Things I have learnt.

[benoloughlin]

Never trust a fart

[north-north-west]

There are some peaks that no amount of points can make worthwhile.

[Tortoise]

There are some peaks that no amount of points can make worthwhile.

Strahan?

[north-north-west]

Microspikes and fresh snow don't mix.

[Lostsoul]

Not to pull tent pegs all the way out by the bungy cord!

[north-north-west]

When mending boots at hoome, make sure that you don't inadvertentally glue the laces to the leather.

[Lophophaps]

On a river crossing, if at all possible lash the boots to the pack. One stumble and boots around the neck can clobber the face and/or nearly knock off the glasses.

[oldpiscator]

Not to pull tent pegs all the way out by the bungy cord!

[rcaffin]

On a river crossing, if at all possible lash the boots to the pack. One stumble and boots around the neck can clobber the face and/or nearly knock off the glasses.

Or fall off your neck and float away down the river?

Cheers
Roger

[Lophophaps]

Or fall off your neck and float away down the river?

I was more at risk of strangulation than boot floaties.

A true story. We had just done the Walls, Ducane Gap and finished on the Overland Track. One person had bad blisters and decided that he would get rid of his boots, At a bridge on the Lyell Highway he went to the upstream side, took his boots off, tied them together to keep them upright, filled them with shellite, threw in a match and let them float away. A minute or two later we saw tourists on the bridge downstream side taking pictures of the burning boots floating away, much puzzled, jabbering in Foreign. We fell about laughing. The boot owner walked barefoot into a Hobart shoe shop and bought some shoes.

[north-north-west]

Never trust the South Esk River.

[TentPeg]

Waterproof treating leather boots.
After a good clean and dry I use a paint stripper gun to warm the boot. Apply the waterproofing and gently reheat the boot. It will suck the goo in. A second coat focussing on the seams and cuts and areas that soaked up the goo easily. I then leave the boots in a nice warm place for a day and repeat until it won't take any more. Brings the leather back to a really good condition.
Beats putting them in the oven to warm them like the instructions suggested!

[Lostsoul]

Waterproof treating leather boots.
After a good clean and dry I use a paint stripper gun to warm the boot. Apply the waterproofing and gently reheat the boot. It will suck the goo in. A second coat focussing on the seams and cuts and areas that soaked up the goo easily. I then leave the boots in a nice warm place for a day and repeat until it won't take any more. Brings the leather back to a really good condition.
Beats putting them in the oven to warm them like the instructions suggested!

I do a similar thing re heating,but I just put mine in the oven on low for 10 minutes along with the tin of beeswax to soften it up.

[north-north-west]

Tassie snakes like cheese.

[Tortoise]

Tassie snakes like cheese.

nnw, you've gotta stop learning things!

[north-north-west]

Tassie snakes like cheese.

nnw, you've gotta stop learning things!

It's not my idea to learn this stuff. Things just happen.

[Last]

Tassie snakes like cheese.

I'm intrigued. Could you expand?

[north-north-west]

Yesterday evening was my fourth experience in the past five years of having a snake slither up and scarf down the few flakes of cheese inadvertently dropped while preparing a meal. The previous three were white-lips, this was a tiger. They weren't interested in anything else, it was straight to the cheese, swallow, and head off elsewhere.

[Walk_fat boy_walk]

Yesterday evening was my fourth experience in the past five years of having a snake slither up and scarf down the few flakes of cheese inadvertently dropped while preparing a meal. The previous three were white-lips, this was a tiger. They weren't interested in anything else, it was straight to the cheese, swallow, and head off elsewhere.

Well bugger me

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[puredingo]

Saving the up hill grind to the afternoon whilst walking the high country is a mistake.

Unlike on the eastern seaboard it just gets hotter and hotter until the sun is about set and temperature takes a sudden nosedive. It took me three days and LOT of sweat to work that one out..

[Tortoise]

Saving the up hill grind to the afternoon whilst walking the high country is a mistake.

Unlike on the eastern seaboard it just gets hotter and hotter until the sun is about set and temperature takes a sudden nosedive.

But it does work to sit in the river until early evening, if it's only a few hours' walk. That worked for us on a very hot section of the AAWT. And we got to enjoy the best night sky ever. Maybe I'm too old for that now, though...

[Lophophaps]

Saving the up hill grind to the afternoon whilst walking the high country is a mistake.

Unlike on the eastern seaboard it just gets hotter and hotter until the sun is about set and temperature takes a sudden nosedive. It took me three days and LOT of sweat to work that one out..

True. In summer I start very early, sometimes at first light after getting up at around 3.30 am. Reaching camp by noon-2 pm is nice, time for a wash and post-prandial nap.

On my last trip I learned that after getting up at around 5 AM and a lot of transfers, starting walking at 2.30 PM with 14 days of food plus water for 18 hours up a steep 500 metre climb in a heatwave is a bad idea.

[puredingo]

Totally.

I set off on the AAWT after a full days work (trade) drove from Wollongong to Tharwa and then at 4pm in 30+ degree weather, fully loaded, took on that starting climb. I was NOT prepared for.

Only thing worse was day two heading up to Murray’s gap at the same time….

[Lophophaps]

Puredingo, I share your pain. That was my 2.30 pm start, over Tennent to Bushfold Flats. You did well to get over Murrays Gap on the second day, quite a lot of bumps. I found one section of the descent into the Orroral River quite hard, steep plus small granules of road aka ball bearings.