Bibbulmun Trek

Yesterday the Kilimanjaro trainees and I walked from Kalamunda Northern Terminus on the Bibbulmun Track to Hewett’s Hill hut and return for a total trip distance of 21kms. We had each packed around 3 litres of drinks for hydration knowing that at the halfway point, we could refill with water.

It was a challenging walk with most of us carrying 10kg in backpacks. My backpack was around 5kgs so over the 21kg distance I got off a fair bit lighter than the others. On the way out to Hewett’s Hill was fairly comfortable and the temperature not bad. We set off at 7.45am and got there at 10.30am.

We had our lunch packed and met up with another day hiker at the hut. With our best ‘Mantracker’ instincts in full flight, we ascertained that there were other hikers that had set out before us and likely well ahead of us.

The return trip was a lot warmer and we savoured the opportunity for shade. There were lots of undulating parts of this return trip. Plenty of loose rocks. We had a large kangaroo very close to us, stopped off at the Camel Farm in Paull’s Valley Rd, went through 4 bags of jelly snakes. I ran out of my 3 litre camelbak of powerade around 25mins before the end of the walk so that was bad planning.

This was the second time we’ve done this walk but it was much tougher this time.

I will now ramp up my swimming for the Busso Jetty Swim in early Feb and a half marathon run the day before this also in Busselton.  Hot weather will make preparation for the swimming a little easier. Not so for the running training. That’s the way the mop flops!!

Regards

CHRISTO