Going bush
So this weekend, just for fun, I went to an island and climbed to the top. Paid money in fact to do so. Crazy, yes, but it was also very fulfilling. We arrived at around 9:15am, but it was 10am by the time we started walking. Only about 50 people are allowed on the island for the day, and if you don’t climb to the top, there’s really not a lot else to keep you occupied till the boat comes back at 3pm. So off to the top we went, up the steep slippery track, ignoring the recommendations of the guide (who basically said don’t climb the steep track and if you’re old, don’t climb any tracks - so helpful). Eventually I gave up trying to keep up with the couple of people I started out with and took a rest, and then lots more mini-rests to get to the top, but was only about 5 minutes behind in the end, so that was good, plus I still beat heaps of other people who know how to pace themselves (I’m a one-speed kinda person - all or nothing). I took a few photos from the top, but we couldn’t see anything really, it was an overcast day with lots of misty, cloudy crap. We got down just before 2pm, so it took less than 4 hours total. I think that was probably about 2 hours up, half an hour at the top and just over 1 hour back, or thereabouts. I don’t really have many more exciting things to say about it, so I’ll just lead you to the pic’s, click on the weka below to go to Flickr 
How fun! I wish I would’ve been there with you to make the hike! Granted I couldn’t do much with my healing knee right now, but it sounds like a grand time!
I love these kinds of walks and now I have so many great walks right by my house where I can easily loop around from my front door, so I don’t have to drive/boat every time I want something challenging
Comment by Kari — November 18, 2008 @ 4:30 am