2009APR121733
PT today is a gentle climb up the scar. 15Kg. First climb of the year so take my time. Lifted the weights. About 20C so plenty of water approx: 4Ltr + emergency. Nice, busy though. Lots of traffic.
Favourite spot here. Had a chat with a few people on the way down. On the way up I'm usually all business. Trying to get to the top in a certain time.
On the way down I take it a bit slower. It's harder going down. So had a chat with some ex-locals from the city. Parents live over the hill. Talking about the fires. They mentioned a people they know in Flowerdale. They survived, lost their house. Handed over some Moo cards so they can have a look at the Black Saturday set. Told them to look out for the old-bloke going up & down. Doing the summit in 30m.
So I met the bloke down a bit further. Turns out Ed was training for Kokoda. Tomorrow he's going to be in New Guinea climbing. Ed's been trekking through Nepal, South America, US. Told him about hiking through Bowden Spur and how I almost came to a sticky end and remembering the lessons of a similar place I know in Borneo, Lows Gully - a real lesson in the 7P's. (Descent into Chaos: The Doomed Expedition to Low's Gully) I handed him a moo card so he could show me some snaps of the trek.
Then it was time to go home. More to come.
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2009APR121733
PT today is a gentle climb up the scar. 15Kg. First climb of the year so take my time. Lifted the weights. About 20C so plenty of water approx: 4Ltr + emergency. Nice, busy though. Lots of traffic.
Favourite spot here. Had a chat with a few people on the way down. On the way up I'm usually all business. Trying to get to the top in a certain time.
On the way down I take it a bit slower. It's harder going down. So had a chat with some ex-locals from the city. Parents live over the hill. Talking about the fires. They mentioned a people they know in Flowerdale. They survived, lost their house. Handed over some Moo cards so they can have a look at the Black Saturday set. Told them to look out for the old-bloke going up & down. Doing the summit in 30m.
So I met the bloke down a bit further. Turns out Ed was training for Kokoda. Tomorrow he's going to be in New Guinea climbing. Ed's been trekking through Nepal, South America, US. Told him about hiking through Bowden Spur and how I almost came to a sticky end and remembering the lessons of a similar place I know in Borneo, Lows Gully - a real lesson in the 7P's. (Descent into Chaos: The Doomed Expedition to Low's Gully) I handed him a moo card so he could show me some snaps of the trek.
Then it was time to go home. More to come.
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