[Fiend]

So that bunch of ambulatory penises are touring around Storr and Neist in a pair of fucking Range Rovers with a massive entourage testing out 900 quid jackets and 125 quid shorts??  The very same places I visited in 15 quid trackie bottoms??

What a bunch of massive twats including anyone who buys into that shit. I hope their fucking Range Rovers crash into the sea.

[Will Hunt]

Fucking hell if we can't laugh at this then what can we laugh at?

ThruDark team will road move directly to the Scottish Highlands at first light whenever Bazza has had his Belly Buster Breakfast from the local spoon and done a shit. We will move directly to our forward mounting base Air BnB on the Isle of Skye and brief all relevant individuals on the week’s activities go to the pub. Day 1: ThruDark team will move by road to Sligachan for a morning vehicle shoot and area recce mooch. Upon completion we will move to a local undisclosed waterfall location. The afternoon/evening will consist of Neist Point and the Lighthouse. Day 2: ThruDark team will road move drive to Quiraing – Needles in the morning for a sunrise shoot and trail hike followed by a visit to Tallisker Bay for an evening shoot photoshoot that would make an influencer blush/scramble. Day 3: ThruDark team will break into 2 groups. Group 1 will complete the Inn Pinn climb and group 2 will concentrate on vehicle specific content more excruciating photoshoots with the Range Rovers. Day 4: ThruDark team will move to The Storr for a first light climb walk up to the viewpoint because the only climbing on the Storr is fucking harcore and never gets repeated. The afternoon/evening will include a high abseil scenario in an undisclosed location this means we're lost.

[battery]

Fucking hell if we can't laugh at this then what can we laugh at?

ThruDark team will road move directly to the Scottish Highlands at first light whenever Bazza has had his Belly Buster Breakfast from the local spoon and done a shit. We will move directly to our forward mounting base Air BnB on the Isle of Skye and brief all relevant individuals on the week’s activities go to the pub. Day 1: ThruDark team will move by road to Sligachan for a morning vehicle shoot and area recce mooch. Upon completion we will move to a local undisclosed waterfall location. The afternoon/evening will consist of Neist Point and the Lighthouse. Day 2: ThruDark team will road move drive to Quiraing – Needles in the morning for a sunrise shoot and trail hike followed by a visit to Tallisker Bay for an evening shoot photoshoot that would make an influencer blush/scramble. Day 3: ThruDark team will break into 2 groups. Group 1 will complete the Inn Pinn climb and group 2 will concentrate on vehicle specific content more excruciating photoshoots with the Range Rovers. Day 4: ThruDark team will move to The Storr for a first light climb walk up to the viewpoint because the only climbing on the Storr is fucking harcore and never gets repeated. The afternoon/evening will include a high abseil scenario in an undisclosed location this means we're lost.

Road move.... Really... Road fucking move???

Thought Fiend's rant was a bit ott until I read that.

[Fiend]

Me? OTT? Seriously though their "area recce" is gonna look fucking epic when they're all being laughed at by a bunch of weeg weekend trippers necking gallons of Bru in crocs and football shorts whilst their toddlers run riot and someone has to go for a piss behind the Range Rovers.

[battery]

Me? OTT? Seriously though their "area recce" is gonna look fucking epic when they're all being laughed at by a bunch of weeg weekend trippers necking gallons of Bru in crocs and football shorts whilst their toddlers run riot and someone has to go for a piss behind the Range Rovers.

If they're Weegies don't forget the Bucky.

[cheque]

[Wellsy]

There is just soooooooo much to unpack here. It's an outdoor brand incepted by Ant Middleton, Alan Partridge, and Tommy Robinson.

https://thrudark.com/blog/op-skyefall/

Ooooh so that's what a Real Man wears, cool good to know good to know

[Moo]

They seem to spend an awful lot of time 'Road Moving' for an outdoor brand.

[Wil]

The whole thing reads like an incredibly elaborate April fool. I'm actually quite impressed with how consistent and targeted their branding is! Also "Aslan Steel" - I'd pay for a name like that.

I think the Skye trip is particularly good. Besides the Inn Pinn they just visited the same tourist photo spots your Gran would but made it sound like the Eiger.

I was on Skye a few weeks ago and there were quite a few of this sort about - the 21 reg Land Rover with rooftop tent, two matching gun dogs and all suspiciously clean. Although there's an odd crossover between the wannabe tactical-wearers and the pastel shades and deck shoes wealth.

[Oldmanmatt]

The guys that run Thru Dark, are alright. The SAS Who Dares Wins crowd weren’t there at the beginning, they’ were just “ambassadors”, this recent (past two years) marketing tilt is a pretty naff and I think they and their producers have gained significant influence in the brand.
It works, mind you, the lads are doing way better out of that, than they were from just making Ally kit for contractors, especially as those roles diminish.

Anyway, the real veteran preferred kit is this :
https://www.jottnar.com/pages/about-us

Because, neither SAS nor SBS are the real mountain troops of the UK military, despite their respective specialist troops/units. That role still falls to the M&A W Cadre, and the RM, more broadly, even if they are a shadow of their former presence. Given current tensions with near peer adversaries, they are seeing some revival.

[petejh]

That Thrudark website! Basically playing on fears that the world is a dark and hostile place. The whole vibe of 30-something bear grylls-alikes tactically advancing across hostile terrain to a road RV followed by relocate to forward operating base..  To non-bellends AKA as going out for a walk in the hills followed by a pint and back to the hostel.

Reminds me of a t-shirt I once saw a squaddy wearing: Don't Just 'Go'. Invade!.

[Fiend]

They should have definitely got you and OMM as authentic models 

[Bradders]

Fucking hell if we can't laugh at this then what can we laugh at?

ThruDark team will road move directly to the Scottish Highlands at first light whenever Bazza has had his Belly Buster Breakfast from the local spoon and done a shit. We will move directly to our forward mounting base Air BnB on the Isle of Skye and brief all relevant individuals on the week’s activities go to the pub. Day 1: ThruDark team will move by road to Sligachan for a morning vehicle shoot and area recce mooch. Upon completion we will move to a local undisclosed waterfall location. The afternoon/evening will consist of Neist Point and the Lighthouse. Day 2: ThruDark team will road move drive to Quiraing – Needles in the morning for a sunrise shoot and trail hike followed by a visit to Tallisker Bay for an evening shoot photoshoot that would make an influencer blush/scramble. Day 3: ThruDark team will break into 2 groups. Group 1 will complete the Inn Pinn climb and group 2 will concentrate on vehicle specific content more excruciating photoshoots with the Range Rovers. Day 4: ThruDark team will move to The Storr for a first light climb walk up to the viewpoint because the only climbing on the Storr is fucking harcore and never gets repeated. The afternoon/evening will include a high abseil scenario in an undisclosed location this means we're lost.

Brilliant. Road move 

[moose]

I'd like to know the difference between "high abseil scenario" and "abseil", and "trail hike" and "walk". I feel like I'm missing out on some intense experiences. 

[webbo]

I'd like to know the difference between "high abseil scenario" and "abseil", and "trail hike" and "walk". I feel like I'm missing out on some intense experiences.

Shirley the difference will depend on the outfit you are wearing.

[Oldmanmatt]

They should have definitely got you and OMM as authentic models 

I’ll admit to still owning (and using) an NI patrol bergan and also having an olive coloured 40ltr Wisport, but I won’t do “tactical” or ‘tacticool” and my favourite, goto, mountain jacket, is, in fact, my North Face Mountain Jacket, that I bought in 1990, to replace the Berghaus Serac, that I still own (but is too warm to climb in) that I bought in 1987…
(I did buy a Rab, supposedly to replace the MJ, ten years ago, but it wore out (in, like, no time) and now I just use it around town).


Oh, yeah. My tarp, from my bivi kit, is cammo (the old DPM), but that’s because I saw it on Amazon for £4.99.

[petejh]

They should have definitely got you and OMM as authentic models 

I'd end up court-marshalled..
..I mean fired.

[SA Chris]

I'd like to know the difference between "high abseil scenario" and "abseil", and "trail hike" and "walk". I feel like I'm missing out on some intense experiences.

You are. And if you have never been on a non-motorised all terrain transport recce sortie (scenic mountain bike ride) you've never lived.   

[Wellsy]

Jottnar stuff is apparently very legit and indeed for that price I'd hope it was. They don't go into that tacticool oPeRaToR shit though do they, just doing dangerous stuff in the mountains.

[Oldmanmatt]

Jottnar stuff is apparently very legit and indeed for that price I'd hope it was. They don't go into that tacticool oPeRaToR shit though do they, just doing dangerous stuff in the mountains.

Amen

[cheque]

Wait for it…

[Fiend]

Blink and you'll miss it, but yeah 

[SA Chris]

I saw it on FB, but was on hol so didn't post it here. If it was all expenses paid I'd sign up.

[petekitso]

https://arcteryx.com/gb/en/shop/quiver-bucket-bag

not a chalk bag,  simply  a chalk bag inspired design . . .

Some £180 'soft shell' shorts also  available.

[Wil]

They clearly got the idea from Crags 1976, issue 5: