Summiting Skiddaw and Wainwright Bagging!

This is my hiking vlog taking on a Lake District National Park circular hiking route summiting Skiddaw. Skiddaw Man is the 6th largest mountain in the UK and a very popular Wainwright Walk in the Lakes.
Skiddaw is a mountain in the Lake District National Park in England. It's 931-metre (3,054 ft) summit is the sixth-highest in England. It lies just north of the town of Keswick, Cumbria, and dominates the skyline in this part of the northern lakes. It is the simplest of the Lake District mountains of this height to ascend (as there is a well-trodden tourist track from a car park to the north-east of Keswick, near the summit of Latrigg) and, as such, many walking guides recommend it to the occasional walker wishing to climb a mountain.
Another popular route (and the one recommended by Wainwright) is to follow Longside Edge, first ascending Ullock Pike, Longside and Carl Side before making the steep climb up from Carlside Col.
The summit ridge bears a number of tops, which from north to south are known as North Top, High Man (the summit), Middle Top and South Top. All now bear cairns and a number of stone windshelters have been erected. Skiddaw has a subsidiary summit, Little Man, which lies about 1.5 km south-south-east of the main peak. Despite its limited independence, Wainwright listed it as a separate fell in his influential Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, a convention which is often followed. Skiddaw Little Man has its own subsidiary summit, known as Lesser Man.
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Hiking Gear used:
Sherpa Malaku waterproof jacket
Revolution Race Nordwand pants
Revolution Race Backpacker tee
La Sportiva hiking boots
Darn Tough socks
Osprey Exos 48 backpack
OMM chest rig
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Thanks, Andy.
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[@andykeast8920]

Love your enthusiasm for other people hiking, let alone your own ventures. Good for you Andy Malloy

[@dcopeuk]

Did Skiddaw in June, was so cold at the top could see my breath, also its not just getting up thats the problem is getting bloody down lol

[@Howling-Mad-Murdock]

Love Skiddaw. Used to push my mountain bike to the top and then ride down. 2 and a half hours up, 12 minutes down.

[@OldPinkBoots]

Great video. We're going to try it out ourselves.. Fingers crossed

[@greyrunnings9725]

Thanks, did that Skiddaw route only last week, fantastic 🎉

[@paulellam6926]

Nice one chief, one on my list to do, used to drive down the A66 when working away in Cleator Moor and spied Skiddaw in full snow and thought it looked a good one! Great upload, enjoyed that, many thanks!

[@simonwiltshire]

That looked pretty refreshing! Great hike out cheers.

[@flogsometogs4539]

Where are you heading for in Scotland it’s where I live plenty of cracking hikes and climbs around here

[@flogsometogs4539]

Your gonna find this hard to believe today 3rd September temp of 22 degrees here in Scotland hard to believe I know and no rain forecast for the next 2 days is quite good

[@stephenjlangford2451]

Where are you heading to in Scotland?

[@TomKenyon1878]

I’ve just done this yesterday and it was definitely about -10 at the top with the wind chill

[@BackpackingUK]

I bet it was! 🥶

[@TomKenyon1878]

Just checked the weather for today it was -10 at the top but felt like -21 😂

[@andycoombes161]

Great watch. Skiddaw is the 4th largest mountain BTW :)

[@BackpackingUK]

Broad Crag and Ill Crag are higher so it’s the 6th largest 👍

[@akosiamarillo]

@andycoombes161
4th largest in Lake District.

[@Gannin_Lite]

Hi, cracking channel, what’s the red device clipped on ur rucksack strap? Thanks.

[@BackpackingUK]

Garmin inReach Mini 2 - it’s an SOS device that also tracks and sends messages.

[@a_fortiori_]

@@BackpackingUKis it a gps device?

[@sarahkamara4448]

How long does this route take where do u start this route from please?

[@BackpackingUK]

I started from Briar Rigg and it took me 3h 45m hiking time but I took a longer route to include other Wainwrights too.

[@sarahkamara4448]

@@BackpackingUK thank u

[@Charlieskyeprime2015]

I did Skiddaw in October and it was 95 mile an hour wind

[@BackpackingUK]

😱😱😱

[@Charlieskyeprime2015]

whereabouts were you going Scotland

[@BENTWOONEZERO]

4th not 6th.

[@BENTWOONEZERO]

Now listed as 6th all my life its been 4th , have 2 grown ?

[@BackpackingUK]

Don’t forget Ill Crag and Broad Crag are marginally higher (literally a few metres).

[@akosiamarillo]

Its the 6th tallest mountain in England, the 4th tallest in the Lake District.

[@a_fortiori_]

@@akosiamarilloyep