SOLO WINTER CAMP MOURNE MOUNTAINS NORTHERN IRELAND

SOLO WINTER CAMP MOURNE MOUNTAINS NORTHERN IRELAND





Well I finally get time to bring the new tent out for a nice cold winter camp in the kingdom of Mourne Northern Ireland. The tent is a geertop 4 season 2 man tent and I’m rather pleased with it. I enter the mountains from Annalong a beautiful little place by the Irish Sea. I set of into the hills and aim for a place known as Annalong valley ..pretty scenic spot. I find a nice sheltered spot close to water and on nice high ground out of the soggy ground. The temperature was about minus 1 all day dropping to minus 4 at night you will get a laugh when you see what happens. Camping like this you need the right gear because it’s real out here and when your on your own it adds to the danger. Few things I say on the video .. we always need to stay well hydrated up here even in the cold as our body is working hard keeping warm ,stay well fuelled with food. As for clothes we need to use a layer system many different layers rather than something heavy. The reasons for this it will keep you warmer but when your walking you can strip layers off so you don’t end up sweating and using fluid plus you don’t want damp clothes close to the skin in freezing conditions. A very important thing also is stay dry as possible and bring a full set of dry clothes just incase.. Anyway this is just me going on an adventure taking you with me as I wouldn’t dream of leaving you all behind. I hope you appreciate the videos and my madness and all my videoing isn’t going to waste. Some just don’t believe the effort I go to the dam camera is never out of my hand...between this and my sailing I video a lot more than most and you see the majority of everyday life in adventure mode. Things like this is so important for me personally as it keeps me in a good place even tho sometimes well a lot my hands hurt and where you believe it are not I have to push myself to get out there but once I’m out and away from the whole rat race I start to feel alive. Nature is an amazing place . If there is anything you want to know please don’t be afraid to shout out in the comments and I will get back to you ASAP . Check out my Instagram were you can find live updates on adventures insta... skipper_jamess_33

Crag features

Hare's Castle is a prominent, quarried knoll with clean, sound rock. It gives sheltered climbing in a sunny location, dries quickly and has a shorter approach than many Mourne crags.