HURRICANE SURVIVAL- 140km/h Winds Almost Tipped My 3-Ton Truck

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]This is the most violent storm  I have ever ever been in.

[00:00:13]Gosh, look. The force of the wind has  blown my indicator out. Clean up the wa.

[00:00:22]Holy moly. The smells in here are  amazing. Let's see how this is. Oh, look how perfect they've come out. The winds  are even worse up here. I don't know that we're going to make it to the summit. Welcome  back everybody to another camper with Tony and Bernie. We're on a mountain and we are  getting slammed. 120 km an hour winds.

[00:00:54]We're in Brucey the Troopy, the Toyota Troopy.

[00:00:58]I dare to open the door, even  if I could. Check it out.

[00:01:08]This is the most violent storm I have ever, ever  been in. We are being completely pancaked here.

[00:01:18]I've parked here. We're on Mars where I  camp a lot. The ridge is just up there, the peak. I've parked on this flat bit  nose into the wind. There's no way I'm deploying the tent. I don't want to  drive back down now that I'm here.

[00:01:36]It was risky getting here with the winds.  I think we're going to park up, stay put, hunker down. I just need to level out the  vehicle and then we'll we'll head into the back.

[00:01:54]Holy moly. Right, let me move. Whoa, it's getting  worse. Let me just level up the vehicle a bit.

[00:02:11]So, we need to be as nose in as possible.

[00:02:18]And I want to just have as  straight level as possible as well.

[00:02:27]I think that's it. I think that's good. Yep.  Oh my gosh. We're going to close the window.

[00:02:38]Okay, this is nuts. The engine is off.

[00:02:52]It's lifting the front now. This vehicle is  over three tons. It's not going anywhere.

[00:02:59]I'm going to put it in gear. I've got the  electronic parking brake on. It It's not going anywhere. It's not going to tip over  or anything. And I'm nose in. Designed for that. But holy moly. Hey, Bernie. You  okay? Bernie's fine. All right. So, this is a great test of this vehicle to see how  it does in these conditions in hurricane mode.

[00:03:29]I think first things first,  we need to crawl into the back and get a get a zesty drink. Oh  my word, this is absolutely crazy.

[00:03:50]We've got hours and hours of this. It's 300 p.m.  So violent. I don't know how you can even walk outside, but we'll give it a go later. At least  we can exit out the back. And there's no water hitting the back at all and no wind. All at the  front. All right, let's crawl into the back. Okay, I haven't actually tried to crawl back here  before, so this is a first. Oh. Oh, Bernie, you're mad. Benny wants to go out in  this. He's absolutely mad. Okay. So, hi Bernie. We don't seem to have any  leaks, but the wind noise is extreme.

[00:04:37]We're gonna have to go out and check it  out because I've got to let Bernie out at some point. Lind out, Bernie. Haven't I got to  let you go out? Let's put the lights on. Okay, so we're starting this. We're 100% full power.

[00:04:54]Uh we got 400 amp hours of  battery and all is good.

[00:05:06]Okay, I need a refreshing drink. Hello, Benny.  I know. I need a refreshing drink. I'm boiling hot. The reason I'm so hot is I had the  heating on full blast cuz the engine was overheating. It's It's got a rubbish electric  fan and it got to fix that on next week. It's getting its proper fan put back in. And we  are misting up a little bit in here. And I don't know how to fix that. Uh I could  open one of these side windows, I guess.

[00:05:39]I just don't know which side to open. And I think  this rear might be the best. Let's see. Okay, that works. Yeah, we're getting some good air  flow in there. As long as the rain doesn't change direction, that should be fine. The temperature  is 8° C, but the wind chill the windchill out there will be just something else. You just know  it will. Look at him. He actually wants to go out.

[00:06:14]Bernie, are you sure? All right. Maybe he needs  to pee. Right. I've got to put his harness on and uh we'll I guess brave it and take him  out. Bernie, let's put the harness on if you're going out there. Hey, Bernie. Let's put  your lead on. Going to keep well hold of you, Bernie. Let me put my waterproof leggings on.  Trousers first. Going to put my goggles on.

[00:06:39]There's no point putting a  hat on. They'll go flying.

[00:06:47]I'm not exaggerating.

[00:06:53]This is 120 110 km an hour. 120 km an hour. All right.

[00:07:08]Goggles on.

[00:07:14]Okay. I'm so glad I've got this truck here and  not buddy. It would have tipped. I'm telling you, it would tip. All right. I've  got my boots on, my gum boots.

[00:07:30]Wow.

[00:07:35]That is nuts.

[00:07:41]All right, Bernie, let's go. I can't believe you  want to go out in this. But you see, to Bernie, he doesn't care. It's just weather. He couldn't  care less. Only humans care what the weather's like. Okay, Bernie, going out. Do you want  to go out? Yeah. Okay, let's go out pee pee.

[00:08:02]Let's see what happens. Oh, he does want to go  out. Yep. Okay. I won't be able to talk much.

[00:08:19]All right, I'm in the Leewood side.

[00:08:31]Okay, Bernie's trying to walk in it. I I  don't know. It's PeeP Bernie. Right. So, I'm just going to go and stand. I'm going  to stand on the the wind like Bernie is Oh my goodness. Holy moly, Manny. Why did  you want to come out in this? You're mad.

[00:09:19]That is just mental.

[00:09:26]Check it out.

[00:10:01]Oh, I can't. That's enough. Benny, I  think you need to go back in. Come on.

[00:10:09]Come on then. Hop. Up. Come on,  Bernie. Hop. Oh, good boy. Okay, I'm going to leave Bernie in there for a second.

[00:10:20]He's safe in there. Let me show you  the front what we're dealing with here.

[00:11:15]Whoa. Okay. Well, I think we found  the perfect test for Buddy for for for Brucey. But this is all locked  down. It's not going anywhere. It's all secure. All good. I'm just  going to check the rest of it.

[00:11:59]All right, that's enough of that. Let's  go back in. Hi, Bernie. Holy moly, Bernie. Holy moly. Why did you want  to go out in that? I have no idea.

[00:12:33]Well, that was the most extreme  extreme wind I've ever camped in, ever. And I haven't even got through  the worst of it yet or spend a night in it yet. We've got all night  here. Got to cook up some dinner somehow. I've got to keep letting Bernie  out to go and pee. He'll work it out for himself and just pee at the back here. I'll  get him some water now. He's happy. He's just pining. He doesn't care. It's just  wind to him. He doesn't think I'll storm.

[00:13:24]He's totally unfazed. But you do get a treat.  You want your treat? Let's take this off now.

[00:13:34]All right, let's get his treat. Usually,  I'd make ask Bernie to sit pretty.

[00:13:42]But I think Whoa, sorry. The the wind just  shook the whole thing so much. It just shook it so much that the camera went flying. How  nuts is that? Uh, we'll just ask him to sit.

[00:13:59]Good boy. There you go. Okay, let me take the  lead away. Go on then. All right, everybody.

[00:14:11]Look, this could happen. You could just go  drive somewhere to go camping. You check the weather forecast, you think everything's  okay, and all hell breaks out. And then you got to ask yourself, is the vehicle  you're in capable? And can you live in it?

[00:14:37]There is no other vehicle I know of that I've seen or ever been in that I would  rather be in right now than this.

[00:14:54]Three tons of steel.

[00:14:59]It's just a tank. We're rocking. Yes.

[00:15:05]But it's a tank and it will get me out  of here as well. Touch wood. All right, everyone. We need a cold drink and we need  to chill. Right, let's get a zesty drink.

[00:15:25]Cheers, everybody.

[00:15:32]Wow. This is absolutely wild. All  right, let's get Bernie some water.

[00:15:43]Bernie, you want some water?

[00:15:50]No, you're just chilling.

[00:16:00]Well, I mean, we wanted a test. I think the  number one comment I got was, "You got to test it on Mars to see how it does  on Mars." Well, here we are. We're on Mars.

[00:16:25]And this is explicitly why I wanted two options  with this vehicle. One for pretty good weather where I can just lift the rooftop tent and  sleep up there. And second, enough room wide enough that I can sleep down here uh in an  emergency like now hunkering down when all hell is breaking loose. And holy moly. So I will  be able to sleep down here. I've got a cock bed.

[00:17:02]Wow.

[00:17:07]That is crazy wind.

[00:17:12]I'm going to be sleeping with earplugs in tonight.  So, let me explain something. If I was in Buddy, my camper van, I would just be so worried right  now. Seriously, seriously, seriously worried because the tipover risk I think in buddy 80  above 80 km an hour and it's it's a high risk of tip over. This thing would take way more than 100  km an hour to tip this over. The track on this is wider than the vehicle is. Bernie's licking the  windows. B, look, there's water right here. Um, plus it's 3 tons. Over three tons.  The weight down low is so high. Yes, the rooftop tent all added on is over 100  kilos, but so much weight below it. So, I'm not worried. We are going to rock. We're going  to rock a lot. There's two reasons for that. One, the suspension is set to ultra soft because of the  terrain and it's very long travel suspension. Two, the tires are aired down. They're 30 PSI, so we're  going to wobble a lot. It just is what it is. Um, once you get used to that, it's fine. The  only other thing I would ever worry about in a vehicle is can the windows take it and aerial  whatever attachments you have on the roof. And uh I'm pretty confident the biggest issue  is going to be condensation and misting up in here. I do have now I've got the front  vents open and I can feel it if I put my hand in front of them. There is fresh air blowing  in but it's it's humid. It's 100% humidity.

[00:19:12]I could start the heater, the diesel heater. I'm  a bit hot for that right now. It's warm and cozy in here. Bernie's licking all the windows. He's  licking the condensation off the windows. So, look, if I put the diesel heater on,  it will dry things out quite quickly.

[00:19:32]Good boy. Um, but other than that, it's just  sit back, chillax, have a snack. My wife made me some Eckles cakes. And thank you, Ann. Thank  you, darling. I just need to know where they are. Here they are. So, she made me these lovely  Eckles cakes. Benny, no. You've had your treat.

[00:19:57]Go on, lie down, cheeky. Oh, flaky pastry  Eckles cakes. These things are delicious.

[00:20:11]M very good. Thank you, darling.

[00:20:20]So, I'm just going to chill out, watch a movie. Um, listen to this storm. I love storms. I love  storms when I'm in the right vehicle. When I'm not in the right vehicle, I dread  it. All right, everyone. Bring it back a bit later. See what the situation is.  It's going to get dark soon, I think.

[00:21:15]Well, the wind's getting more violent and it's  getting colder because we've got so much fresh air flowing in from here. Uh, but I I  want to keep the vents open. I don't want to be steaming up in here. We're  already steaming up a little bit. So, what I might do is might put the  heating on. See if it actually works.

[00:21:41]High wind vacuum situation. I don't know if  it's going to work or not. It might error. So, let's wait and see. And, uh, I can see it started  up. I can see the ampage. It's drawing. So, we'll see if it works or if it errors  out. Well, the heating is working. No problem. Still on. And it's running  fine. Got hot air coming out of here and we're going to be toasty and it's going  to dry everything out in here really quickly.

[00:22:14]Isn't it Bernie? So, I think tonight Bernie will  sleep on the front seat where he usually goes.

[00:22:22]Um because I will be using up this entire  space for the cockped and the cock bed just fits on top of the fridge. Now I haven't I have  opened the cockpit before and used it and tested in here but I haven't really seen how easy it  is to deploy it without out having it outside at all. So opening it up in here it's going  to be ugly. It really will be, but doable.

[00:22:57]Hi, Bernie. Hi, puppy. Hello, my lovely. It's  not your dinner time yet. It's 4:00. Soon, though. All right, just hunkering  down. I am literally hunkering down.

[00:23:17]This is real hurricane hunkering. Right, time to  give Bernie his dinner. It's dinner time, Bernie.

[00:23:28]And then we can think about doing our own dinner.  It's dark now. And it's just been relentless. I think it's got a little bit worse, but that's  about it. It's still super violent out there.

[00:23:51]You're licking your lips burning. Come on then.  Here we go. Do you want your dinner? Come on then.

[00:24:00]Here. Come around here. Come around  here, buddy. Come on. Come. Come.

[00:24:06]That's a good boy. Come on. Yeah. So,  it's just relentless. I'm I'm sure the camera is picking up on this noise.  Let me just move you. Um it's it's it's absolutely crazy. I had my I was watching  a movie and I had my uh Beats ear pods in earpods on noise cancelling and I could still  hear it. But I'll tell you what, I'm warm. I'm very comfortable. Very comfortable indeed. And I'm  cozy. I I'm so cozy in here. I found one leak. So, I installed this window and the seal that they  provide isn't what I would say the best quality, this emu wing seal. So, I'm going to when I get  home, I'm going to redo with a a very very good weatherproof seal. Redo the entire window. Um,  so it's just been pushing through a little bit here where this where this um join is, where  this hinge is, but I'm talking about one drop every half an hour. It's nothing. That's it.  That's all I found. Nothing else. We're not really misting up at all because the front vents  are open. So, I've got air flow coming through and it's lovely. But we are rocking. Now, some of you  may wonder, I've got a carbon monoxide alarm here and detector set. It's at zero. Um, it's obviously  not going to do anything unless I put the gas on, but we got enough venting that it should be okay,  but anyway, I'll keep an eye on that. So, yeah, it's it's cozy in here. Really no problems.  Honestly, as an expedition vehicle that can cope with a hurricane, if you've turned up and you  cannot deploy the rooftop tent, this is fine. Hey Bernie, is that a nice dinner? Is that a nice  dinner? You don't want to go out right yet, surely. Let's leave it till the last minute before  bed so you only have to go out once. Okay. Um, we don't want to be doing multiple trips out  there. I mean, and I I have to have him on the lead. There's just no way because I can't let  him wander off and fall off a cliff or something like that. Huge wind. And I mean, he's strong.  He's aerodynamic. But I'm just not not taking the risk. I'm a I'm a dog dad. I'm not taking the  risk. So, I think we'll do our dinner shortly. So, what I'll do is Bernie will relocate to his seat  at the front, which he likes. He's comfy. It's his sheepkin. And then I can do my dinner here.  Ah, right. Welcome back, everybody. It's now 6:30. It's time for our dinner. My dinner. Um, so  I've got my 12vt air fryer. I put it up here. It's plugged into my USB bank down here using I'll  show you 50 amp Anderson plug. But this only draws 300 W. So basically 30 amps. I can run this  thing for ages. So because it only draws 300 amps uh sorry 30 amps 300 W it's quite slow. It's  not it's not a fast thing. So what we're going to cook tonight I got a couple of dishes. I don't  know how hungry I am, but I think I'm going to do this one first. It's meatballs. Um, nonas napoli  meatballs. So, it's got to go in for 20 minutes.

[00:28:16]Straight in there.

[00:28:19]This is so civilized. Set that 20 minutes and  we're all good. As far as what's going on outside, I can only say this, and I said it  before and I'm going to say it again, and I'm not exaggerating. I have never  been in anything this severe while in a vehicle before. Never. I'm not making  it up. I am being thrown. Honestly, some of the gusts are throwing this whole  thing just like this. It's incredible. It's actually once you get used to it, it's kind of  soothing and it makes you want quite sleepy.

[00:29:04]Like Bernie's fast asleep on the front seat,  just out of it. Curled up. Donked. He's walked.

[00:29:14]Wowzer. That was big.

[00:29:26]Man, we're taking a pounding, she said.

[00:29:32]An absolute pounding, I'm telling you. Oh, and  you're wondering if you're wondering why I've changed direction. Uh, it's just because I've  set the air fryer up here and it's easier to film it and also it's easier to plug it in and run it  all from here. Also, for some reason, and I don't know why this is, there's slightly more headroom  here. Maybe it's because the the bars here are longitudinal. But look, we are I I need to say  it again. As an expedition vehicle, this thing is better than anything I could have imagined.  If I was in buddy, honestly, I would just be petrified right now that any big gust is going  to come and tip us over. I would never, no way would I be able to go to sleep. It just wouldn't  happen. I'd constantly be thinking, am I aiming nose in? Am I aiming nose into the wind? Because  if I get one sideswipe, I'm going to tip over this thing. Uh, honestly, with the roof down,  it wouldn't even bother me if I got sideswiped.

[00:30:33]It would be horrendous. We would rock like that,  but it's just so heavy. Um, it's so capable. And, you know, we're dry. We're so It's so warm in  here. I might even take this off. I've got fresh air blasting through the vents at the front.  Got no look. No condensation. Uh, of course, the oven is going to help dry off the air even  more. It's just going to get so hot in here. It's unbelievable. I'm comfy. I mean, my comfortable  big chair. I don't think there's anything else I would want to be honest of this thing. Uh, a  permanent bed. No, I'm honestly I can't wait to set up this camp bed. I think it will be fine. I'm  looking forward to it. I've got my Starink. I've got communication. Uh I've got earplugs, which I  am going to need because it's deafening in here.

[00:31:28]It's so loud. I don't know if the camera  is picking up on it. I really don't.

[00:31:38]But you know what I'm dreading? I am really dreading the most is having  to let Bernie out to pee.

[00:31:47]I'm going to do that as late as possible cuz he  has to pee. Hopefully he can do it just behind the truck where he's a bit shielded from the  wind. Um I think Wow, there you go. That was a sideways blast. It's like being on a yacht  and having massive waves hit you broadside.

[00:32:15]You see, I'm smiling and I'm actually fine. I  think I've had circumstances where I've had a tent before or I've been a buddy or whatever  and I've not quite been smiling. I've been a little bit worried. I've got enough food and  supplies to last for a few days. Water. Got everything I need. Got enough power. I can start  the engine to recharge the batteries if I had to.

[00:32:42]It's got a solar panel anyway,  so during the day it will charge.

[00:32:49]I think I've nailed it. The only thing I need  to do is build a proper build here on the side and clean up all this electrical work and  hide it and tuck it out the way. That's all I got to do is the interior build.  Right. So, we're going to wait for this uh and then we're going to tuck in. I can  smell it already. meatballs and pasta. Yum.

[00:33:13]It's almost about to go off the timer. You  just turn this up a bit so you can see me.

[00:33:24]Oh, and there it is. Look at that timing.

[00:33:29]So, we need to find a way to get this out.  Um, what do you think? I need some cutlery.

[00:33:39]I don't know what I've done  with everything. Oh, here we go.

[00:33:45]I tell you what, I've had to take my sweater  off because it is so hot in here. This This thing gives off quite a lot of heat all by itself.  Now, how am I going to get this out? Hm. I think I could use I need an oven glove ideally, but this might work.

[00:34:21]I don't know. I'm waking it up as  I go along. All right, here we go.

[00:34:32]Oh, it smells so good.

[00:34:37]It's bubbling. It's piping hot.  Oh, I might just eat this in the in the container. Check it out. Meatballs.  Rickoni pasta. Napolei. Oh, Napoli. Lovely.

[00:34:52]Now, what I'll do is while this thing is still hot is is I might put just to get just to get it warm.  Uh, I've got some more of Ann's Eckles cakes. Two more here.

[00:35:19]So, I need a foil container.

[00:35:25]Come on. Here we go. Right.

[00:35:38]I won't know until I edit this footage  if you can hear what's going on outside.

[00:35:47]Okay. So, this is actually off.

[00:35:53]We're just going to put it in  here. So, it get they get warm.

[00:36:00]Okay, let's eat.

[00:36:07]One cup, everybody. Oh, hey, you know  what I should do is put the back light on.

[00:36:15]back door. So, look at the back door. I think yep, the lights on out there. So, maybe you can  see what's going on out there now. I don't know.

[00:36:33]We'll have a look later. Right, let's tuck  into this. Oh, it's bubbling. It's lovely.

[00:36:53]Pasta and meatballs.

[00:37:07]The storm.

[00:37:16]But look how cozy I am. Honestly,  this is what a typhoon is like.

[00:37:20]A category 2 hurricane is like this.  But yeah, look at me. Look, I'm fine.

[00:37:30]You just wouldn't want to be in a  camper van. Not in this. You just wouldn't do it. Wouldn't do it. Too dangerous.

[00:37:52]Well, I don't think we'll be doing  cigar time tonight, that's for sure.

[00:38:08]M. But I do have non-alcoholic beer.

[00:38:17]So maybe we'll have that and we'll have beer  time even if it is non-alcoholic. All right, everybody. Bring you back for beer time.

[00:38:38]Right, beer time. I put it in  this mug just because I didn't want a can spilling. I'm having some asah zero.

[00:38:50]You know what? It's not bad. But what I  really want to try is a warmed up Eckles cake.

[00:39:02]Oh, let's see how this is. Oh, they're hot.

[00:39:10]Mmmm.

[00:39:15]Oh, thank you again, darling.  It's my darling wife, amicious.

[00:39:29]I love Eckles cakes.

[00:39:34]Cheers everybody.

[00:39:40]So, I thought I'd give you an update what's  going on outside and what's been happening, what's going on. The entire area has  been placed into a severe red warning.

[00:39:53]Um I spoken to an uh they're get getting  hit hard there as well. But obviously I'm getting at the worst 140 km an hour gusts  here now. No wonder this thing is moving.

[00:40:07]And no wonder it sounds like a tornado going  off outside. That's what 80 87 m an hour.

[00:40:16]It's extreme. Now I don't know what category of  hurricane that would be. It's got to be a two.

[00:40:26]I mean that it's moving and we're nose in  and we're still capitating. So yeah, it's uh it's extreme. It's extreme. Easily  the worst conditions. And this is the only vehicle I've ever had that could have  handled this and be comfortable in as well.

[00:40:46]The Ranger would have been fine in this, but it  would have been awful sitting on the back seat of that thing. Doing what? I wouldn't be able to  move. Crazy. No, this is the vehicle definitely.

[00:41:01]So, what's been going on? Well,  David Attenburgh just turned 100.

[00:41:19]100 years old.

[00:41:23]Think about that. Just think about what it is to  be a 100red years on this planet and to do the things that David Atenburgh has done. I mean, does  he not have the most amazing voice of anyone ever?

[00:41:39]some some actors or people with amazing  voices. David Adenburgh, uh James L. Jones, is that his name? E James L. Jones, the guy  who played Darth Vader, and the guy uh what's his name? Buffett. The the guy the the announcer,  the ring announcer, F. I can't remember his name.

[00:42:05]I'm sure someone often someone will put it in  the comments. Hey, let's get ready to rumble.

[00:42:12]That's some amazing voices out there. Anyway,  100red years old. I've loved watching David Adenburgh for so many years. I read his book. His  book is amazing. Um, oh, just awesome guy. So, congratulations to David Atenburgh. 100 years  old. seems like the nicest guy there is as well.

[00:42:39]Lovely to have people like that around.  Right, what else has been going on? Oh, so this is new. So, don't forget this video is  coming out over a week away. A week from now.

[00:42:53]Yeah. Anyway, today uh I've just been seeing all  this news about hunter virus on this cruise ship and I'm seeing different reports, but from what I  can gather, a couple a bird watching couple went into a dumpster that was ratinfested and probably  got it there and brought it back onto the ship.

[00:43:17]Well, that's getting louder. These windows are  doing a great job. So, hunter virus. Yeah. I mean, and it's going from human to human now. Now, I  think hunter virus is pretty deadly from what I gather. Honestly, this is a new story here.  Just come out. I think it's been going on 24 hours now. And uh well, 48 hours. But here in New  Zealand, this is really only I've only just got it up because I've been camping. This sounds pretty  serious. Let's hope this isn't the next, you know, oh, I don't even want to say it, but the next  one. Okay, let's just hope this is dumb quickly.

[00:43:58]All right, we don't need more panic and more jabs  and everything else again. Everyone's over that, so hopefully this is dumb. Um NASA so this  happened a little while back few weeks ago but the astronauts on Arteimus 2 went and uh went  around the moon and came back. Now this was quite special for me because we went uh with Brandon, my  wife and I went to um Houston to the Space Center, Kennedy Space Center and we saw them  training for that mission in the pool.

[00:44:37]It was all set up. It was but the the actual  craft was was blockaded. It was blacked out so you couldn't see it. But everything there was all  for Artimus 2. So we went in there and we saw them training for it. So we were very excited to see  that because we were saw them in mission control was getting ready for it and everything. Um and  now they've done it and great success. Honestly, how superb was that? um just everything  about it. One thing I would say for NASA is that their television footage, their camera  footage is pretty awful. I think SpaceX does a much better job. So maybe SpaceX can help NASA  out next time with some decent cameras and footage. I don't know what it is they have to do  to make it better. Uh but the whole event itself was absolutely fantastic and I'm so happy that  they came back safely and could talk about it.

[00:45:40]So now what are we going to land on the moon  again and build a data center there? I don't know. I don't know. Is Mars still happening?  I don't know if that's worth it at all.

[00:45:50]Uh but I I assuming because the the moon gets  such a massive amount of solar that uh if they were to build a data center on the moon they would  they could harness the solar power much better the sun and uh could have a lot more compute power  and also wouldn't have any cooling issues um because of the vacuum of space. So, does that mean  we're going to see the first data center built on the moon? I guess it wouldn't be a problem  communicating it back. You can have an array of satellites or laser or whatever, but um yeah, I  mean it kind of makes sense. Do it on the moon.

[00:46:33]Why do these data centers on Earth where they've  got massive cooling problems and they're sucking up huge amounts of energy just to cool these  things down and to run the computes? Yeah, if they could do it on the moon, then just do it on the  moon. Yeah, why clog up Earth with data centers?

[00:46:50]They're a nightmare. Um, finally, in sports, oh,  the live tour in Gulf looks like it's all over.

[00:46:59]Could be all over in a year. The Saudi investment  fund have pulled out finally. They've had enough.

[00:47:06]I think they spent four, no, was it$2 billion  dollars on it or $4 billion? Something like that.

[00:47:11]Some crazy amount of money in such a short amount  of time and have gotten nothing. It's just made such massive losses. The players who participated  have made a fortune. So rich. Tens of millions, hundreds of millions in some cases. Now they all  want to come back to the PGA. Please take us back.

[00:47:30]Uh, so it'll be interesting to see how that's  handled, whether they'll have to pay fines, whether they'll be allowed back in. Um, I saw  Bryson Dashambo said that um he'd rather just do YouTube then come back to the PGA if  they're not going to pay him or if they're going to make him suffer or or whatever. I guess  he thinks he's bigger than the game of golf. Um, look, a lot of people owe their lives, careers  to PGA, okay? It's It's grassroots as well. So, I don't know. I don't know. Let's just play golf.  But I do think that these live guys I do think they have to be penalized somehow and that they  have to pay something towards PGA, maybe towards uh the the youth training centers and training  camps for for kids to learn golf. So that all the money that they PGA get from these lift players  goes to that because that could be hundreds of millions and could go to good causes uh for the  betterment of golf all around. Anyway, it's what it is. Right, I've got one more Equals cake. I'm  going to chow into this, have the rest of my beer, and then I guess I'll have to bring you back for taking  Bernie out to pee. I'm hoping I can time it. Like now there's a lull. It only lasts for a minute,  but if I can time it and hopefully he just pees, then um yeah, but I need him on the lead. So, it's  not going to be good, but I'll take you with us.

[00:49:20]All right, bring you back for that.

[00:49:28]Right, it's time. We're going to take Bernie out.

[00:49:33]Now there's a lull, so I don't need the lead.  I'll just stick really close with him. All right, come on then, Bernie. The rain has stopped for  a while now. What do you think, Bernie? You want to go or not? Do you want to pee? Oh, maybe  he's like, I don't know. What do you think, Bernie? Should we go out? Do you not want to  go and pee pee? No, you changed your mind.

[00:50:07]He has to go and pee, though.  Come on, Bernie. Let's go pee.

[00:50:15]Let's keep an eye on him.

[00:50:25]Yeah, behind here. It's fine. Um, it's  just everywhere else it's pretty grim.

[00:50:37]But yeah, the rain has stopped. Let's just check  out the vehicle. The wind is is it's still fairly bad. We're getting some massive gusts still,  but it's not as persistent as it was earlier.

[00:50:54]At least I don't think it is. Gosh, look. The  force of the wind has blown my indicator out.

[00:51:05]Wow. I'm going to have to replace that. Get a new  wedge for that or something. That can't be good.

[00:51:17]Oh no. So, I need to fix that in the morning.

[00:51:23]Bye.

[00:51:26]Oh, there you are. Good boy. You  pee. Come on. Come on. You peep it. Come on.

[00:51:46]Good boy.

[00:51:52]Wow. You can't see anything, can you?

[00:51:57]Oh, it's freezing. I think it's just  above freezing. Look at Bernie. He's so cute. Come on, Bernie. Oh,  holy moly. It's so grim. Oh, the truck's gone so well except for that  one bit. Can't believe it. Well, fix it.

[00:52:26]Oh gosh. Oh, it's so cold. So cold. Randy, should  we go in? Yeah. I think you want to go in, don't you? Go on then. Up. Up. Up. Up. Good boy. Good  boy. Come here. Let's take that off. Oh, Bernie.

[00:52:54]But you got your pee pee, didn't you?  Hey, and he'll go on his bed. Right, go on then, Bernie. On your bed. Good  boy. Go on then. On your bed. Go on.

[00:53:09]Right. I'll bring you back when I've set  my bed up. Man, it's cold out here. Wow.

[00:53:21]It's possible I'm actually even more comfortable  down here than I am up there. This is so comfy.

[00:53:31]So, I'm on the Zenire. Let me uh let me show you  this. I'm on the Zenire Cot bed. This thing is great. Got my pillow. I've pushed myself right up  against the door so I don't lose my pillow off the back. Um, I've got the bed the wrong way round cuz  there's actually a pillow here. Let me just turn this light on so you can see because there is a  pillow here. So, I got that kind of wrong. I don't know how I did that. But, uh, I don't really care.  You can put the pad in these straps, but I won't need to. Night night, Bernie. Bernie. Night night,  puppy. Night night. Um, I've got the heating set to one. I've turned all the outside lights off.  I've got a 20 degree Fahrenheit enlightened equipment conundrum sleeping bag uh that acts as a  quilt as well. Wa, that's bright. Turn that down.

[00:54:38]So, yeah, it's a quilt, but to be honest, it's  so boiling hot in here. It will cool down a lot.

[00:54:46]Um because I've turned the heating down now.  It It was on two before, now it's on one, which should be fine for tonight. One thing you'll  notice is I haven't bothered putting the window covers up because I don't see the point. If it  was subzero, really, really, really, really cold, then I would put them up. It would make a huge  difference. Um but I I want to be able to see out. I want to see when the sun starts coming  up so I can get out of here. Out of bed, I mean, uh, and get ready. I don't want someone turning  up, uh, while I'm in bed. I've put my fridge up here. The oven is underneath. I mean, it was not  really a faf. It took me 1 minute to set the uh, cockpit up. I didn't film it cuz what  difference does it make? But it's comfy.

[00:55:37]This is so much better than being on the floor.  I feel like I've got a lot of room. I really do.

[00:55:44]I'm I've pushed it deliberately up against up  against the wall here so that I don't lose my cover here. But I've got this gap all the way  along the side. Look, with all my stuff and everything else here. I've got a water bottle down  here, pea bottle, which, you know, could be quite important tonight. I'm not going outside. Um,  yeah. Apart from getting the pillow in the wrong way, which doesn't make any difference. This  is the way I wanted to sleep because I don't want my head down where the heat is. Oh, you can  tell I'm tired. Yeah, I have to keep the heating on. Uh because everything will condensate like  crazy in here otherwise. That's what's keeping everything dried out right now. There's fresh air  blowing in through the front still. Uh, so we are getting a volume of air, I don't need to open a  window. Um, but if condensation did get that bad, then I I could just slide this open a bit, but I  really don't want to. So, just earplugs to go in, hit the sack. It's 9:40. I might watch a little  bit of YouTube. Um, but look at this space. Come on. How good is this? It It might look cramped,  but it really doesn't feel it, honestly. Uh, and when I get a full build done, this would be so  much more efficient. Right now, this takes up more space than it needs to. Uh, but it's serving  its purpose well, and I've got access to most of the drawers, even with this bed up. Bernie's  comfortable on his spot on that double seat at the front. Uh, I'm sure he'll come over in the morning  and walk all over me uh when I wake up. So, yeah, this is all good. Expedition vehicle. Crazy  how good this thing is. It really is just been better than anything I could have imagined.  And this bed is as comfy, especially on this pad, this uh seat summit foam pad, which is lovely  and comfy. This is as comfortable as I've been upstairs sleeping in buddy. This  just feels lovely. It really does.

[00:58:07]All right. And you can tell it does cuz  I'm I'm yawning now. Sorry. All right, everyone. Unless something major happens in  the middle of the night, which I really hope it doesn't. I'll see you in the morning. Good  night, everybody. Night, Benny. Night, Benny.

[00:58:29]All right. Night, everybody.

[00:58:36]Sit right. It's 6:00 a.m. It's still dark outside.  I feel like a pinball smacked around machine. This is the strongest the winds have been since  I've been here. The rocking is now violent.

[00:59:02]It's got to be 130 140 outside.

[00:59:11]Not yet, Bernie. Go. No, not  yet. Stay in bed. Good boy.

[00:59:18]I think I've had a couple of  hours sleep. I tried earplugs, but it doesn't matter. It's so  loud. And we're rocking like crazy.

[00:59:31]When the huge gusts come, you literally  almost fall off the bed like that.

[00:59:41]Well, good news. The good news is Brucey  has done a great job. Everything seems absolutely fine. My heating is  working. It's just the noise.

[00:59:59]If I'd been in here with Buddy, it  would definitely have tipped. I I don't doubt that at all. There's  no way Buddy could have taken it.

[01:00:11]Right. I'm going to try and get  another hour sleep. I doubt it.

[01:00:17]Nightmare.

[01:00:37]Well, morning everybody. It's 6:30. I give up.  We're getting thrown around more than we've ever been thrown. Hello, Bernie. Bernie's coming.  Here he comes. Here comes Bernie. Morning, Bernie. Oh, wow. Morning. Did you sleep? I bet  you had a great sleep. Oh, you're warm. Oh. Oh, man. That's the That cam. That's the  wind blowing the whole camera. Hello, my lovely. Oh, please lay down. Oh,  you're sitting on me, buddy. Lay down.

[01:01:20]Morning kisses. Yuck. Oh, morning. Morning,  my love. I know it's difficult to sit still, isn't it? I don't know if the wind has changed  slightly, but we're getting absolutely completely slammed now. It's not even worth trying to  sleep. Morning, Bernie. Morning, my lovely.

[01:01:48]Morning. Morning. Morning. Morning. Morning.  Morning. Oh, you're so lovely. Oh man, what a night. That was terrible. Not nothing to do with  the truck or my setup. Just a storm. This is Oh, hands down the worst storm I've ever ever tried to sleep through. A level of wind  and violence out there that I can't explain.

[01:02:40]Wow. And it's just getting stronger,  isn't it, Bernie? You don't care at all.

[01:02:47]Right. What I need to do is get Bernie  off me. Get him back on his bed. Oh, Bernie. Morning. Morning, my lovely. And  uh clean up the Whoa. Whoa. Holy moly.

[01:03:10]I'm not faking this. I think we're  getting hit a little bit broadside now.

[01:03:21]That sent the camera flying, didn't it,  Bernie? I'm going to hold on to you cuz otherwise you're going to fall off me.  It's like being on a boat. Big waves.

[01:03:34]Oh man. Well, I desperately need a cup of coffee and then we'll have to go out once it's daylight  and have a look. It's still dark. All right, let me clean this all up. Excuse me. Put my bed  away. Bit of a faf. I can't really film it. And uh we'll we'll have a coffee, won't we, Bernie? Right, bed's away. Just getting  my chair done. Excuse the ass shot.

[01:04:26]That honestly only took a couple of minutes.

[01:04:32]That was pretty easy.

[01:04:39]Oh, excuse me.

[01:04:49]And that's it.

[01:04:53]Wow. Let me tell you how bad my sleep  was. I just got a vitals alert on my phone. I'm not sure I've ever had a vitals  alert. Uh to tell you what that means, two measurements, um two outliers.  My blood oxygen has dropped to 93%.

[01:05:26]That's not good. Sleep duration 2 hours  25 minutes. Holy moly. I knew it was bad.

[01:05:43]Gosh, what a violent night.  Okay, I really need a coffee.

[01:05:51]um to do that because I'm cooking on gas and  I don't want to set the carbon monoxide alarm off because it's so loud. It's up here and it's  dangerous having carbonoxide and I don't really want to open these windows. I could open the  back door if the wind is still blowing in that direction and I could do it because I've got the  barn doors so it won't slam shut. should be okay.

[01:06:24]So, let me try. I'm gonna put my shoes on  and then uh we'll get sorted for a coffee.

[01:06:34]Right, let's get let's get some coffee on.

[01:07:03]So, I could um I could bring this box  down and cook on this. But actually, I'm just going to use the air fryer.

[01:07:21]That works. Put it on the air fryer. Okay.

[01:07:28]Wow. It's It's still so dark out there. I've got the outside lights on. I can't  see anything. We're in the clouds.

[01:07:38]I think the rain has kind of stopped.

[01:07:49]I'm going to have to put these on  because of the It's so wobbly in here at the moment. Right now, what  I have to do is open the window.

[01:08:03]Open the door.

[01:08:07]Maybe I'll open the window. It's just the  thought of the door. If something happens to it, I'd be in real trouble.

[01:08:25]So, what I'll do is Uh oh. First of all, where's my cup?

[01:08:36]I need a cup and I need coffee. Ah, cup. Think  we're going to need a couple of coffees. Couple of makonas. Got the makona recharge uh strong  cappuccino. Don't know if you can see that.

[01:09:01]Right. What do I do? Do I open  the back door? Risk it that the wind has changed direction. It comes gushing in or do I open this side window? Right. Let's try  and open the side window and see what happens.

[01:09:21]All right. No, there's no wind. Okay. I  mean, no rain, so. All right, coffee time.

[01:09:34]This only takes a minute.

[01:09:39]So, I've got fresh air coming in through here.  I've got fresh air coming in through the vents.

[01:09:48]Um, I think it's perfectly safe to have  this going while I've got all this air coming in. And there's so much air.  And because I've got the vents open, it's it's actually flowing through. It's going  out this window, not in this window, if you know what I mean. I don't know if you can see that  window here. You see that? So, it seems that it's flowing through the vents and coming out here.  That's how strong the wind is. It's definitely still blowing from the front, from the nose. Oh  man, that's cold. So, the temperature is 3° C.

[01:10:33]I mean, ice would have looked cool, but it would have taken my my clear  up would have been so much longer.

[01:10:45]Got a little bit of condensation on this  window here, but that's to be expected.

[01:10:55]You know, dog, two two people basically in here.  Dogs give off a lot of uh moisture cuz their coats so wet as well. We're just waiting for this. I've  just looked at the uh even with this like this.

[01:11:13]Let me show you. My carbon monoxide detector  is climbing. 143. The alarm's going to go off.

[01:11:26]Let's let more air in. 147. 152. Oh, but hang on.  We're boiling. Here we go. Okay, just in the nick of time. 158. Let's see. What did it peak at? 157.  Okay. So, it peaked at 158, it seems. I think the alarm goes off around 200 or so. Maybe 300. I  can't remember what it is. But still, that just shows I've got a window open, got vents going. Um,  you can't take it for granted. Let me just a sec.

[01:12:12]Yeah, you shouldn't shouldn't risk it. Got  to get all that carbon monoxide out now.

[01:12:21]144 140. Okay, good stuff. Now, imagine cooking in a tent that's sealed  in that you haven't got the vents open.

[01:12:37]That would be pretty bad.

[01:12:43]Carbon monoxide, the silent killer. You  do have to be really, really careful of it. If you're using gas, some gas stoves work  better than others. Bring you right in. Yeah, some gas stoves work better than others. Um, but  we've already dropped to 100 up here. It's good to have it around head height, uh, cuz that's  where you're breathing in. That's where you want to see. Carbon monoxide fills everywhere.  It doesn't settle, so it mixes completely in the air. It's lighter than air. Um, but yeah,  very dangerous gas. It's good job I vented.

[01:13:29]Coffee time. Cheers, everybody.

[01:13:36]Now, I need to make some room so Bernie  can come through here cuz I know he he wants to come and sit here, have some  cuddles. It's his morning routine. So, I just need to make room for him.  He's worked out how to climb over.

[01:13:56]Let me move this stuff out the way for him.

[01:14:02]There we go.

[01:14:06]Okay, plenty of room for Bernie  now. Can close this window, I think.

[01:14:15]Yep. And we can let Bernie come  through. Come on then, Bernie. Bernie, come on then. You coming through? Good boy. You  jumped over earlier. Hello. Morning. You want to sit with me? Morning my lovely Bernie  cam. Okay, you're not climbing on my lap, Bernie. That's not happening. I know that's  what you want to do, but that's not happening.

[01:14:46]We do have to let him out to  pee. Let me bring you closer.

[01:14:52]Yeah, we do have to let him out. He's going to do  that thing like he did last night. He's going to take one look. He's gonna go. Not climbing up. Are  you trying to climb up? You're not climbing up, Bernie. No. Yeah. He's gonna want to go  out. So, we'll have coffee. It's still dark pretty much outside. It's kind of  dawn, but because we're in the clouds, you're being very affectionate. Morning.  Morning, my lovely. You can't climb up, Bernie. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.  For a start, my chair will break. Come on. Off you get cheeky boy. Come here. Come  and sit down. Good boy. There you go. Yeah, it's still dark outside. Um, but as soon  as it lightens up, we'll go out there, have a wander around, see if there's any damage  on the truck on Brucey. I don't think there is.

[01:15:58]just that indicator on the left hand  side. So, I've got some special tape, clear tape. What I'll have to  do is go out there with a towel, dry it as quickly as possible, and tape  it. Tape it shut cuz I don't want to drive all the way down the mountain with that  thing rattling around, banging around.

[01:16:18]And then I'll get the guys at Toyota  Blenham to order me a new part and fix that.

[01:16:26]Right, let me enjoy my coffee.

[01:16:33]Right, it's time to take Bernie out. Oh, good stretch, Bernie. You ready? He actually  gets excited when I put this on him now. He sees the harness and he he gets really excited  about cuz he knows it means oh we're going out.

[01:16:56]Even though it's horrible outside, he still  wants to go out. Right. I've got my keys in my pocket. I don't think I'll attempt the fix yet.  I would wear a hat, but honestly, it's pointless because it'll blow straight off. I could try  wearing the pink if I can strap my hood down Bernie. He's going through my rubbish bag.  Hello, my lovely. Hang on. All right. Should we go out? Should we go out? Just unlock the  doors in case I need to get in that side.

[01:17:45]Okay. All right. Come on then, Bernie.  Let's see what's going on out here.

[01:17:56]Yeah, it's calm at the back. Although, we've got a bit of a cross breeze. I think  the wind direction's changed just slightly.

[01:18:12]No, actually it's still I  can see it ripping across.

[01:18:20]Uh let's just check my indicator is still there.

[01:18:25]All right. So, I need to do a repair job on  this now. Um I've got some tape that I can use.

[01:18:37]Everything else is intact. Cool. Oh, wow. Look,  the force the force of the wind has pushed my number plate. And this is this is screwed on  so tight. It's forced my number plate down. Oh, was insane wind. Wow, it's really cold. The  windchill is incredible. Okay, let's do this.

[01:19:02]Let me just adjust the camera because  it's going to want to go flying. Ah, that's the only angle I can get.

[01:19:29]Ready?

[01:19:33]Good boy.

[01:19:49]Okay, we're getting there.

[01:19:58]Benny's just over here.

[01:20:03]See?

[01:20:22]Okay. It's better than nothing. But this is  this uh FlashTech all weather tape. And it does stick even when it's wet. So, as I say, better  than nothing until I can get a new one done.

[01:20:41]And this is Bernie's bed. See how  cozy it is with the sheep skin?

[01:20:50]Oh, that windchill. Right. Where did  Bernie go? Come on, Bernie. What you up to?

[01:20:56]You having fun? All right, I need to cook a  coffee up. Oh, he wants to go for a walk. Oh, man. Bernie, really? Come on then.  Oh, I should have bought gloves.

[01:21:15]At least you can see where I sort of am now.

[01:21:27]I think this is the spot I got  stuck in once in buddy. I can't remember. So that's the peak just up  there. It's not very far at all. I can't imagine how bad it is up  there. You can see where I am.

[01:21:47]I stayed fairly close to the road.

[01:21:55]Look at By go. Oh, he's loving it. Come on, Benny.

[01:22:04]Oh, Benny, you're mad. He's a mad mad dog. Wow,  what a machine. It took a pounding last night.

[01:22:15]Absolute pounding. And it hasn't stopped.  It's still bad now. Some of the gusts are just incredible. All right, we need another coffee  and then let's think about putting breakfast on.

[01:22:32]I might try and cook the coffee out the back  this time at the back door. Uh just to avoid the carbon monoxide because at the back it's  actually not bad. And with my barn doors open, it actually does give me some shelter. So, I  could do that. I could just set this up here like this. All right, let me sort this out.  Actually, I forgot. I've got to give Bernie his breakfast. That's why he's loitering  so much. So, we'll do that out here.

[01:23:11]In case you're wondering, uh, if you're new to  the channel, Bernie is a purebred border collie from Scotland bred for exactly  these conditions. Long, long, thick coat to herd sheep in foul conditions.

[01:23:33]It's what he was bred to do. Doesn't  wear a raincoat. Doesn't need one.

[01:23:38]Doesn't feel this cold. It's not cold  to him at all. Right. I'll let you see his reaction to his food. Come on  then, Bernie. Come on then. Good boy.

[01:23:56]Oh man. He doesn't feel it, but I do.

[01:24:02]So, he's got just a mega thick double layer  coat. And um if he was cold, he'd show me, but the fact he's running around like crazy means  he's glad to get out away from the heat of the heater here. People talk in the last video about  um getting him a raincoat. He hates it. Border collies hate raincoats. They won't wear them. It  just gets in the way of his his fur and his hair doing the job this minute do. And he's got  natural water repellent, natural raincoat.

[01:24:36]It doesn't get underneath that outer layer.  I have explained this quite a few times, but new viewers don't seem to know anything about this  breed. When you stick your fingers under that fur, bone dry. No matter how soaking wet he is on the  outside, inside it's really dry. So, a raincoat, honestly, all that does is help me inside. Uh,  means I don't have to towel him off as much.

[01:25:01]It makes no difference to him except it makes him  too hot and he doesn't like wearing them. Okay, I need to get another water out and we need  desperately to get another coffee on. It's good job it's not raining. If it was raining,  I couldn't do this. I'd have to cook inside.

[01:25:26]But as it stands, we're good. It's just cloud fog.

[01:26:37]He's going off for an adventure.

[01:26:43]I just need to keep him in  sight, that's all. Another pee pee. Definitely. He's definitely marking this  entire area. It's his. So, do you like my light up here? I think I explained in the last one it's  dimmable. I press and hold the button on my phone or inside and I can make it brighter or whatever,  darker. It's made such a difference having exterior lighting for filming and just for safety  and walking around. Bernie, how you doing? How you doing? Do you want some water? You want to go back  in? Let me have my coffee first. Hold on. Right.

[01:27:36]This MSR switch boils so quickly.

[01:27:51]I don't know that Bernie does actually want to  go in because I think he just wants to explore.

[01:27:57]He just wants me to take him for a walk. You  want to walk? All right. Well, I've got to have this coffee first, Bernie, and then we can  go for another walk. He wants to walk. So, what we might do is walk up to the summit  cuz I got to get it get his legs going. Uh, we're at 1,700 m there at the summit. You just  can't see a thing. But if I get my gloves on, uh, then we can go for a walk up there. So,  I'm going to have this coffee and then we'll head up. Oh, and here's the temperature.  3° C. I've got it on the back here. So, it's it's just under 40 Fahrenheit with this  windchill. 100 km hour gusts. That's cold. Okay, I've actually got my puffer jacket  on underneath cuz it's so cold. I've got thick gloves on. Let's do this. All right,  Benny, you want to go for a walk? Come on then.

[01:28:59]So border collies need a lot of exercise.  A lot of exercise. Couple of walks a day.

[01:29:11]Agility work. All sorts. Don't get aboard  a collie unless you can handle it. Unless you've got room for it. And I've got two.  They're a handful. All right, let's do this.

[01:29:33]Oh, Bernie's come alive in these  conditions. He really has. Look, he's peeing on all the tussex. He's got a  real spring to his step, but visibility 20 m.

[01:29:54]Got to keep an eye on him. Right,  let's see you at the summit.

[01:30:01]The winds are even worse up here. I don't know  that we're going to make it to the summit.

[01:30:11]The worst ridge is up here.

[01:30:16]It's already blowing Bernie  sideways. I don't know about this.

[01:30:25]See if Bernie goes sideways at all. Yeah.  No, it's not worth walking up to the summit.

[01:30:37]I think we'll stay down here. I'll walk him  the other way. The summit is going to be so violent. Come on, Bernie. Come on, Bernie.  Come on. Let's go back down here. Come on.

[01:30:56]Good boy. Yeah. Calling that. There's just no  way. I can't imagine what the summit is like.

[01:31:10]It's bad enough where we are.

[01:31:15]Okay.

[01:31:19]Maybe we'll drive up and have a look. When we  leave, we'll come up, see what it looks like up there. I'll show everyone who's never  been up here before with me. Hi, Eddie.

[01:31:38]Yeah. Show you all what it looks like up  there. There might be some damage to the antennas that are up there because of  the wind gusts. They were so extreme.

[01:31:52]All right, back to the truck and uh we'll put  some breakfast on. Got something special lined up.

[01:32:17]So these red poles are to show the  track in the snow in the snow drifts, the snow markers. Without them, trust me, you  could just drive off the edge accidentally, not realizing you're not on the road.  So these are essential, these red poles, warars they're called. Essential for safety in  winter when this thing is covered in snow. We'll come up here this winter. It's May now, so it's  autumn. It's notorious up here though for the snow and the snow drifts. I've got stuck here a couple  of times, but we'll come up here and check it out.

[01:33:05]in a snowstorm.

[01:33:10]There's Brucey the troopy.  In case you're wondering why, if you're new to the channel, why  I called it Brucey. Brucey was my first border collie. The first border  collie on this channel. This is Bernie, who's 2 years old, coming up to 2 years old.  But Brucey passed away a couple of years ago, three years. So I named it after  Brucey. And if you're wondering, it is Brucey, my border collie, who is  on our logo there. That's Brucey on my AB camping sticker. If you like these,  these are awesome window stickers. Right, I'm going to have a coffee. I need to  warm up a bit and we'll do breakfast.

[01:34:06]I'm definitely relocating back inside the  truck now. That's it. Do you want some water, Bernie? You had fun. All right, let's get back  in the truck. Right, time for my breakfast. So, I've I've swapped it all around again. I've  put the fridge down here. It's really no hassle. Put the oven up here. going to plug  the oven in. And just remember when this is all permanently built, I'll be able to  then decide to mount the oven properly um and have it in the exact right place  where I need it. So, let's turn the oven on and we're going to put it 180.

[01:34:55]There it goes. And we got a special breakfast  this morning. Doesn't require a hell of a lot of work. These are parbaked almond quason by  Yarrows Bakers in New Zealand. And I love almond quissons. They're one of my favorite things. So,  oh, actually, so you need to put it at 210. Well, I can't go to 210, so I'll go to 200. Remove  quissons from out of packaging. Place quason still in foil tray in the oven. Bake for 5  minutes. Well, I've got a foil tray here. So, if it's 200, I'm assuming just run it for  run them for a bit longer. Oh, look at these.

[01:35:39]This is going to be so epic. Oh, yeah.  Cuz you're meant to cook them all at the same time in one big tray. Oh, they're  lothered. Slathered in almond butter. Oh, wow. I've got to have three of these. I  feel I deserve it after such a rubbish night's sleep. These are going to  be absolutely epic. I'm telling you.

[01:36:10]Oh, look. They look so  beautiful. Almond quasons. Oh.

[01:36:20]So, I'll let that heat because I need it to get  right up to max temp. I'm going to let it preheat for I reckon 10 minutes. Then I'll put these in  for just over 20 minutes and we should be good.

[01:36:33]So, I've got 78% power left. 78% power still. Um,  I'm drawing 30 amps right now. And at this rate, I can last another 9 hours. Well, I'm not using  it for 9 hours solid. There are a lot of pros to using 12vt equipment rather than having an  inverter and running uh 2000 watt inverter. It's much more efficient using straight 12vt straight  from the batteries. So, the only thing I'm kind of missing is a decent kettle. And I don't think  you can get a decent kettle for 12vt. I think it would take 10 minutes to boil some water. So,  it's the only thing that I'm really missing and a waffle maker, but I could do waffles in here to be  honest. There is a way to do it. Um, or pancakes on the pan in here. You can do a lot of things  in an air fryer or oven baked. Right. So, what I need to do is wait till this dings, put these  in, and in 20 minutes, we're going to have lovely hot waffles. uh waffles, almondons, and I'm going  to need a coffee to go with it. So, I'll have to uh get that ready as well cuz you can't have  almond quissons without a cup of coffee as well.

[01:37:58]We're all good. We're all ready to go. All right,  this is this is pretty much at temperature. Okay.

[01:38:08]So, because this is a few degrees lower and  just not as gutsy as a real home device, I'm going to set this to 25 minutes, but just  keep an eye on it. But it should be fine. Uh, so 25 minutes and I'm going to have some delicious  baking hot, beautiful almond croissants. Um, and while we're at it, I might actually put  a coffee on now cuz I don't want to wait. So, interesting. What just happened? I hate  this dangly thing. I need to get a proper I don't know why MSR have switched to these  stupid rubber things. They're rubbish. Right, there we go. Um, interesting thing just  happened. A truck just went past. A heavyduty uh 4x4 um open carry truck lorry. An actual lorry  just went past and went up there with a bunch of cables and pipe work. They must be working on the  antennas. Whether something's been damaged though, I don't know. But can you imagine these poor  buggers are having to work in these conditions?

[01:39:20]So, what we'll do after breakfast and everything  and when we pack up and when we head off, we'll go up and have a look at the summit and see what  they're up to. Just curious. This might be the guy that cleared up my mess once. Uh, good on him.  Um, Brian from Nelson. And uh, yeah, lovely of him to do that. I I had a disaster of a camp and I  came back to clear up the mess and yeah, it was a he he he picked it up. Okay, I'm gonna actually  switch to an Avalanche cappuccino. All right, so I'm gonna have this hot chocolate and um yeah,  the hot chocolate coffee. You see, I'm completely utterly discombobulated and I've got a window  open because we do not want to set that alarm off.

[01:40:16]So, just just over 20 minutes and  we'll have a lovely breakfast.

[01:40:45]Hey, Bernie.

[01:40:50]Hello, my lovely living the van life. Right, just pinged.  Let's do this. The smells in here are amazing.

[01:41:09]Oh, let's see how this is. Look how  perfect they've come out. Oh, yum. Ah.

[01:41:23]Oh, so hot. Oh, and I've got my coffee here. Come closer.

[01:41:43]Ow.

[01:41:46]I can't believe this oven is so awesome.  And it's not expensive at all. Now, let me just turn this brightness up. All  right, so here we go. Cheers, everybody.

[01:42:05]Freshly baked almond quason at 1,700  m in an epic storm in the back of my Toyota Troopy Brucey with my dog Bernie. Come on.

[01:42:20]Does it get any better than this? What a  breakfast treat. One of tea, everybody.

[01:42:30]Ah, so hot. So hot.

[01:42:44]Oh, wow.

[01:42:51]Oh, they're so good. You know  what would make them even better?

[01:43:00]Some jam. Let's put some strawberry  jam on and see how that is.

[01:43:09]This could be epic.

[01:43:18]Oh, they're so crumbly and flaky.

[01:43:24]Mhm. Yep. That was it. Bit of jam.

[01:43:31]And you know what? These are not too full. So  the almond butter is only on the top. It's not in the filling. Cuz you know, usually you get almond  croissants and they're totally full of this stuff and it can be overwhelming. Let me  turn you down a bit here. Hold on.

[01:43:57]I'm on my little DJI Osmo Action for this entire camp, but I  haven't used my big camera.

[01:44:08]Oh, honestly, what a treat.

[01:44:29]Oh yeah.

[01:44:39]Mhm. Whatever. Babe, I'm so happy.

[01:44:49]It's still so gross outside.

[01:44:57]Just as I said that huge gust. Yeah,  it's still so disgusting outside.

[01:45:11]Definitely the worst windstorm I've ever  camped in. Pretty much the most disgusting conditions I've ever camped in. in some  ways worse than ice and snow just because at least with ice it's interesting to  look at. Uh whereas this is just it's just gross. But if you got caught out  if you got caught out in this scenario, this is the vehicle you want to be caught  out in. Don't forget, I didn't even have to get out to get in the back here. I just  crawl over the front. It's no problem.

[01:45:48]So that's another key thing is you want an  allin-one. You don't want a truck, a ute where you have to get out and get in the back. You want  it all open flow access to the cockpit. So that stays dry and warm as well and easy to get in and  out. So you've got a a 360° view. Even with these things up here, I can see over the top of them. So  I can sort of see out anyway. Right, everyone. I'm going to finish up and then we'll pack up and head  off. And pack up doesn't take very long at all.

[01:46:27]Right, we're ready for the off. Everything's  packed away, squared away. Fridge is there.

[01:46:32]It's all open. Heating's off. Lights are off. Uh,  everything's secured. The windows are closed. My chair and bags all strapped in. My window pads are  all covered. Bernie will stay on the front seat uh while we go down the hill just so I can keep an  eye on him. I just saw another truck go past. So, they're definitely doing some work up on  the summit even though it's a Saturday. So, we'll drive up there just so I can show you  the summit. Um I'm going to go out the back way to get in cuz I need to pee. And uh I've got  to get Bernie's bowl as well. So, let's do that.

[01:47:13]It has not eased up at all.

[01:47:20]Not even remotely. You stay there, Bernie. Good  boy. It's still awful. Look at the visibility.

[01:47:33]Oh, it's so bad. I wonder if my indicator is  still there. Yep, my repair job is holding.

[01:47:44]Holy moly. Wow, that gust out of nowhere.

[01:47:51]Gosh, that that just came out of nowhere and hit  me. Wow. Lucky. Okay, I kept my hat on. All right, we'll get in the front. Uh, we'll start up. We got  to let the engine warm up a bit and then we'll go.

[01:48:05]Right, we'll ship shape. Whoa. Oh. Oh, Bernie.  Ah. Gosh. Oh, let me close the door. Close the door. Oh, good lord. Oh, that was Thank  you, Benny. I love you, too. Thank you.

[01:48:24]I'm okay. I'm okay. I'm okay. It's all right.  Wow. All right, let's start this thing up.

[01:48:37]Okay. Oh, I'm in gear. I was in gear.  Uh-oh. All right. And then we push idle up. There you go. And  that will crank the engine up. And then I need to get rid of all this  condensation. Let's blame Bernie for that.

[01:49:06]Let's blame Bernie for all for  everything. Bernie, it's all your fault.

[01:49:14]Okay, I know you want to be able to see  up. Bernie, this is going to be difficult to do without you licking my face. Okay,  lots of condensation, Bernie. Right. And then let's put this on the windcreen heat.  Let's chuck some air up on the windscreen.

[01:49:41]Lights. I think we're all  good. What do you reckon, Bernie? We're going to go up  to the summit. Have a look.

[01:49:51]Oh, it's foul.

[01:49:56]Absolutely foul. Right, it's going to take a  little bit to heat this up. Um, but the the idle up button, as you can see there, I push  that. So, normal idle is 600 there. Just over.

[01:50:12]I push the idle up button. 1,200. Much better.  Heats up much faster. All right, we'll be ready in a second. All right, we're ready. Let's go and  just check out what they're up to up there. All right. Bye-bye campsite. Thank you very much.

[01:50:39]It's been interesting.

[01:50:53]Let's see what's going on up at the summit.

[01:51:00]So yeah, I think there's two  trucks up here. One big lorry and a smaller ranger or something like that.

[01:51:14]They must be working in the  generator building on the antennas.

[01:51:22]What do you think, Bernie?

[01:51:37]So, we walked up to about here and then  the winds got too much. Look at it here.

[01:51:48]Oh my goodness.

[01:51:56]I can't see the summit at all.

[01:52:07]Wow, the wind is blowing me.

[01:52:35]Crazy wind.

[01:52:55]I can't see the summit at all. You can see how  far down we were from it because it just got so violent. I did want to come further up here,  but it would have just been way worse. Well, it couldn't have been any worse actually.  I didn't get any sleep as it was.

[01:53:14]But the further up you go, the softer the ground gets. And look at  this visibility now. It's getting darker.

[01:53:48]We still had a long way to go to  the summit. I didn't realize I'd stopped so far from it. What's happened here? Ah, they're doing this trailer here with a digger.  Okay, so they're definitely doing work up here.

[01:54:08]Can you imagine working in these conditions?

[01:54:26]Visibility now less than 20 m.

[01:54:46]Okay. Come on.

[01:54:56]Here's the summit. We're here.

[01:55:30]There's the vehicles. Yeah,  they're working in the building.

[01:55:36]Yeah.

[01:55:40]Wow. I'm glad I didn't park up  here with them working here. Oh, it's awful conditions up here. Awful.

[01:55:56]So, they're in the building. It looks like they're  building something else here with that digger.

[01:56:05]They've got foundation markers there.  So, they're building something up here.

[01:56:09]Interesting. All right. Well, I'm glad I didn't  park up here. It would have been horrendous.

[01:56:18]I see that wreck is still there.

[01:56:32]Yeah. And everything's bent and antennas  broken. Okay. Grim. Absolutely grim.

[01:56:39]Awful place. Just I'm so glad I  didn't come up here this time.

[01:56:46]If there had been snow, it  might have been worth it.

[01:56:56]All right, everyone. We got to get out of here.

[01:57:06]I think I'm I think I've broken something. I can hear a mud flap. I think my mud  flap's come off. I can hear it.

[01:57:17]rubbing against the wheel. That must have been  the force of the wind and me doing a tight turn.

[01:57:27]Uh, is there anything I can do about it? Really?

[01:57:32]No. Shall I go out and have a look? Investigate?  It's not worth it. It's just a mud flap. Comes off. It comes off. All right, everyone. Well,  on that note, let me just turn you a bit. Thanks for coming on this one. It's been fun. All  those comments asking me to please bring Buddy um I've got to stop while I do this. Please  bring Buddy up here uh to the top. Uh sorry, buddy. Uh Brucey, bring Brucey the troop  up to the summit on Mars just to see how it copes. We did it. It survived. It survived  easily. It's just horrible. That's all. Just grim grim grim conditions, but we did it. So,  that was the final test of the vehicle. Really, I don't think it's got anything else to  prove. Thank you so much for coming on this one. I hope you've enjoyed it, and we'll  see you again soon from Tony and Bernie.

[01:58:42]from AB camping. Thanks again everyone. Bye.