As a veteran of the Armed Forces ive spent some time on the Beacons with the Royal Marines, i know how tough it is out there...well done guys. Great video!

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you so much. Honestly we can’t even comprehend how much respect we have for anyone that does this just in their training for their country. Honestly amazing.

@simonbarton7658

11 ай бұрын

They're civies mate, straight out of their van, no training and they decided to do it on the spur of the moment, its still an achievement for them to complete it, also I never said I was in the marines, I'm ex Navy who had an opportunity to work with them.

@mongoose621

8 ай бұрын

Cheers dits 😂

@simonbarton7658

8 ай бұрын

@@mongoose621 😉

I did this in the 80's in the army. I was 18 years old and I'm 54 now. It remains one of the hardest things I've done. The peak just never seems to get closer. Well done!!!

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

thank you!

@andrzejplocki6438

6 ай бұрын

Ditto, early 80’s. I’ve been back recently and the surfaces have improved, but nothing takes away the sheer brutality of it. Especially getting it done sub 4.10, with no watch!

@rob8493

Ай бұрын

@@andrzejplocki6438 sub 4.10 is a very easy to achieve for anyone with a half decent level of fitness at any age especially with only 35lbs.

I was formerly with the Australian SAS Regiment, so I have been here and done it. Obviously you need fitness preparation, but really it is in the mind, the navigation is easy, ENDURANCE is what you need and when you have to do it with a pack, rifle and webbing then you know you have done some work, well done on your effort. Weather was your friend that day.

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

thank you :)

A phenomenal video. Thank you for sharing our event. Well done on getting out there guys. Time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted. We hope Martha’s knee is healing and we look forward to seeing you there. 🇬🇧⚔️

@THE_Double_Tap_

11 ай бұрын

EXACTLY and lone survivors not time on recon lol

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Huge respect to you both from New Zealand. Wow, stepping up from 6km to 24 is massive. I ran competitively in the 1970s and 80s (now 71). We prepared for long events by training at around 80% distance for 6 weeks prior. Always found the climbs tough on the lungs and the descents murder on the knees. 1993 I climbed Ingleborough in North Yorks with a mountain bike over my shoulder for most of it. That was just a pimple of a climb compared to the Brecon Beacons. Hope you're both well recovered. Really looking forward to watching your other adventures.❤❤

What many people don't consider is that many soldiers have had to complete something like this and then go on to fight in a battle straight after.......not sit and chill, not have a shower, not grab a drink and an energy bar.....fight.

Amazing effort from both of you!... we're absolutely shattered just from watching it 😅 we hiked Pen Y Fan but could not imagine running up there and with the extra massive distance too, you smashed it! 👏

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Thanks guys🤣

I did this event with The Special Forces Experience and was brutal (loved the event): but it was brutal with the amount of rocks and elevation, wel done guys!

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

thank you!

Well done guys, the Fan Dance race is one of the most brutal events on the UK's race calendar.

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

cheers!

absolutely incredible!! you two amaze me every week with what you get up to. one very proud sister here 👏🏼🏃🏻‍♂️🥇❤️

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! You’re the best☺️💕

Look forward to more videos like this, really enjoyed and well done to both of you!

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great going both of you brilliant Yeah I love this sort of stuff 👍🙏

Yasss another Mitch video! Love you two!! ❤

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Yay! Thank you!

I did the Fan Dance a couple of years ago. It was an organised event with a certificate and a medal on completion. As I was over 50 I only had to carry 25lbs. My feet throbbed for 3 days afterwards and I now have a phobia for small rocks. Well done for doing it!!

Well done both of you. Once that knee is right Martha, you'll both be onto the next adventure, inspiring others. Cheers from Australia

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! We were straight back out a few days later filming our most recent video. Knee is looking good and I'm super happy about it 🙌

guyyyys this is insane! fave video yet! BOSH

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Legend! So glad you enjoyed it🤪 thanks for being there for me ☺️

Fantastic and well done to you both, I hope Martha`s knee is alright and that she is proud of how much she was able to do before the injury struck, good on that fella who asked if you were ok and to the guy who gave Martha a lift back to the van, I was knackered just watch it, great video guys, all the very best to you both from Nick in Wolsingham.

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Nick, I'm on the mend now thankfully and couldn't believe the kindness of strangers in a time of need. I couldn't of done it without that lift back to the van so that guy help me so much and I'll always be grateful for that

This was such a good video. Hope you're feeling better!

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

thank you!

Well done to you both. That was a great effort. Extra thanks for videoing and sharing the results.

@TheJammyGits

9 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

I did two out of three climbs with 45lb Bergen, escape belt (two full water bottles, ammo pouches) and SLR rifle. TA SAS 1973. Up from the other car park. Over top, down the other side, back to the top, down to the start I should have gone back up again but to my eternal shame. I gave up. Been back for civillian hiking. Lovely 'walk'.

@counterpoint751

Ай бұрын

The fact that you tried, makes you a champion. Respect. From an old SADF paratrooper.

Great video, love the "warts and all" representation, which will help others to prepare adequately for this challenge. I walked this route with a heavy pack camping overnight and my knee went just before that steep last climb on the way back(Jacobs Ladder?) As I was sitting on one of my many rests to get to the top I noticed a bunch of soldiers with heavy packs and in particular that there was one Officer? (not carrying a pack) haranguing them, and as they passed me one soldier asked when are we going to get a rest, the answer wasn't pretty! Now I understand what that was all about. I made it down okay and from then on I carry an elasticated support in case this happens again. Still loved the whole thing, that place is magical.

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

wow! You can't even begin to imagine the mental and physical strain them soldiers would have been under that day.

@chrishiking8818

11 ай бұрын

Remember in past had to carry guy from corn du to pan y fan in fireman lift with my backpack in the dark , nearly killed me but did it and was awesome, then other guy had to do the same opposite back then both to pen y fan again, oh my knees

Awesome guys really well you should be both proud , it's awful when you get injured but hope ur knees better now Martha. Well done guys really well done

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Gareth, it’s on the mend now thank you!

You tube had unsubscribed me from you guys! Loved that video, me and hubby both laughed when mitch said about getting the number plate of the van when the mrs was getting driven away! ...and the comments about jogging past the guys! Well done to both of you, great drone footage, great content! Looking forward to more!

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

oh no! That sucks, glad you found the video anyway! Thanks so much for watching😁

Omg ❤I love you guys.ive just started watching your channel.Im addicted.Mitch your amazing doing this challenge. Hope martha knee getting better soon.Cant wait for you both to go to Europe 🇪🇺 🙏 the new van is awesome 👌 👏 ❤

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

Brilliant video again....great channel this 👏👍

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much✌🏻

Loved this

Love this, well done! See you at race the train in tywyn next year? 😊 Love the guy who asked if all is ok!

Well done to both of you 😘

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Thank you😁

Wowsers...fair crack you had Martha, hats off to you kiddo 👍😍 you've reminded me to not forget my knee brace in my pack for next trip. Hope you scrubbed up ok after it. Mitch mate... Bloody champion, I looked at my resting heart rate at one point during your ascent and realised it had gone up from 59 to 72 just watching you do that climb and talk at same time. Well done to both of you 🎉😊

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! All back on the mend now, haha it was a challenge but so glad you enjoyed watching it! ☺️

"The weather is absolutely glorious" 30 minutes later "I could not be any more wet than I am now" 😀 hilarious

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Tell me you're in the UK without telling me you're in the UK 🤣

Well done...brilliant vlog as per

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

I was sweating just watching that ! Those special forces are a different breed.

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

100000%!

It's a brutal place. Great camera work felt I was back there. You did get lucky with the lift for the lady. I think you should have planned the exit strategy earlier. It's a nightmare getting stuck the wrong side of Jacobs. That said a very nice video.

subscribed and Liked Love what Ive seen so far

@TheJammyGits

9 ай бұрын

thank you!

Well done you two, that looked tough 😅👍

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

It was brutal🤣 thank you!

“…. Not sure how I feel about leaving Marth with some random guy… might get his reg .” 😂 Shouldn’t laugh but we did at that bit 😂👍 Good video guys.

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Bless him😂😂 thanks guys!!🥰😁

Spot on and brill blog guys 🙂

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Well done both of you a real tough challenge to set. To be honest I couldn’t run a bath. Great vlog.

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

😂😂 thank you!

I’ve done some of that, it’s really hard going.Respect to you

That was a cracking effort! I've just found your channel, might have to drag my (older) kids up to the mountain and give it a crack...we were at Ben Lomond in June.

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Cheers! It's a beautiful place

@TimWhild

11 ай бұрын

@@TheJammyGits It is! They will appreciate the beasting too 😂

Well done. I have spent many years trekking all peaks and the horse shoe in a session. I used to cycle from Merthyr to the Story Arms and then to the entire route walking not jogging of course and cycle back. Encountered training forces many times. Couldn’t do it now though. Iv trekked to alps and the Atlas Mountains and made great friends and created so many good memories. The access to Corn Du and Penny Fan has been made easier now from the South End. There’s a great trek to the north over to the lake where you pass the memorial to Tommy, the boy who got lost on the mountain. People leave hand made toys there and all sorts sometimes, Very moving and worth a visit. Plus you can swim in the lake, there’s a lots of stories and out the lake and it was a coming of age thing for centuries for young lads who swam it and it was said you enter the lake as a boy and leave a man, 😂. Great stuff !

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

amazing stuff, thanks for the insight! If we're back there again we'll check it out!

Great job , well done . You can imagine how hard it would be with a 55lb burgen, food ,water and a rifle and all under 4hr 10min 😂 Great video and i hope your both well .

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

you can't even begin to fathom the mental and physical strength that must take! It was really fun to do though. Thank you!

Great video guys. I'm planning on hiking this in a couple of weeks, but at age 60 are looking at about 8-9 hours I think. Hope Martha's knee got better. Your video was very helpful 👍

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

thank you. I hope you have a lovely time hiking🏔️

@Quadrant14

11 ай бұрын

mate look after your knees, take poles if necessary.

@thecampingastronomer8554

11 ай бұрын

@Quadrant14 I'll be taking 2 poles with me, and a couple of knee braces 👍

Very VERY well done guys , you’ve just discovered the big secret of the Beacons , it isn’t fitness thats the key it stamina . Brecon will destroy you if your not ready for it due to the terrain wether it’s the up and downs or just the ground your running on , I’m lucky enough to live not far from there and have lost count how many times I’ve been there both military and a civilian and I’ve seen many a ‘super fit’ type crash and burn because of it , the tortoise and the hare definitely sums up the ‘Fan dance’ ! 😁 Also props to Martha for admitting she needed to postpone for another day too many won’t admit they need to bail out and end up causing an emergency so yea well done you , the Beacons aren’t going away any time soon !😉

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks so much for such a lovely comment. It's so true what you say and it's so amazing to experience a place like it. We've really found a love for outdoor adventures and challenges like this, so we're so excited to take on more in the future. Thank you!

@Quadrant14

11 ай бұрын

Endurance, Resiliance,

We’re hardly even into the video and the edit is so slick 😮

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! We had so much filming & editing it!

Well done guys

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Good effort! Done it a quite a few times now, very good first attempt. More of the same please.

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Thanks, will do!

I need to give this a go I usually complete the Horseshoe ridge with my spaniel Jet but have never ran. I always bound down though, find it easier on the knees

Having done it. Kudos to you both.

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

cheers!

Well done both for getting out there and for you Mitch carrying on. Them ups and downs and the distance will certainly suck it out of you. Mind you put weight on (you mentioned that), lack of sleep, carrying a weapon and cross country to in bog (not all the course is on trail) and then you have a challenge. My father Terry Jickells ran SAS selection with good old Lofty (Wiseman). He would speak of it happily. Well, hope your legs are good. All the best. Mark

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the comment Mark and also watching our video, we really appreciate it!

@WyeExplorer

11 ай бұрын

@@TheJammyGits That's OK. Did you get the content of the comment? You did have the SAS emblem on your thumbnail. I take it your interested in that.

Go for it I enjoyed the video

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

thank you!

I enjoyed that, thanks

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Well done I did the fan dance couple of years ago got a time just under 4 hours at 72 you would find it better with the SF. Experience event 😎

Been their done that with kit. Good effort from you both. It's tough.

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Wow excellent effort well done Mitch, next time try the squady shuffle, 45kg on your back and ware boots. Martha sounds like you have some scar tissue from a previous injury in your knee, if so you can vigorously massage this out. Love❤ the Channel lol from Tarquin Royal Army Medical Corpse.

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Thank you, I'll give this a go. Thanks for watching!

if it's any concellation at all, the guys on Sellection usually train for a year with numerous dry runs up Pen y Fan before doing it for real. It shows the motivation these guys have putting themselves through hell, everyday, for weeks, no matter if it's a heatwave or snowing.

Did this with a 35lb began plus 4 litres of water...... and just did again on Tuesday with Snow and ice...... Well done guys.

@TheJammyGits

4 ай бұрын

Wow that’s impressive! Congrats

Great content, sorry you couldn’t get through it Martha, but it wasn’t worth serious injury

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Thank you, I know, I'm glad I stopped when I did as I'm back on the mend now!

I've damaged my knee .. going downwards aggravates it - it's the pressure on the knee .. my Dr advised glucosamine.. but be careful mines affecting me as get older.. ❤❤ you both did well ..

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

I’ve been taking glucosamine too as recommended by my chiropractor, it’s been good for so long, but unfortunately not this time

I've done all of the routes over Pen Y Fan and can confidently say that it's a different beast. I don't know what it is but every time I do it, I'm questioning my fitness. It's tough. There's a reason the special forces visit the brecons so frequently so don't feel bad about finding it difficult.

12:15. “This is hard work just going up this slow decline” wtf 😅

Bannau Brycheiniog and the fan dance is a tough run. The Roman rd is tough in itself ❤. It’s a area I know very well.

Well done bud You’ve inspired me to motivate my ass and do it with some fellow colleagues Not sure I should show them this first tho 🤣🤣 Only showed them the 7.4 km trail 😂

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

cheers! haha best of luck to you guys🤘

No unkindness intended but this is why this selection exists. Fit people who are strong and determined have challenges thrown at them and they can't complete it. Some can. Those who can are selected. Those who can not, for whatever reason, are thanked for trying but don't pass. Others can, they get selected.

I checked with a mate who was at Hereford, as I’ve walked around that route a lot, and the Fan Dance only takes in Pen-Y-Fan and not Cribyn or Fan-Y-Big in either direction, goes to Torpentau Station and back to the Storey Arms car park. Happy to be corrected but my mate was SAS for years so I believe him up to now.

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

We didn't go onto either of them peaks and ended up back at storey arms. The same route as the event takes every year 👍

@standleymt

11 ай бұрын

The reserves (21 SAS) did a longer route with a later cutoff as it used to do selection over weekends. It also involved going back out over Fan Fawr that night..

Bravo, mais ils vous manquaient les sac a dos... hahaha!

Did that very route the other day it was a nice session. To give you some context, the SF blokes do that at the beginning of selection to weed out the obvious no hopers! The marches get way harder than that.

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Nice! Oh yes, we understand that this is at the very start of their training, I can't even fathom how gruelling their marches must get.

@charlottesadventures4773

11 ай бұрын

@@TheJammyGits I enjoyed watching that well done for continuing. To help if you do it again no require,not to do Corn Du it’s not part of the Dance. Finish should have been where you started as well and not the other car park. Great video though , we look forward to more.

Watching this in a non air conditioned room on Corfu 35 degrees outside and in 🥵. Been up all night watching and worrying about the fires burning in the North 😢. So lovely to see this video especially the rain . Well done both of you I love your enthusiasm for everything..

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Oh no, I'm hoping you are safe and doing well. There's plenty of rain in the UK at the moment, we need it all to come your way. Thank you☺️

Looks tough. Hope you are OK Martha.

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

thank you! all good now☺️

Hoofing effort , well done . It’s hard for a reason 🫡🇬🇧.

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

thank you!

Great fun to watch and brings back some memories, definitely do it again the rewards far outweigh everything the more you attack it.

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Thank you, we will!

Well done both. I spent a lot of time at Credenhill in Herefordshire, I know how demanding this and others are. Great effort! ….Smithy

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@THE_Double_Tap_

11 ай бұрын

As a chef? 😂

@theabandonedhunter3604

11 ай бұрын

@@THE_Double_Tap_ No chief cleaner 🧼

@THE_Double_Tap_

11 ай бұрын

@@kassFC wow! Must be a MASSIVE Regt...never knew that, thanks anywsy

I wild camped on top of pen y fan, it pissed down more rain than I ever saw lol 😂

@Shaunatwales66

3 ай бұрын

Also British army veteran Brecon is hard, well done on your accomplishments

I walked up pen y fan. So easy, I can't remember much about it

I am getting old - Yes the Fan Dance is the short sickener, a speed event, the shock to the system, what I was thinking of was called the Long Drag. Must find my brain cells or indeed cell.

I spent a short spell in the army and navy Then I spent five years in the army and airforce reserves I did 8 mile speed March in the infantry with only 24 pounds and a rifle SLR The Royal Navy had us hiking over Dartmoor and Bodmin moor in Cornwall That was crap weather and in December 1987 The army reserves and airforce reserves not too bad never did any major long hikes I did the annual London walk through Epping forest in 1988 That was 24 kilometres I’ve done London to Brighton bike ride three times And in 2018 bike Oxford I also in the 90s climbed snowdonia three times Nothing major since then

There is no instructors shouting at you in the SAS you’re on your own

Well done mate sign up for the SAS next

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

haha cheers mate!

Now do it with combat clothing and a full backpack 😊😛😉😎

The thing about UKSF is that there is no drill instructor shouting at you. Its all about self-motivation and the instructors are the total opposite - quite quiet and encouraging at times. It is up to the SF candidate to pull it out of his arse.

my mate Mat won that race i think it was last year.ive done an 18 miler there with 6000 feet of incline i bonked twice and had tunnel vision ive done much longer distances but that was the hardest run ive ever done

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

wow that's amazing!

Nowt to it

Well done. Next time: rifle and bergan.

A paved road all the way up the SAS should be climbing in the Scottish Highlands this test would be more severe in the Cairngorms 🇬🇧

I guess you really don't want to hear about the Dragons Back Race then! Puts the Fan-Dance to shame really.

@fioralbannach6647

3 ай бұрын

Yea right mate, Fan Dance is a piece of cake😩

@richardjones2811

3 ай бұрын

Look it up then @@fioralbannach6647

I've run this bastard! It's a killer

Just up the road from me 😂😂

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

Beautiful area!

We would have had to do that carrying as much as 25kg plus your personal weapon, in some cases even more weight.

One of the best places to Train, remember those heavy backpacks going up in the dark and light rain and summer weather. Most awesome place ever

First time was when I was 13 . Dropped off by school mini bus and told to be up and down within a certain time. No special boots. Goretex or anything ! . Its a nice place until it get "murky" then it turn pure evil and dangerous

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

oh wow! yeah I can imagine so!

Didn’t he come down the wrong way at the end - should have come down the hill to the phone box

@TheJammyGits

9 ай бұрын

Yes, you're right, we didn't know at the time. We just followed the All Trails route which brought you at the other exit which is our mistake.

Enjoy ..rofl...

You have got to try it, to know yourself. Once you have try it again with a pack loaded with bricks to know how fit those that can, are. But well done to both of you.

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

cheers

And the 80kg of kit. Bergen, belt kit , rifle?

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

80kg are you for real 😅

@altonhants

11 ай бұрын

@@TheJammyGits Absolutely

@altonhants

11 ай бұрын

When you sit or rest you cannot get up. You have to roll over on your knees and use the rifle to help you up

I got under 3 hours winter 2005.

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

That's seriously impressive 👏

Rather you than me, I only have one run in me and that’s after having a bad curry 🤣🤣🤣

@TheJammyGits

11 ай бұрын

🤣

a pack says it all Cobbs,it's a Bergan not a pack,civvi

so its not 2, it's 4 crash

Corn Du……Black Horn

it's a Bergan not a backpack