Lauren Armitage (Sea Monster )
Completed: 28 July, 2023
Sea Monster
- Start date: 4 June, 2023
- Age When Completed: 43
- Direction Walked: Northbound
Track Towns and Supplies
- Did you have any issues finding food/supplies? Yes
- Combo of homemade dehydrated meals and commercial dehydrated meals. Cheese and dry sausage. Magnesium supplement. Dried fruit and nuts. Homemade jerky. Best meal in a track town was the ribs at Philippine Magic Cafe, Walpole.
Your Story or Advice for Others
General CommentsFantastic journey, loved the solo time. Can't recommend it highly enough.
Your Best Equipment
Haha, Mt Design rain pants - total convert. Wore them everyday of the hike bar the first week (when I didn't have them). Also, the light at hiking poles I could find. Poncho for the southern half, umbrella for the northern half.
Your Worst Equipment
I don't think anything was the worst... I swapped out my Trangia stove for a JetBoil after the first week but that was ok, fair swap.
Advice for Others
Planning is great - but be prepared for the plan to change. Be present - earbuds in your head the whole will not allow you to hear the differences in landscapes that are constantly changing.
Trip Details
How you completed the Bibbulmun Track:- All at once
- Who did you complete the Track with? Solo (primarily)
- Was undertaking your hike the PRIMARY/MAIN purpose of your TRAVEL from where you currently live? No
Your Experience
Peaceful Bay to Walpole, Pindarup Plains, Schafer to Beavis, Dwellingup to Monadnocks
Highlight of your trip
Seeing a whale from just before Conspicuous Cliffs - amazing; seeing a flock of white-tailed black cockatoos whirl above my head on Pindarup Plains; meeting fellow hikers.