David
- Start date: 8 May 2001
- Age When Completed: 60
- Direction Walked: Sectional
General Comments
Marvellous experience of living with what you are and what you can carry! Wrote the poem on page 2 in Bib News, Autumn 2002, issue 29.
Food/Supplies Comments
Basically- Breakfast: Muesli & powered milk, Lunch: rice cakes & cheese, Dinner: Backpacker Cuisine dehydrated meals.
Plus plenty of Mars Bars.
Favourite Section
Denmark to Albany.
Highlights
Solitude, sunsets, sunrises, freedom meditation, rainbows.
Plus Waalegh, Possum Springs, Blackwood, Frankland, Peaceful Bay.
Personal Reactions
Wonderful therapy of living by nature - light and dark, heat and cold, sun and rain; following the contours of the land and its varied scenery.
Wildlife
Plenty of roos between Peaceful Bay and Hidden Valley.
Your Best Equipment
Bible, notebook, lightweight camera & top quality boots and haversack.
Advice for Others
Have a 3 month training program before hand, slowly working up distances and backpack weights (to 25 kg or more).