Cam I follow you for long now and I can confirm that this video is the greatest and the most impressive you've already done on your channel. Great scenery and amazing shots (like the aerial view of the car on the bridge). Mate, you've level up so much that no one in the cycling youtube game could fight with you (even GCN ^^). Can't wait for the next one ! Thanks Cam :)
Great video Cameron, since you asked, the "golf ball" thing on top of Great Dun Fell is a radome which contains both primary and secondary surveillance radars which are used by UK air traffic control (NATS, National Air Traffic Surveillance) and also a repeater site for air traffic control communication with aircraft amongst many other antennas that are up there :)
I think getting the drone out a couple of times to watch the motorhome drive over bridges etc would have saved some time. Also filming the motorhome drive away, then driving back to get the camera. 😁 but despite the title, it sounds like the challenge was more of a side thing. You can't trump the experience as a whole really! Great video!
Great video Cam. It doesn’t matter if you succeeded or not. The fact you made another cracking video for us to watch and enjoy is what matters. Keep it up fella.
What a fantastic video! The challenge, the scenery, the aerial shots, the crazy weather for May. This had it all. Really looking forward to the next challenge. Thanks Cam!
Nice idea and video (as usually). Last time i climbed the Lecht i left my arm warmers at the top forcing a 2nd ascent. Balls. Next up for you might be the biggest climb in the UK which i think is the Bealach Nam Ba - sea level to 650m and back to sea level in about 15km. But if you do go, the coastal loop to get back to the start is arguably harder than the climb itself. Its just relentless ups and downs. Borrow the van - its stunning up there.
Bealach na Bà at Applecross. “Bealach na Bà is a winding single track road through the mountains of the Applecross peninsula, in Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands. The Bealach na Bà is just one feature on this road, being its highest point and site of several corries. The historic mountain pass was built in 1822 and is engineered similarly to roads through the great mountain passes in the Alps, with very tight hairpin bends that switch back and forth up the hillside and gradients that approach 20%. It has the steepest ascent of any road climb in the UK, rising from sea level at Applecross to 626 metres (2,054 ft), and is the third highest road in Scotland.”
I think the clock should start at the base of the first climb, that normalizes the challenge for anyone else who wants to attempt it regardless of where they might live. Great video, cool scenery! Would love to cycle in some of the scenic spots of the UK. Say hi if you're ever in Boulder, Colorado USA!
The answer is: YES YOU CAN! I also make videos for different projects and now started my own vlog... Small details like you placing the camera down and coming back cycling to the van, doing the drone shot, etc... those take time! If you did not spend time filming, you would have done it. I would take an hour out of the total time to make it fair. So you did do it under 12 hours. Congrats mate!
Loving the challenge - great to have you back smashing the content! Only one problem... Marchlyn Mawr in Snowdonia looks to be higher than some of these... gate at the very top is at ~640m according to the OS Map! 😉
Good effort on Lowther, but snow up there in May is not that uncommon. The golf ball at the top of lowther is for civil aviation radar equipment and along at the next hill of Green Lowther is for British Telecom as my dad used to work for BT and maintain equipment on Green Lowther. The buildings that you passed at the bottom of the climb store snow track vehicles for civil aviation and BT so that they can get up to the top of the climb in the winter as there can sometimes be 4ft or more snow drifts on the hill. The snow tracks have rubber caterpillar tracks to drive on top of the snow. It is also why there are snow poles on both sides of that climb up to the top. 👍
Living in northern Italy I was quite shocked when you showed the height of that climbs (and even more when I learnt that the biggest UK mountain is only 1300m!!). I'm so used to see big climbs topping up at over 2000m, 600m are like the first hills you encounter from the plains around here
@@simonwillgress The Italian mountains can be as bad for gradient, worse even, than some of these. And they go on 2 or 3 times longer! I've done Lowther Hill, and the 10% is "only" 2km, the 12% only about 800m. Monte Serra by Pisa is 4km at 9.5% - from the Compito side. Ouch, ouch, ouch.
Great video as usual, Cam. However, we demand that you revisit this climb 11:32 and go for the KOM anytime you're even remotely close by. That KOM is ours! (Quick before Ed goes on a UK KOM Tour! xD ) 15:56 What are you saying about the Scottish scenery, aye? ;) Next time an even harder challenge for you; Can you ride to Formby and successfully find the beach? ;P
@@Cameron_Jeffers Got to do the full climb though, from Sanquhar doing the full Mennock pass, to really claim that KOM. Does it count if you drive up more than half-way to get the sub-segment? :)
Great vid, nice idea well executed. Jasper Verkuijl did a stunt like this - riding every province going from the southern to the northernmost point in the Netherlands (I wouldn't be worth doing all the dutch peaks) in 24h. I'd like to see someone do Lands End to Lowestoft.
Ah did Great Dun Fell in April... it was awesome. Nearly threw my full sleeve jersey in a hedge to collect on the way back down - glad I didn't it was a freezing ride back down! God knows how you descended it in all that snow, its a scary climb without the ice potential - if you didn't just walk some of that near the top I'd be amazed!
A lot of the attempts at Lowther hill will have been people whose climbing started at the bottom of the leadhills - either at Abington, Elvanfoot or the other side up from the Mennock pass. If you drive up to Wanlockhead and start from there - yes you're going to be a lot fresher. You're only doing half the climb! The Mennock pass side is the longer climb. Try that.
When I saw the upload I was expecting something like this as I saw the data from dun fell you was up there last week as I was hovering the segments as the same day I was up lamps moss which also has a lot on snow up there
great video great climbs. did you do killhope from the west side, heading east? (the official seg for 100 climbs is that way). chapel fell and dunn fell are two of my favourites👍👍👍. there is a fantastic loop called the big 4 which is chapel fell, dunn fell, hartside and killhope in a full 88 mile loop. worth a go.
Cameron, hate to break it to you but your geography of Scotland is a bit out that was Glenshee you climbed to my local ski centre on the second to last climb and you were closer to Blairgowrie than you were Avimore. It is a good road tho and I have thought about going up it on a bike. Great vid tho can't wait to see more of these time limit based challenges! Love the content!
Hi Cam, Great vid. It is Cairnwell (not Cairnell). I know it is Scotland (I'm Irish and living in Scotland) but they deserve the correct spelling. And what happened to Belach na Ba at Applecross? Surely you've heard of it? Cheers Don.
I remember climbing Great Dun Fell - my uncle helped build the radar station at the top back in the day! Had my first proper crash on the descent on a good day so fuck doing it in the snow 😂
Cam should have done an Andy Hampsten from the 1988 Giro and ridden through the snow to take that KOM. Perhaps a cool follow up video during the summer could be “taking the KOM on the UK highest climbs”
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Cam I follow you for long now and I can confirm that this video is the greatest and the most impressive you've already done on your channel. Great scenery and amazing shots (like the aerial view of the car on the bridge). Mate, you've level up so much that no one in the cycling youtube game could fight with you (even GCN ^^).
Can't wait for the next one !
Thanks Cam :)
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Great video Cameron, since you asked, the "golf ball" thing on top of Great Dun Fell is a radome which contains both primary and secondary surveillance radars which are used by UK air traffic control (NATS, National Air Traffic Surveillance) and also a repeater site for air traffic control communication with aircraft amongst many other antennas that are up there :)
thats a pretty cool fact... Thanks!!
@@Cameron_Jeffers It also has the highest flushing toilet in the UK.
@@mactoshdog arguably the better fact.
Same thing for Lowther Hill. It's a NATS radar.
if you stayed in your kit it would ave probably saved like an hour, great effort anyway cam 💪🤜🤛
But then the kit would get really nasty, because it couldnt dry, and driving in cycling shoes is also terrible 😂
I think getting the drone out a couple of times to watch the motorhome drive over bridges etc would have saved some time. Also filming the motorhome drive away, then driving back to get the camera. 😁 but despite the title, it sounds like the challenge was more of a side thing. You can't trump the experience as a whole really! Great video!
Great video Cam. It doesn’t matter if you succeeded or not. The fact you made another cracking video for us to watch and enjoy is what matters. Keep it up fella.
Good paved roads everywhere 😍. Still a dream for us here in this part of Africa. Great content btw 👍
What a fantastic video! The challenge, the scenery, the aerial shots, the crazy weather for May. This had it all. Really looking forward to the next challenge. Thanks Cam!
Nice idea and video (as usually). Last time i climbed the Lecht i left my arm warmers at the top forcing a 2nd ascent. Balls. Next up for you might be the biggest climb in the UK which i think is the Bealach Nam Ba - sea level to 650m and back to sea level in about 15km. But if you do go, the coastal loop to get back to the start is arguably harder than the climb itself. Its just relentless ups and downs. Borrow the van - its stunning up there.
Bealach na Bà at Applecross.
“Bealach na Bà is a winding single track road through the mountains of the Applecross peninsula, in Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands. The Bealach na Bà is just one feature on this road, being its highest point and site of several corries. The historic mountain pass was built in 1822 and is engineered similarly to roads through the great mountain passes in the Alps, with very tight hairpin bends that switch back and forth up the hillside and gradients that approach 20%. It has the steepest ascent of any road climb in the UK, rising from sea level at Applecross to 626 metres (2,054 ft), and is the third highest road in Scotland.”
i can honestly say great dun fell was one of the toughest climbs ive done in england. fair play!
That shot of the van at the end with the drone 👌👌 Scotland is such a beautiful place
Cam, I absolutely loved this video, amazing effort and brilliant scenery. Thanks for making this content!!
"I'll share some safety tips in the future. Now watch me climb and descend on snow!" 😂
I think the clock should start at the base of the first climb, that normalizes the challenge for anyone else who wants to attempt it regardless of where they might live. Great video, cool scenery! Would love to cycle in some of the scenic spots of the UK. Say hi if you're ever in Boulder, Colorado USA!
Did think this mid way through actually!
In my eyes you made it well within as your timer should have started at the base of the first climb. Well done in crazy adverse weather conditions.
Loved this video Cam.....dramatic scenery and a great challenge....you always deliver...amazing
We need more of this!!
5:48 wow, good effort. May?!! Actually, i take that back... 11:58 blimey.
Cracking content, really enjoyed the Monaco one too.
The answer is: YES YOU CAN! I also make videos for different projects and now started my own vlog... Small details like you placing the camera down and coming back cycling to the van, doing the drone shot, etc... those take time! If you did not spend time filming, you would have done it. I would take an hour out of the total time to make it fair. So you did do it under 12 hours. Congrats mate!
13:54 every Scottish person winced 😂 (no hate, really good video though!)
came here for that comment :)
I call it avi more. Just like a call it kirk caldy and just I like I call it glen rothes. 👏
hahahahaha, I am sorry Sam!! It's noted for if I ever return ;)
@@Cameron_Jeffers don’t apologise. As Roy Walker used to say ‘say what u see’ I’m English living in Scotland and it winds them up!
@@Johnny-ek3fk Try Milngavie.
Great content mate....fantastic challenge, awesome footage, perfect soundtrack, you nailed it 👏
Great video! Fantastic achievement even slightly out of the self imposed time limit!
Loving the challenge - great to have you back smashing the content! Only one problem... Marchlyn Mawr in Snowdonia looks to be higher than some of these... gate at the very top is at ~640m according to the OS Map! 😉
Beat me to it! Marchlyn in 643m, deserves a crack!
To be fair I think another video of Cam riding Marchlyn and Stwlan would be 👌
Great work Cameron, love the videos, recently got into your content in Perth, Australia. Keep it up mate 👍
Good effort on Lowther, but snow up there in May is not that uncommon. The golf ball at the top of lowther is for civil aviation radar equipment and along at the next hill of Green Lowther is for British Telecom as my dad used to work for BT and maintain equipment on Green Lowther. The buildings that you passed at the bottom of the climb store snow track vehicles for civil aviation and BT so that they can get up to the top of the climb in the winter as there can sometimes be 4ft or more snow drifts on the hill. The snow tracks have rubber caterpillar tracks to drive on top of the snow. It is also why there are snow poles on both sides of that climb up to the top. 👍
Cool challenge and nice video as always, Cam!
love that you are uploading more
Living in northern Italy I was quite shocked when you showed the height of that climbs (and even more when I learnt that the biggest UK mountain is only 1300m!!). I'm so used to see big climbs topping up at over 2000m, 600m are like the first hills you encounter from the plains around here
What we lack in elevation we make up for in gradient.
....because....go on...you can do it...join the dots....gawd....
@@simonwillgress The Italian mountains can be as bad for gradient, worse even, than some of these. And they go on 2 or 3 times longer! I've done Lowther Hill, and the 10% is "only" 2km, the 12% only about 800m. Monte Serra by Pisa is 4km at 9.5% - from the Compito side. Ouch, ouch, ouch.
@@PaulJakma our highest climbs are not our hardest climbs. Abdon Burf is a proper climb,
Great camera work
And commentary 👌👍
Great idea, great video, thoroughly enjoyed it thank you!
Missed your videos like these. Loved this one, keep up the great work Cam. Ride on 👍
well done mate, great effort. best video by a mile so far on the channel.
Great vid Cam. Really enjoyed watching that.
Nice one Jeffers. Keep up the good work.🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻
Great effort, Cam. What a fun way to spend a day!
When I climbed Great Dun Fell it was in low cloud, shat myself descending because off all the sheep on the road.
Very enjoyable and motivational. Nice one fella :)
Appreciate the sponsor and safety tips. Quite a standout from the usual gear sponsor it got my attention.
Bloody great going
What an epic adventure
Great video as usual, Cam. However, we demand that you revisit this climb 11:32 and go for the KOM anytime you're even remotely close by. That KOM is ours! (Quick before Ed goes on a UK KOM Tour! xD )
15:56 What are you saying about the Scottish scenery, aye? ;)
Next time an even harder challenge for you; Can you ride to Formby and successfully find the beach? ;P
i'll be back
@@Cameron_Jeffers Got to do the full climb though, from Sanquhar doing the full Mennock pass, to really claim that KOM. Does it count if you drive up more than half-way to get the sub-segment? :)
Great effort that, especially with the weather. Well done!
Great idea Cam and top adventure. Brutal weather but stunning scenery makes up for it
It really is!
Eeeyy good effort 💪. This makes me want to move to the UK
Great vid, nice idea well executed. Jasper Verkuijl did a stunt like this - riding every province going from the southern to the northernmost point in the Netherlands (I wouldn't be worth doing all the dutch peaks) in 24h.
I'd like to see someone do Lands End to Lowestoft.
I love those novelty sunglasses you wear, fabulous. Like a Buggles video.
Great content Cam, mega kudos to you.
Ah did Great Dun Fell in April... it was awesome. Nearly threw my full sleeve jersey in a hedge to collect on the way back down - glad I didn't it was a freezing ride back down! God knows how you descended it in all that snow, its a scary climb without the ice potential - if you didn't just walk some of that near the top I'd be amazed!
Yes Cameron I've been waiting for an awesome video like this. Can't wait for the next one!
@Cameron Jeffers Omg dude the first climb in the snow at the top, you absolute legend lol
Cool vid Cam!
A lot of the attempts at Lowther hill will have been people whose climbing started at the bottom of the leadhills - either at Abington, Elvanfoot or the other side up from the Mennock pass. If you drive up to Wanlockhead and start from there - yes you're going to be a lot fresher. You're only doing half the climb!
The Mennock pass side is the longer climb. Try that.
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Well done superb effort!!!!
Awesome!! Cam well done!! 💪👍😁
Brilliant, missed watching your road trip adventures 👏
Very cool video idea!
When I saw the upload I was expecting something like this as I saw the data from dun fell you was up there last week as I was hovering the segments as the same day I was up lamps moss which also has a lot on snow up there
Loved the Vid...keep them coming...
You should do Great Dunfell again in good weather Cam, it is fabulous.
Totally awesome video...very cool...great idea...well done 👍
Thank you Kennedy, glad you enjoyed 🙏
@@Cameron_Jeffers this was probably one of my favourite videos yet....keep it coming...👍👍
Well done Cam great effort 👍
When are you coming to Austalia we have some great hills here 💪
Mega video saw the rides on strava, all that climbing makes sense now
5 steepest climbs next?!
Good video really nicely out together just wished you could do videos more often. Maybe try this again in July get that KOM
Cracking effort Cam. I struggled up an 800m 9% climb this morning. Need to do better
Good work! I reckon quicker kit change would help... of course snow hindered the whole thing! Cool challenge!
Great effort, Cam. Suggest a "summertime version" as a 2-day bike packing escapade. Is that doable?
Great vid! Really enjoyed that :)
great video great climbs. did you do killhope from the west side, heading east? (the official seg for 100 climbs is that way). chapel fell and dunn fell are two of my favourites👍👍👍. there is a fantastic loop called the big 4 which is chapel fell, dunn fell, hartside and killhope in a full 88 mile loop. worth a go.
You are crazy! very nice video
Cameron, hate to break it to you but your geography of Scotland is a bit out that was Glenshee you climbed to my local ski centre on the second to last climb and you were closer to Blairgowrie than you were Avimore. It is a good road tho and I have thought about going up it on a bike. Great vid tho can't wait to see more of these time limit based challenges! Love the content!
my bad!! Sorry haaha
Well done great effort 👍🇨🇭
Legend! Great effort pal. British weather screwed you over! lol
You'd have done that no problem on a good weather day. Great video
Took a gamble and hit like within 5 minutes.... I wasn't wrong. Great video!!
Nice video Cam and a great idea for a challenge. I reckon you'd have done it if you hadn't kept getting changed in and out of your kit.
Is that your camper/mobile home?! It's sick! Saw this on strava and knew you were up to something interesting.. Great vid as always cam!
Sadly no, maybe when I hit a mill subs I will buy one, ahha
Great video! If you had a driver you would definitely be able to make it!
Fantastic Wanlockhead just up the road from my parents, great climb.
Alright Cam, what brand are the blue specs you’re using in the video??👍🏼
And again awesome video!
Top effort, cracking video 👍
Loving the videos!
Hi Cam, Great vid. It is Cairnwell (not Cairnell). I know it is Scotland (I'm Irish and living in Scotland) but they deserve the correct spelling. And what happened to Belach na Ba at Applecross? Surely you've heard of it? Cheers Don.
I have to say, u have missed the regular volgs man. Keep up the great work.
Ayyy, another sick video 💪🏼💪🏼
What an epic day! Please keep on with the class videos 👏 Random question- do you shoot linear or wide on your GoPro?
Wide!
I remember climbing Great Dun Fell - my uncle helped build the radar station at the top back in the day! Had my first proper crash on the descent on a good day so fuck doing it in the snow 😂
Fun video. Well done lad
In the snow for most of it as well, epic mate!! Bealach na Bà just missing out on Top 5 status @ 626m 🏔
Yeah it’s number 6 I believe!
Cracking vlog Cam 💯👏
Bloody good effort ! 🤗
I worry about moving back to the U.K in the future. I love climbing and I'm spoilt for choice when it come to mountains where I live now.
Highest stuff you get around here is the top of Kingston Bridge 😂
is that where everyone does altitude training 😂
hahaha
na we got the Col de Leith Hill
Cam should have done an Andy Hampsten from the 1988 Giro and ridden through the snow to take that KOM.
Perhaps a cool follow up video during the summer could be “taking the KOM on the UK highest climbs”
hahahaha, I did try Joe! I was sliding all over
Oh Cam, start the timer at start of the first climb, and drive in ya bib shorts! You could do all 6 in 10h 😉💪
Snow in May!? Thats crazy
yeah nice concept! nice video!
Finally back to making epic videos!
Haha talking about the law firm with the “f@&k it” poster in the background
fair play but forgot one, marchlyn mawr north wales- 650 meters.
such a good vid
You should climb ditcherling beacon in Sussex it's a beast