mistakes i have made

[oxyiscool]

This one was the work of my cousin. We were stopped for breakfast on the way to Mt Wilson to do a canyon when he realised he forgot his wetsuit. Eediot! He did the canyon anyway and we had a good laugh afterwards....

[Hiking Noob]

Well the Aldi sleeping bag bit me hard, I threw a thermal liner in but that alone was not enough. However, long pants, rain pants, two merino shirts, two thermal shirts, bed socks and a balaclava saw me through.

I also regret sleeping in the cabins on the OLT, camping out made it much easier to get a good night sleep as the temperature change was much more gradual than the huts.

[walkerchris77]

1 roll of loo paper will be heaps.

[DanShell]

Well the Aldi sleeping bag bit me hard, I threw a thermal liner in but that alone was not enough. However, long pants, rain pants, two merino shirts, two thermal shirts, bed socks and a balaclava saw me through.

I also regret sleeping in the cabins on the OLT, camping out made it much easier to get a good night sleep as the temperature change was much more gradual than the huts.

I don't want to laugh or say I told you so but...........

What were the over night temps? I'm not big on sleeping in crowded huts either. I'd prefer to have my tent turn itself into a bivy in gale force winds than sleep in a hut with a large group of snorers!

[perfectlydark]

Well the Aldi sleeping bag bit me hard, I threw a thermal liner in but that alone was not enough. However, long pants, rain pants, two merino shirts, two thermal shirts, bed socks and a balaclava saw me through.

I also regret sleeping in the cabins on the OLT, camping out made it much easier to get a good night sleep as the temperature change was much more gradual than the huts.

Dont say you werent warned! Keep the aldi bag for the mainland mate

[Lophophaps]

1 roll of loo paper will be heaps.

But not, i hope, in one roll. if that roll is compromised then you are reduced to sticks, jelly packets and rocks. In colder weather snow can work. I decant paper into smaller rolls, kept in the first instance in the food bag. When needed the small roll is moved to a dedicated bag.

[walkabout]

sticks, jelly packets and rocks

[perfectlydark]

Ah...im lost there. Was that this thread? Or me? Lol

[walkerchris77]

sticks, jelly packets and rocks

Hope the jelly is not in the packet. That stuff sets.

[walkabout]

Sorry PD - don't know how that quote got attributed to you

[perfectlydark]

Lol all good. I only just saw it was someone elses. Without context it made for some interesting speculation!

[Lophophaps]

sticks, jelly packets and rocks

Hope the jelly is not in the packet. That stuff sets.

LOL. Have a look at the origin of the wrong end of the stick
http://english.stackexchange.com/questi ... -the-stick
"Before toilet paper and Sears catalogs, there was a wooden spatula called the stick. If you were in the outhouse after dark and you had to find the stick in the dark, you had a good chance of finding the wrong, dirty, *&%$#! end of the stick. Not everyone could afford candles or lanterns, and sometimes the wind would blow them out anyway."

Thank heavens for head torches.

[vicrev]

sticks, jelly packets and rocks

:
"Before toilet paper and Sears catalogs, there was a wooden spatula called the stick. If you were in the outhouse after dark and you had to find the stick in the dark, you had a good chance of finding the wrong, dirty, *&%$#! end of the stick. Not everyone could afford candles or lanterns, and sometimes the wind would blow them out anyway."

Thank heavens for head torches.[/color]

[/quote] Think i'll give the head torch a miss & stick with the toilet roll....

[Lophophaps]

[Think i'll give the head torch a miss & stick with the toilet roll....

No no no, the torch is for seeing things, like the stick or toilet paper, what my electronics mate called O/P paper, output. The quote names are unhappy at present. It's enough to give you the ....

[puredingo]

Intentionally putting on 5kgs for a longer walk i had planned...said walk falls through for unfrorseen reasons. Now I'm stuck with the extra 5 that's easier to put on than lose!

[aronwidforss]

Using cotton socks on a week-long trip.

Put on full gear in sleeping bag to keep me warm.

Carrying 10 l of water (for a whole troop, and I didn't do the actual carrying, but anyways).

Brought too little food.

Walking too far in a day.

Using plastic bags for clothes.

Packing 2 liters of meths for 4 days.

[DanShell]

When your mid step in an awkward situation and a snake decides to pop out from the bushes right where you are about to put your foot.....don't fall over....it takes a good 15 minutes for your heart rate to recover

[walkabout]

Dan, that happened to me a few weeks back on the way to Chapter Lake - as I put my foot down the snake shot out from under a bush, across the track, about an inch in front of my toes. It moved so fast, that by the time I realised what had happened all I saw was it's rear half disappearing in the bushes on the other side .

[DanShell]

:lol: Dan, that happened to me a few weeks back on the way to Chapter Lake - as I put my foot down the snake shot out from under a bush, across the track, about an inch in front of my toes. It moved so fast, that by the time I realised what had happened all I saw was it's rear half disappearing in the bushes on the other side .

I ended up on my backside, well on my pack actually which was a good thing because it cushioned my fall. Im sure I closed my eyes for a second in fear of the snake being under me!

I just spent the weekend looking around some lakes near Lake Nameless and I must have seen or nearly trod on at least 6 snakes....they always scare me. In fact even a slinky lizard scares me just after a snake encounter

[Maaxxx]

Just back from walking from Lake Mackenzie to Nameless and through to the Walls and out. Amazed to see only 2 snakes for the entire week. Normally come across heaps more in that area. (Maybe it was a bit cool for them.) I must admit, not being able to see where one's feet are heading in some of that scrubbier stuff does make one a little tentative.

[DanShell]

Just back from walking from Lake Mackenzie to Nameless and through to the Walls and out. Amazed to see only 2 snakes for the entire week. Normally come across heaps more in that area. (Maybe it was a bit cool for them.) I must admit, not being able to see where one's feet are heading in some of that scrubbier stuff does make one a little tentative.

I must have scared them away for you!

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[Johnnie Walker]

In-between the morning walk (12 km) and the afternoon walk (12 km) a big lunch at a local fish & chip shop, everything deep-fried washed down with ginger beer.

[north-north-west]

In-between the morning walk (12 km) and the afternoon walk (12 km) a big lunch at a local fish & chip shop, everything deep-fried washed down with ginger beer.

I remember a mate doing that between dives over at Mount Gambier. You ever seen someone throw up underwater?

[wallwombat]

In-between the morning walk (12 km) and the afternoon walk (12 km) a big lunch at a local fish & chip shop, everything deep-fried washed down with ginger beer.

I remember a mate doing that between dives over at Mount Gambier. You ever seen someone throw up underwater?

On the last day of our South Coast Track walk, a friend of mine, who had a huge bag of Jelly Babies left, decided to consume the whole bag on the walk to Melaleuca. It was a particularly hot day and a little while after reaching Melaleuca the rest of us got to witness a true technicolour yawn of near infinite proportions.

I suppose it's not a mistake that "I" have made but it sure was a mistake.

[Mervyn]

Walking with some one who is scared of every insect. Ants, spider, moths, bugs etc. Those people exist but I suggest you do not walk with them.

[perfectlydark]

Walking with some one who is scared of every insect. Ants, spider, moths, bugs etc. Those people exist but I suggest you do not walk with them.

Thats why i dont walk with the wife haha

[walkerchris77]

Yeah funny stuff when you walk between two trees and cop a full spider web in your face.

[DanShell]

Yeah funny stuff when you walk between two trees and cop a full spider web in your face.

Happens all the time for me. I just do a bit of a Peter Garrett dance and get on with it

[perfectlydark]

Happens all the time as i go for daily morning walks before sunrise. Web doesnt bother me so much as the palm sized spiders i occaisionally get on my head

[walk2wineries]

1 roll of loo paper will be heaps.

But not, i hope, in one roll. if that roll is compromised then you are reduced to sticks, jelly packets and rocks. In colder weather snow can work. I decant paper into smaller rolls, kept in the first instance in the food bag. When needed the small roll is moved to a dedicated bag.

This book is an excellent resource - gives alternatives, and if you don't like the book you could always bring it along and use it. http://www.kathleeninthewoods.net/Kathl ... uthor.html