As a young 17-18 year old Birmingham police cadet I was part of an eight man team descending Pen Y Fan when we came across Paras climbing up. "You Birmingham Police?" they asked. "Yeah" we replied. "Your instructors are down there, fuck me they're angry, you're late." This shocked us as we felt that we were doing well for time. We ran the rest of the way down and arrived at our instructors looking completely f...ed. "Why are you running?" they asked. "Those Paras told us that you were angry" we replied. You live and learn.

@tubefreakmuva

3 жыл бұрын

LOL quality

@alexiak06

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to squaddie humour :)

@GavTatu

2 жыл бұрын

bet ya made a good time tho !

@jeremysinglehurst9036

5 ай бұрын

Pmsl😂😂

I've been up and down that bloody hill god knows how many times, and here i am, watching people race it! Can someone help me, please, not again......

@Lame_Duck

6 ай бұрын

One more time...come on! 😜🤪

@jeremysinglehurst9036

5 ай бұрын

Me too 😂😂

@Lame_Duck

5 ай бұрын

@@jeremysinglehurst9036Same goes for you ! One more time a least 😁😁😁

I’ve done this load bearing event twice summer 2015 and winter 2016. I was 40yrs at the time and came 6th both times in 3.28 / 3.30. This has reminded me that I am going to do it again. It’s a great day out. Hog roast at the end!

@Lame_Duck

2 ай бұрын

👍 Well done ! Impressive time 😶

I done this in 2017 then completely let myself fall apart.This video is helping me to get back in the game and have another go.

@rattlin9194

3 жыл бұрын

How are ya getting on pal??

The Fan Dance looks a great test of what you've really got. How fit and strong you are, and if you can keep going, even though you can't anymore, and you are absolutely tired out. That's, what makes the best

I did 3:55 in 2017....thank you for this video.. now I can see the holy route any time I miss it. greetings from Croatia 🇭🇷

@Lame_Duck

4 жыл бұрын

Well done for doing the Fan Dance under 4h 👍

@phil-zz5hk

4 жыл бұрын

good effort .

@gitarist25

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lame_Duck thank you mate!

@colinstewart1432

2 жыл бұрын

That's an impressive time. Good going. 👍

Loved the ribbing at the end :) done mine for real in 1980 - seeing this might try a another dance in 2022

Hard hard going! Good effort to everyone who completes this

Stumbled across your video looking to enter this for 2020 and low and behold found myself running past you at 4:40 ha impressive time btw!

@Lame_Duck

4 жыл бұрын

Well done, mate ! 👍 Make sure to sign up for the next year, its a great experience

I wouldn't mind doing that. It looks really good, and a proper challenge too 💪💪

I did the winter edition on crutches in 2017. This video is making me want to go again!

Beautiful trails my friend! So big backpacks! 🙄Although it's an older clip, enjoyed it in full with great appreciation, buddy! 👍

Very tough challenge well done.

@wilfredwood2636

2 ай бұрын

Been up and down pen-y-fan meny times. No big challenge for most of us in military in 60s, As most recruits were fit to start with. Gone from bottom to top, and down to grab new recruit and drag them to the top, three times, and still had 20 +miles to go. Loved it. Were in the brecon mountains Every week end for 18 months. During training.

I love way most of these civvis bimble into final RV with no sign of any real effort. Also all the huge bergans with kit hanging off all over the place. No idea at all.

Just got home.. went up last night and slept at the bottom of Jacobs Ladder - No video (that I've seen) does justice to just how brutal these hills are: 1. Phonebox to first ridge. Way way steeper than this video portrays, 2. Stream-crossing up to Corn-du. Very steep, very long. 3. Jacob's ladder. After 12 miles this really will destroy your spirit. Advice, keep your head down 😞

@Lame_Duck

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly in this video there are only a few moments of "Jacobs Ladder-Footage". Dragging my self up there i was in serious trouble so i didn´t pay much attention to filming. One of my mates had his camera mounted on the backpack and kept recording while going uphill. Check out our second video, in wich you can see the misery and struggle on the Jacobs Ladder kzread.info/dash/bejne/g45hzI-ycpObg7g.html

I did this first in September 1981 and have done it many times since. 55 pound bergen plus rifle and two full water bottles. The weight went up from there.

@carldowd406

8 күн бұрын

Are you talking Depot, Pathfinder or Selection?

BZ, this was a great effort. Everyone starting and finishing this run deserves a pat on the back.

Zacher Bursch! Kaffee verdient. Porfekt!

Even better if you enter the Might contain nuts Ultra Brecon 40miler race which covers that neck of the woods

Summer “96 came in with the pack in 3.46. I hated every single step!

I'm on this tomoz defo can't be assed

3 peaks is still tougher, did the fan dance in the army, and the 3 peaks in 2000 for charity! Good efforts to all who compete in either!

@paulmcmc4005

Жыл бұрын

National or Yorkshire 3 Peaks? I've done both and find the Yorkshire harder due to non-stop walking. The National is tough only because of the overall time spent on the road and walking. I was awake over 40 hrs for the National which was what made me tired. We did the Yorkshire with Fan Dance weight - now that was tiring lol. I've also done the Fan Dance a few times. Their all tough in their own ways!

@JammyDodger45

Жыл бұрын

I did the national about 20yrs ago and it was simple enough ... but we did transit between the hills by Sea King helicopter 😂

@jasonwilson7674

Жыл бұрын

I did the national 3 peaks earlier in July in under 20hrs and reckon that the Yorkshires or Fan dance would be tougher

Just seen this, cracking effort! I'm absolutley dreading hills :)

I ran this route last year, in 2 hours 30, but that was just in shorts and vest top, carrying 1lt of water.

@Lame_Duck

4 жыл бұрын

👍 What about finding out if you can do it with the backpack ? 😉

I was 13 or 14 when I first did it

They need to let them pick up the correct weight bergen and equipment at the start to let them see what they would be carrying. Then the boots they'd be wearing. Then let them know this is just one event in selection. Don't want anyone thinking they are sas material just because they do this. I'm not ex sas before anyone asks. Was in the army and was never interested in giving this a go

@GbJoshyyyx

3 жыл бұрын

Literally 1 day of selection

@YeNZeC

3 жыл бұрын

@@GbJoshyyyx And you go again tomorrow, might be a shorter distance, but it might be longer with less weight and faster.

Anyone thinking of doing this it is bloody horrible. Every second of it was awful. I was very lucky enough to do it with my very good friend who had completed it few times for real back in the day and my son. I would love to say it was a great experience......it was orrible. Don't underestimate this challenge, train hard and push on is all I can say .

ex welsh guards . my best times are 2.50 light . and 3.40 laden . 56lb

@phil-zz5hk

4 жыл бұрын

1970s combat gear and dms boots . with webbing lol

@phil-zz5hk

4 жыл бұрын

coldest up there was -15 of frost . no snow .

@Lame_Duck

4 жыл бұрын

👍 Well done! 💪

@seanwood8883

4 жыл бұрын

Carrying 56 lbs too? Wow, go on fella. That's summat else 💪💪

@phil-zz5hk

4 жыл бұрын

@@seanwood8883 i look back now and think wow . then you didnt even think about it , it was just part of the job . be honest though , if you are not experienced , keep away from places like that . it will kill you if you are not prepared . a summers day can turn into a nightmare .

It's better in the winter 26 percent worse in the summer two of my mates died from dehydration staff should of At least let them have water with some electrolytes but no the teamm lead at the tin was stephen s...... and Peter.. mc I.......,but no true escape and evasion alot of people as long as its warm you can get water any wear in the world

Good effort lad. As someone who's done this twice I know what it takes. Well done 👹

@ljrandom147

Жыл бұрын

Do you have to carry a certain amount of weight and what are the rules?

@Lame_Duck

Жыл бұрын

thefandancerace.com/rules/

What size backpack did you use? Thanks

@Lame_Duck

9 ай бұрын

I did used the Backpack from my year of service in the italian army ( +/- 100Litre ). Even smaller ones will be ok, if they fit the mandatory kit/weight.

Not sure the sas strolled up the motorway path or handrailed a fence

Why did they not go straight up and over corn ddu?

@directingstaff8525

7 ай бұрын

Corn ddu isnt the route. This event takes the longer, official selection route

I did this when I was in Brecon for my SCBC when I was 24 years old. Came in second with the safety rucksack on top of my gear so best guess at least 60lb came in right behind a guy from the Argyll and southern islanders. We ran rings around all the Para guys that were there that day. Trained hard for it and it was tough but when we were 24 Air Mobile brigade we trained carrying way more weight, as we had MILAN missile systems to carry that was way tougher than the fan dance...

1984 basic wales 505 Kev

Excellent effort! Will you be there next summer? I'm looking to participate.

@Lame_Duck

4 жыл бұрын

Sadly i won´t be able to be there. Maybe my mates will give it another try.

@KevinRohrbach

4 жыл бұрын

What a shame! Just one more question, did you do it with 35 or 65lbs?

@Lame_Duck

4 жыл бұрын

35lbs + Food and Water (sorry for the delay, but youtube thinks somehow that your are comments are spam 😶 )

Is there a required weight to carry?

@Lame_Duck

11 ай бұрын

thefandancerace.com/rules/ 35 Lb...then you add food and Water.

How many paratroopers and Marines do you get testing themselves before they you know....😑

@seanwood8883

4 жыл бұрын

The Paras 10' which is the ten miler they do as part of P Company is an event they do at Catterick and Colchester, and looks similar to this. A proper tough test, like they say, 'the ultimate endurance test'.

The SF Experience are a better outfit to do this with as you get a bit more bling than a patch.

@avalancheenduranceevents9673

2 жыл бұрын

The SAS award cloth badges at the end of Selection- a tradition that has proven popular. Something more meaningful than a tacky medal. You wouldn't know who were the better organisation as you have never done the original AEE event have you. Unblemished safety record versus an organisation who have had to rely on mountain rescue to bale them out multiple times, and who pass off civilians as DS. Nice try all the same!

That one guy cheating with his weight hahahaha got caught in the end lol

@Lame_Duck

4 жыл бұрын

He wasn´t cheating o got caught. He was PRANKED by the staff 😀😀😀 The same happened to me and i fell completly for it. I was about to hand over the Finisher-Patch saying: "I´ll be back next year!"

The roman soldier used to carry quite a lot of weight And they conquered the known world

@Lame_Duck

3 жыл бұрын

👍 Not only did the Roman Legionary carry more weight. While we where off to the Pub after the Fan Dance, the roman soldier had to build his fortified camp (still wearing his armor and carrying the Gladius)

@angloaust1575

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lame_Duck In the film Spartacus the Roman's Forgot to fortify and the slaves Slaughtered them

@Lame_Duck

3 жыл бұрын

@@angloaust1575 you see what happens if you go to the pub after the march 😉

whats with all the "I did it in 1hr with one leg, blind after testing positive for HIV using crutches" comments

Taping your boots up!!! Why put yourself and others in peril.. with poor kit selection... barn dance not fan dance

@Lame_Duck

2 жыл бұрын

It happened that i was the only one in the vicinity who had watched Macgyver as a kid and had packed the duct tape.

Lots of Walter Mitts pretending to be on SAS selection.

@silverbackshotcall8r956

3 жыл бұрын

There's actual lads who are using the course before entering selection.

@CatFather001

2 жыл бұрын

No Walter Mitts on that mountain, just a shed load of guts and determination. That mountain is a killer that needs respect, 1 death already this year. I'm lucky it's in my backyard

@cookface

Жыл бұрын

Said from the comfort of your armchair… 😬

The iraq and Afghan freedom fighters that kicked the brits out do this in 90 minutes

@charlotteh8174

3 жыл бұрын

HA haha.. foolish worm. They wouldn't stand a chance against even the Welsh Guards, let alone paras.. commandos.. don't even bother testing the SAS. Those fools barely handled the Americans, and they are largely pathetic, relying on equipment and all their fancy technology.