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Simeon FinchI've been meaning to make a landing page for our Heysen Trail blog posts to try make it easier to navigate. Here's a chronological list from each of us, enjoy!
Heysen Trail Posts by Dave
- Fundraising for Diabetes SA
I always enjoy the moment with things that are still some way off in the future where you think to yourself “this is starting to get real”. We’re now a little over two months away from our start date of 31 July 2022 and its surprising how quickly time seems to be moving. With the… Read more: Fundraising for Diabetes SA - Planning for long hikes when your pancreas doesn't work
Hiking with Type 1 diabetes means having to carry a bunch of additional equipment and putting additional precautions in place. For day hikes or section hikes, this is normally pretty straightforward – insulin pens, a few spare vials of insulin, a blood glucose meter and some contingency food in case of a low blood sugar… Read more: Planning for long hikes when your pancreas doesn't work - Section 1: “If you don’t keep your feet there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to”
So first up a disclaimer - it’s been something of a battle getting started. I contracted covid two weeks before we were about to set off which threw a spanner into the works for planning, training and general readiness. Nonetheless I managed to assemble resupply boxes, get my pack together and was ready for the… Read more: Section 1: “If you don’t keep your feet there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to” - Section 2: “You have brains in your head, you have feet in your shoes”.
Section 2 from Hawker to Quorn has been equal parts challenging and stunning. We have spent the last five days in some truly wild places, traversing narrow and rocky creek beds, spectacular gorges, stony plains and wind swept ridge tops. Our days have taken on a rhythm of eating, hiking and sleeping. We are covering… Read more: Section 2: “You have brains in your head, you have feet in your shoes”. - Section 3: Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast
The trek from Quorn to Crystal Brook has been difficult, beautiful and graced by kindness, support and the benefits of excellent postal service. The seven days it has taken have felt closer to a fortnight with the first three days involving big climbs up and down Mount Brown and Mount Remarkable while also seeing us… Read more: Section 3: Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast - Section 4: Not Giants but Windmills
I’ve spent a lot of time over this section thinking about Don Quixote. This is partly because we walked under the massive blades of wind turbines outside of Hallett, providing a convenient literary parallel; and partly because I’m tickled by the quixotic nature of what we’re doing. Following the trail means rejecting logic. We will… Read more: Section 4: Not Giants but Windmills - Section 5: Green Line Fever
It’s been a weird section. Long tracts of paddock and back road contrasted with narrow easements of preserved nature corridors and the occasional conservation park before finally arriving in the Barossa. While it hasn’t been a ’hard’ section, it has felt long. A section to get done rather than to take in, though it hasn’t… Read more: Section 5: Green Line Fever
Heysen Trail Posts by Sim
- Trial Hike: Mt Crawford
A last minute hike and camp at Mt Crawford to test out planning and gear. - Trial Hike: Walk the Yorke
Another test hike, this time through the spectacular Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park. - Trial Hike: Learning From Mistakes
A new tent and some rookie mistakes in bad weather. - Prelude: This Is Why You Should Walk
Final preparations and a serious car accident - Section 1: The Wild West
Parachilna trailhead to Hawker - Section 2: Becoming Wilderpeople
Hawker to Quorn, 5 days in the wild - Section 3: Every Day Is Leg Day
Quorn to Crystal Brook featuring a bunch of mountains - Section 4: We Get By With a Little Help From Our Friends
Crystal Brook to Burra with some wild weather and a few disasters - Section 5: The In-Between Places
Burra to Tanunda, getting back to bigger towns and wine country - Section 6: Homecoming
Tanunda to Myponga, back to familiarity! - Section 7: The Wild South Coast
Back on the coast to the finish line
Posts about Tech
- Building the website
It begins! Initial site development on Azure App Services. - Building the website pt 2
A proper domain, Cloudflare and Gmail integration - Blog Landing Page
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