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escape the rat race

Post by kiwizook » Wed Jan 01, 2014 7:30 am

so I'm goin to escape this rat race for 3 days, this is what I gotta live on
my food and supplies
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this is what I gotta carry
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goin hiking in the local mountains here, hoping the weather will be fine, three days of 8 hours walking at decent speed each.
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Re: escape the rat race

Post by Ladaman » Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:45 am

Sounds fun.

Don't be too long or you might end up missing the Zook. ;)
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Re: escape the rat race

Post by Jordi » Wed Jan 01, 2014 11:08 am

Sounds fun. Take is easy and don't forget to come back.
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Re: escape the rat race

Post by kiwizook » Sat Jan 04, 2014 1:41 am

I came back fellas!
here's some pics I took,
the bridge where we entered the bush
the bridge where we entered the bush
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shows you how high it is
shows you how high it is
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nice little waterfall
nice little waterfall
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what the track was like in places
what the track was like in places
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we were going to walk over the top of the ranges, above the bush line, but we had to can this plan due to gale force winds and a lot of rain. still ended up very wet on the second day though :lol:

loved every bit of it, but am also happy to be back, so I can work on the suzuki again. work starts again monday too :shock:
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Re: escape the rat race

Post by Ladaman » Sat Jan 04, 2014 1:23 pm

Looks nice, and good to hear you are having nice summer weather! :lol:

We went over a similar bridge when out walking. The wife didn't like it when me and my son started bouncing it! They seem to be built everywhere when in the "bush".
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Re: escape the rat race

Post by turbo-tom » Sat Jan 04, 2014 5:58 pm

Looks like you had a good few days! :D
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Re: escape the rat race

Post by Anton » Sat Jan 04, 2014 11:09 pm

I wanna go hiking through snowdonia next year. Not quite the same, I know, but still - awesome!
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Re: escape the rat race

Post by Darrell » Sun Jan 05, 2014 12:43 am

When I last went walking in Snowdonia I used the crib route off snowdon. Didn't do much for my undies!!
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Going to get round to doing it again one year :thumbup:
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Re: escape the rat race

Post by Darrell » Sun Jan 05, 2014 12:50 am

kiwizook wrote:I came back fellas!

we were going to walk over the top of the ranges, above the bush line, but we had to can this plan due to gale force winds and a lot of rain. still ended up very wet on the second day though :lol:

loved every bit of it, but am also happy to be back, so I can work on the suzuki again. work starts again monday too :shock:
Looks a great trip, glad you enjoyed it. :thumbup:
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