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Day: |
045 |
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Date: |
Monday, 16 June 1986 |
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Start: |
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Finish: |
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Daily
AT Miles: |
26.6 |
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Daily Other Miles |
0.7 (0.3 campground, 0.3 store, 0.1
shelter) |
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Total
AT Miles: |
880.7 |
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Total All Miles |
908.4 |
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Weather: |
Hot, humid, mostly sunny. |
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Accommodation: |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Muesli, two bananas.
Lunch:
Biscuits and peanut butter, corn chips.
Dinner: Corn chips,
ice-cream. |
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Aches: |
Blister on right foot, wasp sting on left
wrist, numbness in left knee. |
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Animals Seen: |
Several deer, chipmunks, squirrels,
rabbits. |
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People Seen: |
Ten overnight hikers, many others. |
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Pictures: |
Here |
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GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
Got up at 6am after quite a good night’s
sleep (though I could have slept longer) and after a somewhat
leisurely start (finished reading the paper) I set out reluctantly
on my 26+ mile day in weather that was forecast to be hot and
humid. Knowing that it would be hard, I paced myself and had a rest
every hour. The new shorts and T-shirt were definitely more
comfortable to hike in. I set as my goal Swift Run Gap for lunch,
17 miles down the track and, with a little help from the Sony
Walkman, made it at 3pm. Although there were a number of
viewpoints, the immensely thick haze marred the views. It was quite
oppressive. After lunch, I set out for Lewis Mountain Campground, 9
miles away, and reached there at 6:50pm, feeling very tired. The
store was open and I purchased a quart of ice-cream and three cans
of Coke (plus some powdered milk) for dinner. Fortunately, the
storekeeper told me the water was bad at Bearfence Gap where I was
headed, so I was able to top up. I arrived at Bearfence at 7:15pm,
very footsore, and got a fire going while I had a wash. Although
the fire was good, the grill was too high and, after a lot of
stuffing around, I never did manage to get water boiled for macaroni
cheese. In the end, I dined on corn chips, ice-cream and Coke. As
it got dark, there were lots of fireflies dancing around. I went to
bed at about 9:40pm. There were some no-see-ums biting. |
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