CAMPING in a BLIZZARD - WINTER STORM - Snow and Heavy Rain

[Music] [Applause] [Music] heavy rain and freezing cold  already this is going to be rough Whoa man there's snow on the mountains  and that's where I'm going right up the tops hi everybody welcome back to the channel as  you can see it's snowing it's freezing cold   I'm going up right to the top of the mountain to  pitch the tent and camp out in a snowstorm I also   have a hangover cuz I went to a little shindig  last night so I'm feeling great I know a lot of   you can probably relate to that but oh this is  a hard climb the Pack's heavy going straight up   but once I'm up there it's going to be worth  it so I'll push on and I'll come back to you   guys a little bit further up look at this  stunning that's where I'm going up into the abyss I've made it up onto the tops and it's  absolutely stunning up here snow covered Peaks   deep fluffy sque snow to walk on and there's  a deep deep cold I'm not used to this level   of cold so I chucked on my little little  Beanie thing but I need to find somewhere   to Camp quick there's very dark clouds over  that way but it's eased up for the snow for   now which is probably pretty good actually  they starting to snow again just magic okay I found a spot that's pretty flat so  let get the back off and try to level out   some of the snow but as you can see the snow's  coming down pretty thick so I think I have to   get some warmer clothes on fast we just get  the tent up immediately cuz it's cold up here man all right that's pretty  flat got to get get the gloves on man the snow's really coming in oh man it's turning into a full-on blizzard up here you just got to keep calm in these situations  and not panic and get your tent up all right man this is intense I'm going to Pig the  whole thing out lucky there's not any strong   winds I really got to get my down jacket  on but I'll guide the fold tent out now [Music] [Music] okay the tent's up we got a good  pitch now I got to get in here get warm holy MO holy I think I've damaged the  microphone on the camera cuz all the snow   was settling around the camera and it was  melting cuz it was heating up when it was   recording and water got into the hot shoe so I'm  not sure how the audio is going to be or even if   it's recording or not but at least I've got the  tent up I can get myself warm and out of this wither puffer jacket all right  get this thing on ASAP that's a lifesaver yeah I think the mic's not working  so hopefully the camera just the audio from   the camera is okay got to get my um ear beard  blown up so I'm not sitting directly on the   cold snow I think I'll take my boots off  sort out the inside of the tent and just   get everything in here sorted um maybe get a  hot drink on and to stabilize the situation it is absolutely chucking down with snow  out there there's so much falling you   can just look at this all over the  tent man that was pretty stressful   pretty upset about my microphone  so much snow got onto the camera man it's like I on another planet up here it's like on a bus outside thanks  for coming everyone on another crazy camp chocolate hobnobs oh pure Bliss I can still hear the snow falling hopefully  the camera mic's picking it up okay so I run down   to the situation the walk in was quite hard  with a hangover I don't recommend snowstorm   camping on the mountain and trying to film it  when you feel this way but you know I feel okay   doing it so I'm not risking anything really I can  just run back down to the car well not really but   I have the gear so it mitigates quite a lot  of the risk everything else is good I'm warm   I'm sitting inside the Zen bivy and I've got my  puffer jacket on and dry clothes so I think I'm   going to be bound in this enclosure for the next  12 hours I'm going to have to melt snow for water   and I have a huge steak and mashed potatoes for  dinner so I'm just going to hang out in the tent   eat heats the food relax and hopefully survive the  night it's snowing pretty heavily again this is   such a nice tent I'm so thankful that I have this  tent in this situation hello everybody I'm in my Dome what it's cold it's going to get up for I'm  going to walk around in the last Light before it   gets fully pitched black but there's a windchill  up here and it is absolutely freezing but I feel   like I'm on top of the world it's incredible the  views and just the coldness the Epic coldness   hopefully you can hear me properly with the mic  who even cares about the mic this is so cool one thing that's really fascinating is  just how good this down jacket is I mean   the wind chill up here it's probably  -5° C with a wind chill I'm kind of   shivering but I'm pretty much just  wearing a down jacket and I'm still okay okay I got to get back into the  tent you can probably sa my nose it's   going red but that's it for the night hunker down   and try and survive this is going to be  the ultimate test for the Zen bivy Sleep System man that was special in my puffer jacket I've got my  gas bottle and my microphone I'm going to   try warm up the gas so it can actually combust  efficiently and if I warm up the mic it might   be able to um you know dry it out a bit but  look I've got a little pregnancy bump too   by the way Victoria that's my wife if you're  new to the channel she's pregnant and she's   expanding exponentially obviously that's what  happens when you're pregnant but it's kind of   weird but it's also exciting we found out that  the baby is a girl so that's all confirmed and   that's pretty cool news I'm happy about that so  yeah just a quick little update Victoria's good   I'm good we're all good and everything's  progressing as it should going to have   this mesh for dinner along with this Deluxe  ribeye Wago steak look at the marbling on this [Music] [Music] thing there's some  fine Aromas on the mountain now a little bit of salt and pepper check that  out Wago steak this is quite different from my   normal setup where I'm you know sitting in the  chair and have a roaring fire but this is you   know this is quite unique and special too oh my  goodness how's the steak cooked yeah it's perfect   that focus on there just a little bit pink on  the inside oh I feel the stress dissipating   through my taste buds overwhelming sensation  of flavor so peppery so juicy so sweet and tetiny oh my god seriously guys Wu steak it's legit I'm just looking out to a wasteland of snow  and mountains with a little bit of light from the   Moon by the way massive thank you to everyone  who watches and has subscribed to the channel   we just passed 50,000 subscribers which to me  that's mind blowing that's like more people   than live in the town that I live in that's crazy  so you know I just started making these videos to   show my parents and then I liked playing with  cameras and I liked gear and I kind of started   seriously doing it probably about a year ago  so you know it's quite a wild journey and it   wouldn't be possible without you guys so thank  you very much and I really appreciate it so does   Victoria so cheers to you guys I going to enjoy  this steak and just be in this environment b a b te I feel so good after that dinner it's cozy in  here but it's very cold it's quite exciting though   it's pretty awesome to be up here in a situation  like this I haven't checked the forecast but I   think there's a bit of a storm coming through  in the morning so depending on what time that   comes I'll either pack up before it or wait  it out we'll see it's going to be hard work going to get a cup of tea on I've  warmed up nicely I was lying in the Zen bivy warmed my gas up too so it's  burning nice it takes a long time   to boil water when it's this cold I  should have brought up a thermometer   but I don't have one with me but I'm  guessing it's probably around neg5 to -7° it's hard to say it's  the coldest I felt this far   uh it's the coldest that's been so far this year I think this cup of tea is going to be glorious need my milk man I can see in  the Moonlight some Peaks I don't think   I'll be able to capture it in the camera  but there's just a very faint light and you   can see the mountains and all the snow  over there and all around me it's just amazing there's a little bit of a breeze  and it's like a brutally cold wind chill but other than that it's pretty calm what  do you guys think of a camp like this different   style to the usual I do miss the fire a little  bit but I have so many good fires that it's kind   of nice to be fully exposed for a change not  in the trees but let me know what you think   I can always do more of these ones I I kind  of want to experiment with different ttin um   doing this kind of trip the Al's good because  it's like a big dome ttin it can take snow but   it does take a little bit longer to set up with  all the guidelines and it can't take wind as good   as something like a hillberg nage so that's like  super easy simple setup and like beast mode wind   performance that's a tunnel tint so something like  that might be better for these style of camps but   we'll see if you guys like them or not I'm  going to finish this cup of tea and then go   into full lockdown mode and get into bed fully  I might sleep with these Alpine pants on we'll   see how I get on see how cold it is but the Zen  bivy I think it's got a comfort rating to -7° so   I should be okay tonight but yeah actually I'll  test it out I'll strip down and see how warm it   is I can always put more clothes on if I get cold  but anyway time to lock the tent up and get into bead we're in beard and we're all shut down  I've got this um this vent open at the top   on each side and this panel here can ZIP down  to be exposed mesh so I'll leave those open to   try and promote some air flow if it does  get still tonight there probably will be   condensation but I mean I'm like a big heated  man inside of a plastic enclosure it's kind   of inevitable in these conditions but we'll open  the vents and we'll do our best but yeah I think   that's about it I've got the Zen bivy this  is going to be the ultimate test for it and   if it can pass this um I give it my full seal  of approval it's just so full with down I mean   it's bursting at the seams with down I have like  five or six different bags and I got to say as a   package this is hard to beat the mat the fitted  sheet the hood thing and just the overall comfort   with these flaps just kind of drapes over your  body it feels amazing but yeah I think that's   probably enough for me um unless anything  happens like a crazy storm which might pick   up in the morning I have a good night's sleep and  I'll see you guys tomorrow good night everybody good morning everybody as you can hear it is  raining outside the winds have picked up too   so I'm just here on the mountain in my little  Dome up on the snow and it's actually quite   cozy in here I slept exceptionally well I was  warm comfortable I think it's about 6:00 a.m.   now so I feel energized and ready to have maybe  three coffees I think I have pancakes too so   might eat them but oh it's quite cozy in the tent  packing it down though be so so tough was to the [Applause] right a oh my goodness  that is nice the first step of a   brew it's kind of turning into like a mini storm outside I hope the winds don't come up too much oh that's so nice Colombian  coffee natural process fruity and sweet [Applause] the rains are picking up and the winds not  [Applause] good I'm outside the tent I got   up for a away and it's real rough out here man  it's brutal conditions this is such a wind chill [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] maple syrup and pancakes covered in butter in the storm no this will give me all the energy I  need to get out of the ttin and back [Applause] up oh yeah that was wor [Applause] [Applause]   oh nice salty bits of [Applause] butter oh so I was just thinking this is my H  100th video that I'll be making for YouTube it's   not really my 100 camp but you know it's still the  100th upload on the channel so that's pretty cool   there quite a lot of videos if you've recently subscribed and you  like the content you should go watch some of   the old ones cuz there's some real good old  trips brutal snow storms some nice relaxing   Camp all kinds of stuff you can watch some  with Victoria cuz she hasn't been in a while   but yeah there's a there's a pretty good  catalog now building up of older videos [Applause]   oh man that's so [Applause] nice look at that oh man it's just coming down so much rain I'm [Applause] [Applause] trapped I'm dreading getting out of the tent we  have this coffee power up just Chuck everything   into the bag put all the waterproofs on and  hope for the best not sure if I film it on   the big hammer or not cuz it's just yeah too  much sideways water but we'll try and make do [Music]   I'm going to have to put the camera away and pack   the tent down there's like chunks of  ice coming down it's sleting it's rough the tent's holding up real good to these  winds it's impressive it's hardly Budgy this is pretty intense I've left the tent  picked in here so it won't blow away okay I'm all packed up and the Pack's on I  think I've picked up all my pigs hopefully I have   but yeah man that was a nice pack up look where  I am up the mountains look at this snow covered Peaks I think it's time to get  out of here man that was pretty   cool I enjoyed that hope you  guys did too look at the snow another successful Mission into the Alpine that  was a good test of the tent and my skills I think   I did pretty good no massive mistakes sit up and  pack down I was warm cozy everything was good so   yeah hope you guys enjoyed the video let me know  if you did and subscribe to the channel if you   want to see more stuff like this but I want to  hit on down and get back home and probably get   on the hot tub because I think I need it anyway  guys I'll see you later have a good weekend

Channel: Abel & Victoria

Views: 215,797

Keywords: rain, heavy rain, rainstorm, tent, camping, deluge, ultralight, hikinh, nature, tentcamping, campong in the rain, heavyrainstrom, storm, water, wildcamping, wilderness, zpacks, offsetduo, solo, camp, abelandvoctoria, wet, tenting, campfire, outdoor, cabin, bushcaft, fire

Id: v4dovXxbTPQ

Length: 29min 30sec (1770 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 20 2024