Bush Walk No 9
Today:
Purpose: work group walk
Distance: 31.45 km
Time: 5 hrs 11 mins 33 secs
Rate: 9' 54" per km ( quick due to jog to start and back home)
Altitude gain/loss: 830 metres
Weather: very wintery, sunny, cold, temp range 3-8 degrees, humidity 80% down to 65%, wind cold southerly 25 kmph on mountain, less in cover
Week: 129.85 km, June: 469.95 km, Year: 2736.5 km
Work group bush walk No 9 and the 2nd time we have gone to Mt Rob Roy starting from Lanyon shops.
I jogged down to the start from home as I needed extra kms this week due to an enforced rest day last Friday. The cold southerly wind on the way down was a sure sign of the weather to come later on.
A smaller group today of 6, usually 8-9, fronted outside Maccas at 7:30 am.
Most were familiar with the direction as we did this walk back in early December last year. We basically did a reverse of that walk, still going up the sealed road behind Conder/Banks to our first stop at the trig on Big Monks.
A real test of the weather conditions, it was freezing due to the wind chill with frost also on the ground. The openness here had us very cold.
However, to our delight, but not that of the landowners or the nature park carers, a mother pig with 5 small piglets were up on the slope & heading off to safer places once they saw us. A few kangaroos about as well, but not many.
We climbed the mountain from the southern side to head off the fire trail to the trig hidden in the bush. Difficult to find unless you know where to go.
The trail has been graded recently as is slippery so much care needed on the way down heading towards the back of Theodore and the substation. No problems here as the wind was finally behind us and the air temperature had risen a bit.
Back to Lanyon on the fire trail above Conder where we had started at 7:30 am.
I ran back home around Woodcock Dr to gain a few extra kms and to jog out the walking legs that had taken the force of some steep ups and downs on the mountain.
Apart from the weather, another great day for our walk.
This was also the 53rd time I have been to the top of Mt Rob Roy. It's close to home, a nice challenge giving plenty of running/walking benefits.
Purpose: work group walk
Distance: 31.45 km
Time: 5 hrs 11 mins 33 secs
Rate: 9' 54" per km ( quick due to jog to start and back home)
Altitude gain/loss: 830 metres
Weather: very wintery, sunny, cold, temp range 3-8 degrees, humidity 80% down to 65%, wind cold southerly 25 kmph on mountain, less in cover
Week: 129.85 km, June: 469.95 km, Year: 2736.5 km
Work group bush walk No 9 and the 2nd time we have gone to Mt Rob Roy starting from Lanyon shops.
I jogged down to the start from home as I needed extra kms this week due to an enforced rest day last Friday. The cold southerly wind on the way down was a sure sign of the weather to come later on.
A smaller group today of 6, usually 8-9, fronted outside Maccas at 7:30 am.
Most were familiar with the direction as we did this walk back in early December last year. We basically did a reverse of that walk, still going up the sealed road behind Conder/Banks to our first stop at the trig on Big Monks.
A real test of the weather conditions, it was freezing due to the wind chill with frost also on the ground. The openness here had us very cold.
However, to our delight, but not that of the landowners or the nature park carers, a mother pig with 5 small piglets were up on the slope & heading off to safer places once they saw us. A few kangaroos about as well, but not many.
We climbed the mountain from the southern side to head off the fire trail to the trig hidden in the bush. Difficult to find unless you know where to go.
The trail has been graded recently as is slippery so much care needed on the way down heading towards the back of Theodore and the substation. No problems here as the wind was finally behind us and the air temperature had risen a bit.
Back to Lanyon on the fire trail above Conder where we had started at 7:30 am.
I ran back home around Woodcock Dr to gain a few extra kms and to jog out the walking legs that had taken the force of some steep ups and downs on the mountain.
Apart from the weather, another great day for our walk.
This was also the 53rd time I have been to the top of Mt Rob Roy. It's close to home, a nice challenge giving plenty of running/walking benefits.
posted by Two Fruits at
7:43 PM
1 Comments:
I was going to say - sub 10 minute ks is quick for bush walking. With all that walking practise you'll be challenging Ruth in the track walks once you retire.
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Ewen, At
June 24, 2013 at 5:25 PM
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