A very cold solo mountain wild camp | Buying camping gear with YouTube money | Kahtoola MICROspikes

Join me for a cold trip to the Brecon Beacons in my Terra Nova Southern Cross 1 tent. I decided to use my YouTube earnings to add some more camping equipment to my arsenal to make winter camps more comfortable and more enjoyable, so I'll be showing you some of that kit in this video.

Big thanks to Kahtoola for sending me their MICROspikes and EXOspikes to try out this autumn/winter. First impressions are every bit as good as I thought they would be, going by their longstanding reputation and 2 year warranty. Given how light and packable they are, and how safe I felt walking on ice in them, I will DEFINITELY be bringing them on future cold weather camps. Long overdue!

Please find links below to the items I mention in this video, and please do get in touch in the Comments section if you have any questions or comments about my kit or about the video in general.

This video is longer than usual, but I always include Chapters in my videos so that you can easily skip forward if you think I'm waffling too much!

Thanks for watching,
James.

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Kit list:
Tent: Terra Nova Southern Cross 1: https://www.terra-nova.co.uk/aff/Join...
Don't forget to trade your old tent in to get a 30% discount on your new Terra Nova tent, or use my discount code OUTDOORS15 at checkout for 15% off all full-price items!

Flextailgear Tiny Pump 2X: https://shrsl.com/49x0c
Flextailgear Mushroom lampshade: https://shrsl.com/49x0f
Flextailgear Zero pillow: https://shrsl.com/49x0g
Discount code: JOINMEOUTDOORS15 for 15% off

Kahtoola Microspikes: https://amzn.to/3uRlvew
Kahtoola Exospikes: https://amzn.to/41c1vPT
Stove: MSR Whisperlite International stove: - https://amzn.to/3uSUesf
Rab Argon Down Pants/Trousers: https://www.trekitt.co.uk/clothing/tr...
Thermarest Trekker Chair Kit for 20 inch-wide pads (make sure you buy the right size for your sleep pad): https://amzn.to/41gwryp
Sleep mat: Thermarest NeoAir XTherm - https://amzn.to/42IE3db
Sleeping bag: Rab Ascent 900 - https://amzn.to/44UbkDC
Bowl: Sea To Summit X Bowl (XL) - https://amzn.to/41seJGH
Rucksack: Osprey Atmos AG 65 - https://amzn.to/3nWH3mT
Cameras: GoPro Hero 9 Black - https://amzn.to/3Ml6hF4
GoPro Hero 11 Black - https://amzn.to/3t8OSbG
Montane Icarus Hut Boots: https://amzn.to/3sNp5ps

Chapters
0:00 Intro
3:03 Kahtoola MICROspikes introduction
6:16 Reaching the top of the horseshoe
11:05 Views from Pen Y Fan
13:00 Reaching camp
15:30 Thermarest Trekker Chair Kit
18:26 Rab Argon Down Pants
19:54 Kahtoola MICROspikes first look
22:45 MSR Whisperlite stove
25:06 Chatting in the tent
28:33 Night sky time lapse with Northern lights!
29:10 Daybreak
34:57 Drone footage of the Brecon Beacons
37:13 Packing up
40:10 Kahtoola MICROspikes test


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