• floofloof@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    OP, you posted the wrong link. Lemmy allows you to edit it and fix the link. You might want to do this!

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldB
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    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    As I sat doing nothing but enjoying the ache of fatigued success, with activity and food swirling around me, I thanked the Ethiopian gods (Emperor Haile Selassie, for the Rastafarians in the room) that I’d come in a guided group, and that all I’d had to do was drag my feet to the highest point in the country.

    Guided trips cover the gamut of walking experiences, from gourmet gambols in Tasmania to altitude-busting trekking peaks in Nepal, allowing trekkers to begin as gently as they like and progressively step beyond their comfort zones with a feeling of security and confidence.

    Depending on your trek and its operator, meals are typically prepared for you (by a crew of staff in places such as Nepal, or by your guide in richer lands) and tents might be pitched and waiting before you wander into camp.

    Come unguided and the minor costs quickly accumulate – around $420 for a track booking, parks pass and bus and ferry fares before you’ve even stepped inside a supermarket or gear store.

    Quite simply, you can make it all up as you go: stride along at your own pace, walk in silence or in chatter, detour as you please, get naked and swim in that trailside stream, pitch your tent in that unexpectedly inviting clearing a few kilometres short of your intended camp.

    In easy reach of the country’s two largest cities, the Six Foot Track (NSW) and the southern circuit at Wilson’s Promontory (Vic) are short, accessible opportunities to test drive your mind and body with a full pack on your back.


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