Graeme Jones (Graeme)
Completed: 9 May, 2021
Graeme
- Start date: 22 April, 2014
- Age When Completed: 67
- Direction Walked: Both
Track Towns and Supplies
- Did you have any issues finding food/supplies? Yes
- Took off the shelf and self hydrated meals. Much preferred self hydrated meals for freshness and taste. I was however always surprised at how little I actually needed to eat and still comfortably walk each stage.
Your Story or Advice for Others
General CommentsOverall a wonderful experience - in equal parts challenging and enjoyable.
Your Best Equipment
My Big Agnes sleeping mat - for the first time I floated on air without feeling any contact with the floor - absolute bliss!
Your Worst Equipment
My sleeping bag - not because it didn't function as promised but because it was the heaviest item I took. One day I'll buy a super light bag.
Advice for Others
Be prepared to push through, which for me was best done with the encouragement of a fellow walker who was also a friend!
Trip Details
How you completed the Bibbulmun Track:- In sections
- Who did you complete the Track with? Other - Vaughn Pownall (from Albany to Balingup) Phil Harlow (from Kalamunda to Balingup)
- Was undertaking your hike the PRIMARY/MAIN purpose of your TRAVEL from where you currently live? No
Your Experience
Albany to Pemberton - equally loved the coast and big timber sections.
Highlight of your trip
Nightly campfires and yarning with interesting people, the solitude, absence of technological interferences, challenging myself, reflecting on life, the wonder of the natural world, valuing more those near and dear to me...