Overland Track – Day Eight

The view at Sunset from the end of the Overland Track, Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair, Tasmania October 2009Tormented by the guide book, we took to the trail on the final morning determined to cover the last 18km that separated us from hot chips and beer. A slight miscalculation that heaped all our trail mix in one bag, the absence of a spot for lunch and a bitingly cold wind driving up the pace in a bid to keep warm conspired to cause two hypos, and tarnish what was a beautiful day… Divine intervention came late that night in Hobart, in the form of a pizza delivery man…

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