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Day: |
032 |
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Date: |
Tuesday, 3 June 1986 |
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Start: |
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Finish: |
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Daily
AT Miles: |
23.1 |
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Daily Other Miles |
0.3 (Shelter) |
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Total
AT Miles: |
596.6 |
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Total All Miles |
613.2 |
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Weather: |
Mild, mostly sunny. |
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Accommodation: |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Muesli, health drink.
Lunch:
Biscuits and peanut butter, health bars.
Dinner: Noodles and
egg, pop tarts, chips. |
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Aches: |
Both heels, right shoulder. |
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Animals Seen: |
Two deer, cows, dogs. |
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People Seen: |
About ten. |
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Pictures: |
Here |
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GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
Got up at 6:10am and away by
7:40am. Decided not to bandage feet, just Mercurochrome and
Vaseline. Both heels were still very sore and I started slow. The
left Achilles just feels like old times! The weather was cool,
which was good, and the Trail was good and easy walking through
forest along the ridge. Occasionally it was possible to see down to
the farms in the valleys. I started slow and Stu went ahead. In
late morning the Trail descended to a road which I walked along for
about 4 miles. It was quite pleasant despite being chased by a few
dogs. The Trail then climbed steeply up over a hill then along
another pretty ridge before descending towards another road through
a lovely open field in the warm sun. I found Stu having lunch in
the sun and joined him. Stu left early and decided to detour to a
nearby grocery where he offered to get me a Coke and chips for
dinner. I carried on after lunch with ½ a mile of road walking
before following a lovely easy graded ascent through glades, open
forest and sometimes on pine needles. My feet felt a little better
towards the end though my right shoe now has a big hole in the
sole. I reached Wapiti II Shelter at 5:40pm and had a cold wash in a
nearby stream before a leisurely dinner on a lovely evening
augmented by my Coke and chips. |
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