The Tour Du Mont Blanc - Day 7 - Solo Hiking & Wildcamping
The Tour du Mont Blanc or TMB is one of the most popular long-distance walks in Europe. It circles the Mont Blanc massif, covering a distance of roughly 170 kilometres (110 mi) with 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) of ascent/descent and passing through parts of Switzerland, Italy and France.
Come join me on my little adventure as I solo hike the TMB over 7 days
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I really enjoyed watching your journey. Thanks so much for documenting it and sharing. Great, great job capturing the trail. I especially enjoyed your map of the day at the end of your vidoes. Very helpful. New subscriber here! 👏
Thank you, Darren. I am 82 now and the TMB is one of my wonderful walks that I have failed to tackle and I regret it. So, it was great to follow your super coverage of the trek through that wonderful countryside. I am only sorry you didn't have the sunshine on the last day. But that's the mountains for you. Great achievement and very entertaining..
@darrencurtisuk
11 ай бұрын
You have filled my heart with joy with that comment 🤗🙏 Thankyou
Top stuff D-Dog. Looked an amazing journey. Be proud.
Really enjoyable series mate as per normal. I'll add that one to the Bucket list
Fantastic series again Darren. That looked truly amazing. Looked a Slightly better trip than the CWT!
Great job! I enjoyed the series.
Well done but I was getting the fear of you going up those ladders 😂
@darrencurtisuk
11 ай бұрын
Heights & rain scare the life out of me. Each to their own!
Great series great coverage absolutely enjoyed it. onto the next thanks getting me through this ACL injury
@darrencurtisuk
Жыл бұрын
Ouch, good luck with that 🙏😊
Nice work Darren! I'm hoping to do this hike next summer, 2024, and this has been a great peek into what I can expect. You really lucked out with the most gorgeous weather. Thanks for letting us follow along!
@darrencurtisuk
10 ай бұрын
All the best 👍😊🙏👌😎
Very good videos ….best ever I have see about TMB well done
@darrencurtisuk
Жыл бұрын
Cheers mate 👍🙏
Smashed it daz👏👏🤜 it did look sketchy at times those ladders didn't look the safest 🤣 well done though m8 look forward to seeing what you get up to next atb daz
Thank you so much for all your effort you put into this series! It's really helpful to see all these spots, and your commentary is always informative, realistic and never vain. Now I'm even more pumped for my tour in Sept 24. Thanks again.
@darrencurtisuk
5 ай бұрын
No problem 😉☺️
Hey Darren, I'm doing the TMB in July 2024. I really enjoyed your walk through series on this hike. Super useful as I'm planning on camping the route and trying my luck at refugios on the way round, with a few places booked in advance. Thanks again! 😊👍
@darrencurtisuk
3 ай бұрын
Nice, that's the best way to do it. The refugio's are nice to stay in but expensive. Plenty of places to wildcamp once high up & out of sight
@lasamedina5880
2 ай бұрын
Yes! We will be doing this trek in a July 2024 also. Appreciate all your great suggestions of places to stay. Any recommendations for this part? There are 4 of us
Great video series. Brings back memories. I had rain through the last two days of my tmb and skipped the flegere ladders because of that. You made a wise decision not going 1500 meters down in the rain.
@darrencurtisuk
Жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏
Hi Darren, without a doubt the best video series I've seen of TMB! Excellent work, well done
@darrencurtisuk
11 ай бұрын
Wow, thanks!
Another great series Darren 👏🏻
@darrencurtisuk
11 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
Fantastic well done that man !🙂🙂👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@darrencurtisuk
11 ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
Brilliant series Darren, shame about last few miles but don’t blame you, looked a bit sketchy in that rain and mist.
@darrencurtisuk
11 ай бұрын
So true
Thank you Darren. That did not look like fun, I'm glad you completed the circuit. Well done. you are a better man than me .Think I will stick to English routes.
@darrencurtisuk
11 ай бұрын
You can do it!
Awesome 👏🏻 ❤
@darrencurtisuk
11 ай бұрын
Thanks 🤗
Superb set of videos Darren. So so helpful to folk like me. Followed your CWT set, I completed that in May. Next on list is TMB. Any chance of a gear review, please? Thanks again Neil
@darrencurtisuk
11 ай бұрын
Well done completing the CWT! Tbh the gear I took is largely the same as my Coast 2 Coast gear vid. The Tent I took (trekkertent stealth 1) i will be doing a video on shortly. If you have any particular gear questions just pop me a message 👍
Well done Darren, I plan to walk the TMB next year so it was very useful to watch your journey especially as I plan to camp too. It would be useful to know what kit you took with you and how you got there from the UK.
@darrencurtisuk
11 ай бұрын
Hi, are you going this year? Most my gear can be found on my channel, give used the same setup for a couple of years now
Thanks as always Darren for taking us along with you , this has been another great series . The last day in that weather looked treacherous .
@darrencurtisuk
11 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
Well, that was quite a trip. Thanks for taking us along. Don't feel bad about taking the cable car down; you climbed all those dang ladders in the rain, you deserved the ride!
@darrencurtisuk
11 ай бұрын
It's juggling making content vs actually enjoying myself ☺️
Well done Darren, thanks for another great walk series. Can’t wait for the next one!
@darrencurtisuk
11 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
Wonderful series of videos Darren, thank you so much for sharing it with us.
@darrencurtisuk
11 ай бұрын
Glad you like them!
Another great series of videos, you put all together nicely , loving your work. Look forward to the next adventure.
@darrencurtisuk
11 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
An excellent series of videos Darren. Thanks for taking the time to film, edit and for sharing. Cheers Alistair 👍
@darrencurtisuk
11 ай бұрын
My pleasure!
Hi Darren, that was epic adventure, the scenery was absolutely break taking. Really enjoyed all 7 parts . well done, glad you managed to complete the trek. Btw… did the meerkat try to sell you some insurance 🫣👌👍👍👍 .
@darrencurtisuk
Жыл бұрын
Haha, nice one. Thanks for watching
Looked a great adventure. I'd be interested to know about the logistics of this trip and what kit you had...
@darrencurtisuk
11 ай бұрын
The kit was the same that can be found in my West Highland way / Coast to coast kit list videos
Nice one Darren, I remember doing the TMB in the seventies, things have changed 👍
@darrencurtisuk
11 ай бұрын
Oh really?
Great series! I’m starting on July 22nd this summer and it’s good to know that refugees have beds in case I don’ t want to set up camp. I was wondering what kind of hoody’s you wore on the trail (long sleeves) in the blazing sun? I saw they ware from Rab. Please let me know
@darrencurtisuk
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I got lucky with refugio's maybe due to late cancellations? The Hoody is the Rab Pulse which has been renamed Rab Force. It's a brilliant bit of gear
thanks for taking us along on your hike Brillant as always cheers
@darrencurtisuk
11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@stevenkohut6395
11 ай бұрын
@@darrencurtisuk cheers mate i finished the west highland way 2 weeks ago chuffed to finish it my fist long distance hike
Hi Darren, Thanks for making the video, what solar panel did you use and would you recommend it
@darrencurtisuk
Жыл бұрын
Lixada 10w portable solar panel. I found it worked well to charge my gopro. It doesn't work well charging a phone though
What a fantastic series of videos! The scenery was fabulous. Congratulations on finishing the tour! How were your knees on the downhills?
@darrencurtisuk
11 ай бұрын
Trekking poles were essential