Episode Introduction
My visitor on this episode has an extended historical past of working and enjoying in a number of the most rugged and distant elements of NSW. So, with a number of days up his sleeve, a little bit of analysis and the correct of expertise and expertise behind him, he set off for an additional steep n’ deep journey by way of Kanangra Boyd Nationwide Park, sure for Katoomba on the normal K2K route.
WARNING: The K2K route is described on-line as a traditional 3 day journey within the southern Blue Mountains. This description was written earlier than the fires and floods since 2019. It can’t be in contrast with different walks of an identical size such because the Six Foot Observe, which is on well-defined administration and hearth trails. The K2K has all the time been a difficult stroll that pushes the Australian Strolling Observe Grading System of 1-5, into an unofficial 6. That was then (earlier than the fires) and now, it’s an much more punishing route.
I’ve written about this route earlier than with this rescue of Chini who generously shared her written story.
Heraclitus was a Greek thinker, born round 500 BC. Now, I’m questioning if he was a little bit of a bushwalker and a lover of nature, cos he’s the one who stated, “No man ever steps within the identical river twice. For it’s not the identical river and he’s not the identical man.”
He’s additionally the one credited with saying, “the one fixed is change.”
Nowhere is that this extra evident than in nature: The turning of the seasons, the adjustments this brings in life cycles of vegetation and animals, erosion from climate, local weather change, bushfires, my greying hair, you title it.
And for these of us who love being out on (or off) the observe, it’s one thing that feels extra apparent in recent times: there’s extra folks, extra bushfires, climate occasions and landslides are altering the landscapes that we like to spend time in.
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Key episode takeaways
- Having a Private Locator Beacon (PLB) as a important a part of your packing.
- The significance of getting a ‘place to go’ inside your self (eg. meditation, mindfulness, religion, and so forth) when confronted with a disaster, serving to you stay calm and make clever choices.
- The worth of getting earlier expertise in related terrain you anticipate to come across.
- Simply because a observe is marked on-line or on apps, doesn’t imply it exists within the panorama. Apart from the official land supervisor apps (eg: NPWS App) information might be old-fashioned and consumer evaluations or descriptions extraordinarily subjective. Apps like AllTrails, and so forth ought to be used at the side of different analysis and navigation expertise.
- If it’s been some time between longer or arduous walks, think about your total well being from different components.
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Sponsor // Paddy Pallin
Rescued Podcast essential photograph // Ben Cirulis and fotografija.com.au
