The lead up to Kinabalu – Part 2

Posted on September 18, 2024 by marilyn

19 August – 19 September
The second part of challenge to build my fitness so that I can climb Mount Kinabalu went by in a blur! I’d heard that it takes 21 days to form a habit and 7 days to break the habit, and I have to say I’ve found that to be true.  For the first 50 days I was definitely in the “habit” zone.   Continue reading →

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Caught by a Heuristic Trap – or two

Posted on September 15, 2024 by marilyn

BLUE MOUNTAINS – 15 September 2024
I was a little nervous about this multi pitch abseil trip (Malaita Walls).  I’d done it twice before (maybe even more times because I don’t always record trips), but this time it was an SRT trip (single rope, not double rope that I’m used to).  So, I packed my “Stop” descender which is designed for SRT, and I knew that I could slow myself down with it if need be. Continue reading →

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Be careful what you wish for!

Posted on September 7, 2024 by marilyn

BLUE MOUNTAINS – 7 September 2024
This was supposed to be an overnight walk with Nicole but, with the threat of rain, Nicole and I talked it over and came up with a day walk which was on both our wish lists – Haystack Ridge and the Haystack Neck – an interesting geological formation.  Trish and Jim were both on board with the change and I talked Rob C (with the “should be easy” description) into joining us.  Continue reading →

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The Horse Track

Posted on September 6, 2024 by marilyn

BLUE MOUNTAINS – 6 September 2024
If I’d looked more closely to the Katoomba Map, I would have been able to identify this route (although it was unnamed), but it wasn’t until recently that The Horse Track came to my attention.  When we talked about another fitness walk on this Friday, Marcia, who would be joining Trish and me, suggested The Horse Track.  She’d been on it recently and said it was good.  Having quite a bit altitude descent/ascent, it suited our purposes. Continue reading →

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Return to Dharug

Posted on August 24, 2024 by marilyn

DHARUG NP – 24-25 August 2024
Now that I’ve been training for over a month, it was time to test whether the “getting fit” plan was working.  So, Trish and I decided that we’d tackle the fire trail in Dharug (and its biggish hill) to test our fitness.  We had planned for 3 days walking but as it looked like rain at the end of day 2, we called it quits (and that’s a story in itself). Continue reading →

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