeah day 4 was crazy for sure, so many slips and tumbles! Yeah the path down the Falls of Glomach was very tough and like you say we even went down on a dry day and it was super tricky!
Well done the two eddies! Day 4 looked sketchy as hell, done amazing getting through that 🙌😬
Thanks Mark, it was definitely one of the toughest day I have had on the mountain I was just so exhausted by the end of the day. It is good looking back on it now though 🙂
Day 4 looked really tough going and your old boy taking a tumble too , glad he never hurt himself ..enjoying your trip so far ..Stevie
It was definitely my toughest mountain day yet, a lot of decisions had to be made, really thought this would have been the end of the trip. Yeah, that tumble was crazy, thankfully he was okay and that I caught it on camera to wind him up all this time 😂
Great work gents. You’ve inspired me - I’m going to do it November 2022.
Tough,tough tough but your great attitude carried you through.
Great coverage of a tough couple of days.
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Thank you so much Dave, it was funny because at the time I didn't think we would have even captured any of Day 4 from the GoPro. It wasn't until I returned i got to see all the clips, was crazy looking back through it.
Oh godddd, I'd have died on that walk for sure 😅
I pretty much did 😂 Still can't feel my toes haha
I felt like I was with you watching that Go-pro footage , well in for keeping at it and pushing through 💪🏻
I didn't think the go-pro would have even worked so I am so glad I was able to capture all this footage for day 4. There was definitely no way I could have brought the camera out with it being that wet!
Aw man ,that was a brutal day ,really enjoying your videos so far ,well done for sticking in there 👍
It really was a tough day, just really took it out of us. Just so glad we got to cross the river the next morning!
Brilliant 👍
Good video mate 👌🏾
Cheers mate, appreciate that 🙏
Bleurghgh always hate walking in boggy conditions. Every step is like 10 steps... and I favour trail runners, which are crappy in boggy conditions.
Brutal conditions. How was the stalker's hut? When I was there in July one of the walls was missing completely
Yeah it was a tough day! Yeah the Stalkers Hut wasn't in the best condition, pretty much similar to when you saw it.
I am on Australia time so missed the live feed. Just wondered as I plan for my CPT (goodness knows when), if there was any kit that failed miserably. What were the opportunities to dry your wet gear like?
Hi all the way from Scotland, thank for watching the video 🙂I spent a lot of time planning and preparing what kit I was taking and everything worked pretty well. The only thing I had problems with was my water container as I dropped it on day one and it burst leaving me without a bottle until I stopped off at Glenfinnan. I then picked up a standard coke bottle and it was perfect and even lighter! I would also say in terms of camera gear I took a lot but after reviewing the footage from day 4 the GoPro would be a perfect all round camera to take! I have done a little video on all the gear I took for the trip here - ua-cam.com/video/Z6ZLlAgvJwE/v-deo.html
Hey, good job guys! I wish I could walk this trail one day. You've mentioned about boots. I want to buy boots/shoes/trailrunners so I have a question. How did you managed to keep your feet dry. Did your boots leaked? Is it possible after so many hours of rain to stay in waterproofs dry? You should be proud of yourself guys. Nice video!
Hey, thank you so much, I really appreciate that. Yeah, totally! This is a question I have been asked a lot, we both wore boots, even though lots of people wear trail runners because they dry quicker. I didn't get one blister the whole trip and my feet stayed fairly dry the whole time apart from day 4. I must admit we got really lucky with the weather so we had a good few sunny days that followed this bad one allowing all our gear to dry up. In terms of things like river crossings, we were quite careful where we crossed as we wanted to keep ourselves dry, it might have taken us slightly longer finding a path across at times but definitely it paid off on the feet.
@@EddieFitz7 Thanks for your answer!
@@edamusis You are welcome, anything else just give me a shout.
That’s what you call a hard day,
It was so tough, can tell with the bags under my eyes on day 5 😂
Really enjoying this but that background muzak is incredibly annoying.