Wild Camps of 2024..Trailstar/Duomid XL/Scarp1/Xmid2Pro

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 As ive done on previous yrs,heres a short write up on 2024,s Wild camps.This years have taken place at home in the Lake District,in Scotland and Northern Sweden

The first took place just off the shoulder of Yoke after walking around the Kentmere Horse shoe walk on the 13th Jan 




Next was a camp on the back shoulder of Esk pike on the 10th of Feb




Followed by a camp on the end Caw on the 8th of March 




My new Xmid2Pro arrived and i took it across the Coniston fells with a camp on Grey Frair summit on the 20th March





5Th of May and a camp on the Calf summit after collecting a few peaks with a fellow wild camper 








The above and 2 below pics were taken on Sand hill as we went out to catch the Aurora display,i got a message come through and another wild camper joined us,the best display i have ever seen in the UK





Scotlands Glenshee Munros on the 25th and 26th of May saw us collecting peaks both sides of the Glenshee pass with a camp on either side to match





Maggie joined me on the 22nd of June for a Camp and we ended up over on Little Hart crag summit 


An unpleasant day on the middle spine of the Lakes saw me and my brother drop down a bit and camp on Rannerside,we were treated to some nice evening light..29th June 




12th and 13th of July and i plotted out a route to the back of the Bridge of Orchy Munros,with my brother.Two pics above on the Top Beinn a Churin

After a windy day we finally camped on the cliffs 2 k North of Beinn Dorains summited,which we summited after we had got pitched up,these two pics  





Another Kenmere round and i camped near Kentmere pike summit on the 18th of August,above sand below pics


Then after months of planning and my brother sorting all the transport there and back a trip into Sarek National park in Northern Sweden,31st August 

First camp just below Vasttopparna at 680 m,having flown in from Ritsem,after all the terrible storms folk had had out here it was good to be on route 



Then after a cool start the next day the weather started to warm up leaving us with a great camp,in a high valley below the Oarjep Ruphtesjiegna glacier, at 900m also treated to some Aurora above camp too


Camp 4 below was camped by the outflow loch/lake  of  Bielajavratja and was my 18th of the year so far 

A bad weather day and wanting to keep on track to camp near Skierffe in a few days,saw us plan out a shorter day and an early camp,this one with the mighty peak of |Bierikjiegna looking down on us

Next day we left the valley we were in traversed around as the rain and wind set in,rather than drop down into the top of the Rappa valley,we sought out some shelter and camped at the pass above it at 970m 




A tough swim/wade/fight took us through the Rappa valley delta in amazing weather,but for me to hot,is was good to finally climb up out of the valley,too cooler air ,plus another showing of the Aurora too



Another hot day saw us finally get to Skierffe and find 2 off the only camp spots,that are hard to find,plus two out of the wind.Also our highest camp on this trip at 1170m 


Our 7th and last night camp(we stayed in a lodge the last night) was an open spot below Tjrak leaving only 3-5 hrs walk to the lodge and boat back out 







Back at home me and Maggie nipped out on the 25th Oct to camp on Harter fell summit,blessed with an great inversion the next day 



My 22nd and final camp of the year was 21st November to bag some Munros for my brother,the plan had been for 2 nights but storms put paid to that,so the final camp was on a col SW of Beinn Sheasgarnaich, part of the Glen Lochay munros 






So all in 22 camps for the year,missing one in December 

1 in the Scarp1 
3 in the Duomid XL
9 in the Xmid2Pro
9 in the Trailstar 

Safe travels and Seasons greetings to all ,Peter   

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