by Baeng72 » Tue 26 Oct, 2021 9:44 pm
Not a storied hiker here, just a johnny-come-lately...
I vary between loving and hating it. But that's because sometimes I bring a competitive attitude to it and sometimes I just bite off more than I can chew or want to chew.
Like, I'm nearly 50, overweight, but *&%$#! that, I'm gonna do a hard shift, and see where I get.
Sometimes that ends in adventure and smiles, sometimes failure, where I wonder what the *&%$#! I'm doing!
I will say, sometimes when you fail on the great quest, and maybe scale down (but not just give up), you hit the sweet spot.
I was walking around Hotham/BHP in May, with ideas of visiting the Fainters and ascending Diamantina Spur to summit Feathertop over 3 days, didn't do either of those because fat *&%$#! walking slowly through calf-deep snow.
But! It was probably my best 3 day hike, my planning allowed me to have choices, the gear I took worked a treat and wasn't heavy, the sights, well, yep, just yep.
And then there's no other person for hours, no commitments for the next few days...