The trail was quite steep and angled and potential for slipping and falling to your death was high. I honestly don’t think I have ever sweated this much.Īgain we broke the day down into the 3 climbs, but first we descended to the river. Walking at a casual pace increases the sweat and walking uphill meant sweat was cascading down our faces, dripping off the end of our noses and stinging our eyes. Unfortunately the minimal sweating part was unachievable because just standing still brought a sweat on. We took the same approach as yesterday, which is my specialty, no heavy breathing and minimal sweating. It was cloudy but so humid so we were sweating with our first steps. We casually ate breakfast and packed up and Julia and I headed out last at around 8:30am. We could have made it to St Arnaud today but well, what’s the rush? We had one big climb to get out the way this morning to Red Hills hut, where we planned to take a nice long break, then it was the end of the hard stuff and a cruise down to the road where we would camp, leaving only a 6 mile road walk into St Arnaud in the morning, so we basically get a whole day in town but only have to pay for one night of accommodation. I had a great night, once I closed my eyes I didn’t open them again until it was already light outside.
We were all so tired I think everyone had a good nights sleep. Porters Creek hut – car park, state highway 63