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Day: |
086 |
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Date: |
Sunday, 27 July 1986 |
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Start: |
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Finish: |
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Daily
AT Miles: |
17.9 |
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Daily Other Miles |
0.4 (motel) |
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Total
AT Miles: |
1684.4 |
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Total All Miles |
1732.3 |
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Weather: |
Warm, humid, some rain, overcast. |
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Accommodation: |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Orange juice, oats, omelette,
chips, sausages.
Lunch: None.
Dinner: Biscuits and peanut
butter, oats. |
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Aches: |
None bad. |
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Animals Seen: |
None. |
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People Seen: |
1 overnight hiker, many others. |
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Pictures: |
Here |
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GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
Got up at 9am after a good sleep and went
and had a big breakfast before paying the bill and leaving at
10:50am. It wasn’t raining, but looked ominous. I had tried to
ring John C twice without luck. I was going to try for about 20
miles and do without lunch since my last biscuits would be required
for dinner as all wood would be too wet for a cooked dinner. The
spirits were low as I left the comfortable indoors for the rough
life. I still seemed to be very tired and felt the need of a day
off but must keep moving to meet Peter. The Trail was very boggy
and the undergrowth wet as I made my way around Kent Pond and, after
a mile, I found the Inn I should have found last night. Too
bad. There was some road-walking before a solid and wet climb up
over a ridge and down the other side. In places, the Trail was
flooded by the adjacent creeks. I divided the day into three
six-mile sections and just plodded along trying not to think where
I’d rather be, or about the weeks still to go. There were some very
tough climbs and very wet trails (rivers) through the pretty and wet
forest. At about 6pm it began raining very heavily and it looked
like I would be setting up camp in the rain. There were no Shelters
within range. The Trail had been re-routed so an expected spring
wasn’t on the Trail. I only had a bottle and a bit of water. I
reached the summit of Dana Hill and decided to stop at
6:40pm. Fortunately, the rain had all but stopped as I set up
camp. I decided to get into bed and eat my dinner of biscuits and
peanut butter and oats. I ate it while listening to some excellent
church choral music (it was Sunday) on my Walkman. Lights out at
9pm. Not a great day. Maybe tomorrow will be better. |
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