Helvellyn via Striding Edge - An Epic Knife Edge Ridge Hike in the Lake District! 

Glad to hear you had a great day out! 😊 Helvellyn is the best 😍

Thanks so much Dominic! 😊 so sorry you had rubbish weather when you went on this walk! Hopefully you can get up Helvellyn again soon with good weather and can appreciate how beautiful the views are for yourself 😊👍

We have fallen in love with ridge hikes like this one recently! On a clear day there is just nothing better 😊😍 thanks for watching! 👍

Thanks a lot George! Means a lot 🙏 glad you are enjoying them! We enjoy making them and definitely don't intend to stop! 😊

Thank you so much! 😊 the views truly are incredible! 😍

Your welcome! 😊 have a great climb in June! Fingers crossed you get good weather 🤞

Gracias Jorge! Wow it blows our minds that you are watching are videos from Venezuela!! The Olympus and the DJI Mini are great aren't they? Thanks so much for watching! Maybe we'll have a chance to visit and film in South America one day 😊

@@KittiandJon You guys are welcome to come here anytime you want. You have a house here! We would be happy to have you...

Thank you! 😊 glad we can help you enjoy this beautiful mountain without climbing it 😊

Thanks for watching! 😊 on a nice day the views from the top are really something! 😊

It certainly is 😊⛰

Thanks for watching! Hope you get to tick it off the list soon! :)

Thank you! 😊 have a great time in the Lakes and good luck with Helvellyn! 💪

Thank you so much! 😊

Thanks guys! 👍 it definitely helps to add a different perspective! It's an amazing hike...will make sure to check out your video 😊

Thank you! 😊🙏

Thank you! You won’t regret it 😊

Hope you have a great walk and great weather 😊👍 thanks for watching!

Thanks Nick! Haha we always try to be 👍

Thanks Jeremy! Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for checking out our channel 😊

Thanks so much! 👍

Thanks 😊👍

Thank you! 🙏

Thanks a lot Marc 👍

Thank you 😊

Thanks so much guys! 😊 the views from up there are epic...you can see for miles in so many directions! Thanks for the sub! Heading over to check out your channel now 😊

Haha yes it's a whole different ball game in winter! Imagine the landscape looks pretty epic under the snow and ice though! ❄

There’s been a spate of deaths on striding edge lately, and I don’t feel like people give it the respect it deserves. The dangers of these routes should be made a lot clearer when doing these types of videos, as by masking it or glossing over them, you are potentially encouraging people to go out unprepared ,and to experience conditions that are out of their depth.

Thanks 😊🙏

@@KittiandJon you're welcome 😊

Thank you 😊 we really appreciate it 🙏 haha we are the same! If we are away from nature too long our feet definitely start to itch! Hopefully you can make that journey soon and explore the Lakes 😊

​@@KittiandJon Can't be soon enough if you ask me. Visiting the Lake District has been a dream of mine for years. Never got around to actually doing it for various reasons. Coming from mainland Europe it's not exactly a short trip either, and for me to be able to do this alone, a few different mountains have to be conquered first... Ones of the mental variety, lets say. Hehe. 🙄 But I remain hopeful and those mountains aren't going anywhere in the next few million years. Meanwhile I'm thankful there's a lot of people like yourselves and others who share their adventures. It's a pleasure to watch and also works as a sort of mental preparation if you know what i mean. Anyway, hope you guys have many more joyous adventures. Keep those legs going! 😎 ---- Almost forgot to react to the first bit of your message. Can you imagine so many people living 90% of their lives in cramped cities who then spend their vacation on a cramped beach or on an overcrowded campsite? No wonder there's so much stress and other mental illness in modern times. People don't connect with nature the way they used to, and that's a shame.

@@Audioslaaf we 100% agree! Nature is one of life's best medicines :) fingers crossed for your journey and that it will happen one day...you will be all the more ready for it when the time comes :)

Thank you 😊

@@KittiandJon I need a recent striding edge video now

😂 sounds about right! You do see all sorts up there! Plenty of easier routes to the summit than Striding Edge. Thanks for watching! 😊

I call Bs on that one

@@richardshackleton9827 and the kid was chubby with his gut hanging over his trunks 😁😎

Thank you! Here's the link to our trail: www.alltrails.com/explore/map/map-jun-26-07-18-pm-22722a3

Thanks Lee! We did it in late June and had pretty good conditions 😊

Yes it’s pretty hard to go wrong even without a map. Follow one ridge up and the other one down 👍 always best to have a map just in case though 😊

For the most part they would be fine but there are a couple of small sections as you get towards the summit that might be a bit tricky for them. Trying to think back to when we did it to remember if we saw any dogs but honestly can’t remember! Would definitely advise caution though.

Thanks Aiden! :) Kitti's rucksack is actually the 13L detachable one from the Osprey Fairview 70L rucksack. I think they also do a 9L and 18L daysack which look similar to the one Kitti has. We got ours from Blacks :) hope that helps!

@@KittiandJon brill, thanks for getting back to me, will look at the rucksack & also the Crib Goch video soon, it's an epic climb isn't it 😁

@@aidenclarke1983 no problem! We absolutely loved Crib Goch and we got so so lucky with the weather! Hope you enjoy the vid 😊

Hi Grace! 👋 no we haven't done Mount Everest (yet!) We would love to do the trek to Everest Base Camp but I don't think we will ever be brave enough to go all the way to the summit! 😊 thanks for watching our video👍🙏

There seems to be a campsite in Glenridding. Gillside Camping and Caravan Park Ullswater 👍 not sure if it’s the closest but it’s pretty close!

I would say it took us about 6-8 hours to do the full circle although my memory is a little fuzzy now as it has been a while! We did stop to film a lot and took about 30 mins on the top for lunch so you could probably do it in less time than that 😊

@@KittiandJon thank you very much

We did it in June 👍

It's a 13km round trip 😊 when we did the walk we saw lots of families on the trail👍

@@KittiandJon amazing, thank you x

Hi Benjamin 👋 we would definitely suggest a moderate level of fitness for Striding Edge. Most of the trail up is steep to gradual in places but fairly long and then once you are on the ridge it isn't too bad. The last stretch to the top is a little technical and requires some scrambling though. Hope that helps!

It took us about 7 hours but we stopped to film a lot so you could definitely do it faster than that 👍

Of course! Helvellyn is a fantastic first mountain to climb! If you want to do striding edge just be aware that there are a couple of scrambling sections which could definitely be nerve-wracking if you are a bit nervous already. For the most part the path up is very good but we would say there are 2 points closer to the top which are a little more technical and require hands and feet to climb. If this is your first mountain climb and you're a little nervous then we might suggest doing an easier route up or potentially a different mountain ⛰️ Scafell Pike would be a great first climb too as the path up is much less technical and the views just as amazing 👍

@@KittiandJon thank you

We wore hiking boots but saw plenty of people ascending in trainers and doing just fine so wouldn't say it matters too much 👍

It is unfortunately illegal to wild camp in England and Wales unless you get the land owners permission. We still see plenty of people doing it though!