Kirriereoch Hill | Solo Mountain Camping in THICK FOG

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Kirriereoch Hill is a boggy, pathless and rugged mountain found in Dumfries and Galloway - offering fantastic hiking and plenty of space on the flat summit plateau to pitch a tent for a remote wild camp on a mountain top. The hill itself used to be classified as a Corbett but has since been demoted to a Donald - it is still worth your attention though, as it offers fantastic views over the Southern Scottish Wilderness!
On this trip I approached Kirriereoch via forestry road beyond Kirriereoch Farm, though other approach routes include Shalloch on Minnoch, Tarfessock and Merrick. I'd hoped to camp on the mountain top and enjoy some landscape photography above a cloud inversion, but unfortunately, the usually reliable forecasts (MWIS and Mountain Forecast) were wrong and my efforts were thwarted. Instead, I was forced to walk and to set up camp in zero percent visibility conditions and persistently strong winds as the light faded around me.
I still had a great time on the hill though, with some interesting light phenomena taking place in the wilderness far below me giving me plenty to think about as I whittled away the many hours of winter darkness and poor weather and of course, as always, I enjoyed hiking and camping with my dog Coops!
Notes;
The scientific name for my experience with the lights is the 'Autokinetic Effect'
Read More; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autokin...
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Wild Camping / Backpacking Equipment used in this film.
Rucksack / Backpack
Lowe Alpine Manaslu 65 | 80l
Tarp / Tent / Shelter
Luxe Hexpeak v4a 2 person tipi / mid tent
Luxe 3 Season 1.5 Person Inner Tent
Tent Accessories
Alpkit Spikes Tent Pegs
Sea to Summit Ground Control Tent Pegs
MSR Groundhog Tent Stakes
Nite Ize S-Biner
Silva 10 Pocket Compass and Thermometer
Sleeping Equipment
Sleeping Bag; OEX Fathom EV 300
Insulated Sleeping Pad; Sea to Summit Camp Mat SI
Camping Pillow; Seat to Summit Aeros Ultralight Pillow
Camping Cookware and Gas Stove Setup
MSR Pocket Rocket 2 Camping Stove
Optimus Terra Weekend HE Cookset
Optimus Wind Shield
MSR Canister Support
GoSystem Jet Mach 1 Windproof Lighter
MSR Folding Spoon
Sea to Summit AlphaLight Titanium Spoon
Water Filtration System
Platypus Platy Bottle 2l
Nalgene Tritan Sustain Water Bottle
Lixada Water Filter
Hiking Boots
Salomon Quest 4D GTX Boots
Salomon QuickLace Kit
Superfeet Green Insoles
Clothing : Hiking Layers
Rab Vital Jacket
Craghoppers Nozilife Anti Mosquito Shirt
Rab Capacitor Hoody
Rab Nexus Pull-On
Rab Flux Pull-On
Decathlon Forclaz MH500 Trousers
SAXX Vibe Boxers
Bridgedale Merino Endurance Socks
Clothing : Insulation Layers
Decathlon Forclaz MT100 Sythethic Down Jacket
Montane Prism Gloves
Montane Fireball Camping Booties
Clothing : Waterproof Layers
Montane Meteor Jacket
Decathlon Forclaz Waterproof Mitts
Gelert Waterproof Trousers
Sealskinz All Weather Head Gaitor
Mountain Photography Gear
Nikon D600 Camera Body
Nikon 18-35mm Wide Angle Lens
Nikon 70-200mm Telephoto Lens
3 Legged Thing Albert 2.0 Carbon Fibre Tripod
SRB Photographic Elite Filter Holder
SRB Photographic Elite Graduated Filter
SRB Photographic Elite Polarising Filter
Cokin Nuances 6 Stop ND Filter
Cokin Nuances 10 Stop ND Filter
Nikon MI-L3 Camera Remote
LowePro Nova 140 AW II Camera Bag
Vlogging and Video Gear
GoPro Hero 9 Black
GoPro Media Mod
Rode Wireless Go Wireless Microphone
Ulanzi VL49 Vlogging Light
GoPro Battery x4
Osprey Daylite Waist Bag
Manfrotto Tripod Mount Plate
GoPro Shorty Camera Grip
Navigation Equipment
Suunto 5 GPS Watch
Garmin eTrex 10 Handheld GPS
Silva Expedition Type 4 Compass
OS Maps - 1:25k Explorer and 1:50k Landranger Map
Harvey Maps - 1:25k Ultra Map
Ortlieb Waterproof Map Case
OS Maps App (iOS)
OS Locate App (iOS)
PeakFinder App (iOS)
Accessories
Multimat Sit Mat
Nitecore NU32 Head Torch
Petzl E-Lite Emergency Head Torch
Anker Power Bank
NEBO Tino LED Light
Smidge Midge Headnet
Decathlon Quecha Sunglasses
Hiking and Backpacking Equipment for Dogs
Dog Rucksack / Harness - Ruffwear Approach Pack
Rucksack Beacon - Ruffwear The Beacon Light
Camping Bowl - Sea to Summit X Bowl
Mat - Thermal Insulation (DIY)
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Комментарии : 65

@BoredManOutdoors 2 года назад

Ahhh...The grand unveiling of the morning world through a Hexpeak zip.. and behold... CLAG.. excellent video Sir.

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Haha! I’m not going to lie, I did have a bit of a sleep in that morning. Checked just before sunrise, saw the clag and thought “bugger it” and went back to sleep 🙃 Thanks for watching!

@jackj8685 2 года назад

Fair play that tent wasn't going anywhere. Great vid 👍

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Thanks Jack! It really wasn't, I'll sing its praises until it finally decides to let me down :)

@TheSoloSummiteer 2 года назад

Nice one big guy👍. Reminded me of my local moors. Not as high but can be equally savage. Those lights can play with your head🥴. Absolutely right. Proper men built those walls 💪. ATB - Dave

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Hi Dave, thanks for watching! There's a big moor near where I live and the weather is consistently brutal there, used to pull 12hr shifts loading lorries with scaffolding in it, not nice haha! Nothing to stop it! This section of the Galloway hills lies on the seaward side, so they get battered a lot :o The masonry is a bit of a dying art these days unfortunately, like a lot of the old skills :(

@TheSoloSummiteer 2 года назад

@@outlawedlandscapes the walls were built in the days when men were made of steel and ships were made of wood. It’s the other way around now 😜

@gigi3242 2 года назад

Beautiful video, as always. Stay safe and well. Happy Holiday

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Hi GiGi, thanks for watching :) All the same to you and yours!

@hikebikescotland9121 2 года назад

Good video as always - the 'Awful Hand' is on the to-do list!

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Thanks for watching! I hope you manage it soon 🙂

@StormierSm1tty 2 года назад

Cracking video as always! Shame about the conditions on the day, but the Hexpeak yet again looking invincible

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Thanks mate, aye, could have done with some good views (especially given the forecast!!) but you win some and lose them, I'll put it down to 'character building' haha! Enjoyed myself all the same though, you canny beat a good slog in Galloway :)

@davidoneill7356 2 года назад

Great watch as always mate

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Thanks David! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂

@ChrisJB 2 года назад

Cool vid Scott. I looked across to Kirriereoch Hill with an interested eye when I was on the Merrick in the summer. Cheers, Chris

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Thanks Chris, aye, some nice alternative views on the summit - when it's clear :D Descending via Red Glen between the Merrick and Kirriereoch will give you nice views of the Corrie as well!

@stevesdaysoff2759 2 года назад

Hello and good video. Looked a canny steep climb up the hill but worth it. Really enjoyed watching. Atb Steve 👍

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Thanks Steve! Aye, it’s a bit of a pull, especially with a rucksack. Kirriereoch can be broken down into 3 main sections; longish walk through forestry and the squelching through a particularly wet bog, a sustained, steep pull up to a glacial erratic and then finally a couple of km of a whaleback ridge, just enough of an incline to really sap your energy. Up top it’s a lovely, large grassy plateau with great views (hah!). Definitely worth its previous Corbett status - and very easy to descend if you’re careful on the wet grasses 🙂

@ootnboots 2 года назад

Good video Scott, unlucky with the weather but good to be out mate ..cheers Stevie

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Thanks Stevie! Aye, you're right, good experience if nothing else! Just gives me an excuse to go back and try again :)

@adrian_baker 2 года назад

Nice video mate. Shame the weather never turned out. I went out Friday night at Ben Lawers direction for some astro as it was meant to be crystal clear. Ended up 50% clag 50% clear but the moon was too bright for any stars to be seen. Was also out in the hex Peak. Brilliant bit of kit, love the tent 👍

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Hi Adrian, I mind you saying that, it would appear that Saturday was the day to be out (argh) Nice to hear another Hexpeak is doing the rounds, god I love them! :D Full moon is excellent for mountain photography if it's bright enough, it creates such a surreal atmosphere! I'd love to see a lunar rainbow, saw someone captured one at Loch Enoch very recently :o

@RamblingOn 2 года назад

Really nice video. Its crazy how the mind can play tricks on us in the dark. Although I wouldn't rule out some UFO's 😄 The tent looked class, looked really solid and your stove windshield is one that I have on my wish list. It looks to be a tidy little job. Mind yourself and have a good Christmas 👍🎅

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Hi mate, thanks for watching! I cut it out the video, but I kept seeing more and more lights in the fog and thought someone had found my motor deep in the forest and had called Mountain Rescue. It wasn't until the fog cleared a bit I could see that they were nowhere near the hill :o The Hexpeak is fantastic & the Optimus coolest/windshield are brilliant, super efficient :) All the same to you and yours!

@WalkWithWallace 2 года назад

Nice one chief, good night out regardless of views, looks like if you were about 50-100m higher you might have been above the cloud. The dry stane dyke that's on Suilven is rather strange how it goes across the saddle, rather than across the hill. Chiefs/lairds marking their land. 🤔

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Aye, it was good to be up there, I could see the Merrick here and there as the cloud shifted but it was just as clagged in unfortunately. Was going to jump up there in the morning, but it would have been pointless. Always next time though! Aye, that is a weird one, I hope to see it for myself in the next year :D I've done a bit of digging and the Galloway dykes were built by lairds to divide up farmland - apparently the independent farmers weren't happy because it messed with their ability to make money and they started pulling them down as they were being built :o Good old Aristocracy, eh!

@WalkWithWallace 2 года назад

@@outlawedlandscapes ha, it never changes eh.

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

@@WalkWithWallace unfortunately not. On the plus side, at least we don’t get hassled on the hills like in England. Plenty of decent drops should we ever require them 🤭😉

@AScotsmanOutdoors 2 года назад

A wee pea-souper right enough this one. Maybe it was the light people doing it 🤷🏻‍♂️ I'm itching to get out but don't have an opening until the start of January now so it was good to get an outdoors fix. I'm looking forward to getting out, in a tent, in the dark, and on a hill. There's just no better feeling. A merry Christmas to you when it comes mate and all the best for next year too 👍🏼

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Aye, I'd have been better camping down the bottom, haha! I reckon the main light was Kirrireoch farm and perhaps the 'pool' was a yard light or something. No idea where the other lights came from though, as there's nothing else down there. I did look it up and found out that the 'woosh' effect was autokinesis, pretty interesting and another wee lesson learned! I'm the same, I've got so many plans and yet very little time, makes it tough. Hopefully you manage out and get your fix asap! All the same you and yours sir, hopefully 2022 is a marked improvement on this year :D

@BorderRambler 2 года назад

Well it was another great test for the Hexpeak , I hate it when the weather doesn’t play ball. Those wall builders must have been hardy souls out in all weathers I guess ,and without the gear we have to keep us dry these days. They do make for great navigation aids tho especially in bad weather . Next year is my mission to do some Galloway camps atb Dave

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Aye, another affirmation of its strengths! It's a fantastic piece of kit :D It's a shame about the weather, but I had a good time regardless and I got a cracker of a shot just before the walk, so can't complain. I remember my grandfather telling me about the drovers of the highlands when I was wee and it always put things in perspective for me. Hardy people sleeping behind walls in nothing but an overcoat in all weathers! It was a different world back in those days - I don't even know how old that wall is though. Galloway is definitely worth it, as I've said before. A true sense of wilderness! Thanks for watching mate :)

@thelifeofbrian282 2 года назад

Great video, pity about the weather but better than being in the hoose 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Apologies, I thought I'd replied to this! Aye, 100%! Still plenty of lessons to be learned, calories to be burnt and peace to be enjoyed :)

@thelifeofbrian282 2 года назад

@@outlawedlandscapes we are always learning that's what it's all about....the experience 👍

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

@@thelifeofbrian282 Exactly 🥳😍 And long may it continue!

@Fellmandave1 2 года назад

Great video buddy. You just let it all out on this one. Goodbye from Coops at the end, brilliant. Mind you a translation for southerners might be needed. Braw, muckle etc, I know what they are ,but the shandy drinkers must be scratching their heads. Ya!

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Thanks Dave, glad you enjoyed it! Haha, what do you mean about letting it all out? I've added subtitles to try and curb the inner Cameron MacNeish that seemed to come out now that I have a wireless mic on the go xD

@Fellmandave1 2 года назад

@@outlawedlandscapes Yeah by letting it all out I meant you were very expressive and open, which was fab.

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

@@Fellmandave1 ah, thanks for explaining! That’s what I’m hoping for. Sometimes my videos seem to just be endless yapping or mostly scenery, I’m trying to challenge myself to find a balance between the two and just to be honest, whether it makes me look daft or not 😅

@tps3057 2 года назад

Nice strong tent m8

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Aye, it’s a belter! 👌🏻

@allyh6557 2 года назад

Great video as always. You sure it's just caffeine that was in that chocolate though? 🤣

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Haha! I hadn't even considered that! xD Shame the hallucinogens weren't stronger, could have imagined some better weather ;) Thanks for watching!

@Kev_Russ 2 года назад

Great video mate. Unlucky aboot the inversion, but if you were just a wee bit higher eh.

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

I know, or a day later 🤭😮 There’s always next time, I certainly wasn’t bored! 😂

@NBNatureTrailvan 2 года назад

Another great video Cameron. Love these. Sometimes it doesn’t work out - maybe it’s just me but I’m thinking that our forecasts are getting less accurate these days! We get amazing sunrises when the forecast is grey and then grey when it’s forecast clear. But hey ho, thems the breaks mate, as you’re out and about that’s all that matters You had some strange optical illusions up there. Mist seems to do that to light somehow Anyway great video. Enjoyed 👍👍👍 Dave H

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Hi Dave, thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it mate. I don't think you're far wrong with that - the thing that really galls me is that whenever I receive strong aurora alerts it's ALWAYS totally overcast here on the West Coast, haha! 'Character Building' as they say... I really do need to look into that, maybe it's water on the eyes or something?

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autokinetic_effect

@NBNatureTrailvan 2 года назад

@@outlawedlandscapes woah. Amazing!! That’s a really cool phenomenon B*gger. There’s me thinking you saw a UFO. Ruddy Scientists!! 😀😀😀

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

@@NBNatureTrailvan haha! Aye, ruining a perfectly good spooky experience 😂😂 I found the wee line about the Prussian officer very relatable, amazing how the mind wanders without prior knowledge and yet another lesson learned on the hills!

@NBNatureTrailvan 2 года назад

@@outlawedlandscapes 👍👍👍

@whenigotothemountains1203 2 года назад

Good video Scott but shame you didn’t get the inversion. As you packed up in the morning it looked like a faint bit of blue: if you’d just been a little higher maybe. Did you figure out what the lights were then?! Atb gordon

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Hi Gordon, aye, there was a wee bit of a clearing in the cloud, but the Merrick was fully clogged in as well at the time, which would have been the highest point. The densest fog seemed to come from the corrie between Kirriereoch and Merrick (Red Glen) whereas things were a wee bit clearer around Shalloch on Minnoch to the north - didn't have time to go there though! Maybe next time :) I didn't figure out the lights, the only one I could confidently place would be Kirriereoch Farm, perhaps the 'pool' could have been a lit yard/garden or something. The effect I was going on about is called Autokinesis though - which has an interestingly similar example to my experience on the Wiki page. Thanks for watching!

@whenigotothemountains1203 2 года назад

@@outlawedlandscapes as you’ll know, the highlands had all the luck with the weather. I didn’t get out tho sadly so you aren’t alone in having missed it! Googled that. Interesting.

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Aye, definitely 😮Hopefully I’ll get back up there soon, lots of plans and lots of photographs to make! 😃

@The_Arby 2 года назад

Another great video mate...Can you recommend a walking pole for the Peak V4A as i never used trekking poles before ?? Definitely think il need to get myself a dog, great company :-)

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Thanks! I'm currently using a 150cm ski pole, but it's quite old. I've been contemplating the Black Diamond Trail Sport poles though, as they are 140cm and aren't too expensive :)

@The_Arby 2 года назад

@@outlawedlandscapes Cheers mate and thanx for replying, il have a look :-)

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

No bother :)

@biyaherohikingteam 2 года назад

Hey mate! After seeing your great vids I've decided to buy a Hexpeak too! I have only one question about it, did you seam sealed it or not?

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

Hi mate, yes I seam sealed mine after getting it, in fact, the seam sealant was included when I purchased from backpacking light.co.uk, so that was nice 😀

@biyaherohikingteam 2 года назад

@@outlawedlandscapes aight! Thanks again mate! 😄🙏💪

@outlawedlandscapes 2 года назад

@@biyaherohikingteam No problem 😀