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Day: |
021 |
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Date: |
Friday, 23 May 1986 |
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Start: |
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Finish: |
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Daily
AT Miles: |
21.6 |
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Daily Other Miles |
0 |
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Total
AT Miles: |
400.5 |
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Total All Miles |
412.8 |
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Weather: |
Rained all day. Cool. |
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Accommodation: |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Muesli, health drink.
Lunch:
Biscuits and peanut butter, Mars Bar.
Dinner: Muesli, instant
pudding, Mars Bar. |
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Aches: |
Left Achilles. |
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Animals Seen: |
Rabbit, cows. |
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People Seen: |
One overnight hiker, four others. |
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Pictures: |
Here |
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GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
Got up at 6:10am and after a remarkably
quick pack-up left at 7:20am.The two ladies hadn’t moved. It started
to rain shortly after I left. The Trail was a hodge podge of other
trails and roads and passed through some muddy farmland. Two miles
after putting on my raingear I realised I no longer had my hat. The
rain continued as the Trail into more forested country passing
through groves of dripping rhododendron on occasion. Because of the
rain I pushed on to a late lunch in the Moreland Gap Shelter. The
seven or eight miles before that, the Trail was continually dipping
down to cross small boggy streams and the going was slippery. My
left Achilles tendon was not enjoying the walk. The rain continued
after lunch as I walked along the ridge of White Rocks Mt with no
views. The Trail then descended, slippery and steep, to Dennis Cove
Rd where it passed through a small poor-looking community before
following an old rail link which was easier waking. Despite the
wetness, my spirits were never really down because I knew there
would be a dry shelter at the end of the day. The Trail left the
rail cutting and descended to the very
impressive Laurel Falls before climbing to Laurel Falls
Shelter. Bill, a south-bound by sections AT hiker was already
there. He was a college economics lecturer and a pleasant
type. There was no dry firewood at the Shelter so I had a cold
dinner – not too bad. The rain stopped and there was a bit of sun
before the fog closed in making for an early dusk. |
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