Ross James (jilaross)

Completed: 22 November, 2019

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Start date: 15 February, 2019
Age When Completed: 65
Direction Walked: Both

Track Towns and Supplies

Did you have any issues finding food/supplies? Yes
We decided to buy a dehydrator and loved our self-made dehydrated fruit and meals.

Your Story or Advice for Others

General Comments
Fitted in sections between family priorities and events, a couple of funerals, injury and work contracts. The pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago bid each other Bon Camino. Can the Bibbulmun Foundation propose a suitable Noongar greeting or phrase that walkers can offer as they meet, greet and bid farewell? It would add to the cameraderie and community feel of the walkers' experience.

Your Best Equipment
Aarn packs, the new Sea to Summit Comfort Plus mattress, and Merrill boots, head buffs, gaiters, Fixamul,

Your Worst Equipment
Battery chargers: none seemed to be suitable

Advice for Others
1. Start walking early and take time halfway through the day to take off boots, boil the billy, and have a good rest. 2. Accept that the shortest distance from A to B on the Bibbulmun Track goes A to C to D then to B. (smile)

Trip Details

How you completed the Bibbulmun Track:

In sections

Who did you complete the Track with? Other - My wife did all sections with me, except for the last section (Donnelly River to Pemberton), because of injury. We'll do it again together next year so that she can claim her certificate.
Was undertaking your hike the PRIMARY/MAIN purpose of your TRAVEL from where you currently live? No
What first prompted you to walk the Bibbulmun Track? Other

Your Experience

Favourite Section
Balingup to Pemberton. And the DRY Pingerup Plains in April! Best huts and views: Dog Pool, Waalegh, Frankland and Beedelup.

Highlight of your trip
Camping in the tent at Waalegh. Meeting people from other countries. Having toilet paper at many huts. The wonderful work of volunteers. Meeting hikers with different approaches, such as Simone who walked 70kms a day with just porridge in cold water for meals (no cooking equipment).