A TEN-DAY expedition to the Eldons in Tasmania. Wow. I stared at the information. I so wanted to do this club trip, but was not sure about stepping up to ten days. My previous longest trip had been eight, and the one before that, six. Could I manage another two-day jump when each jump was significant? Luckily, my climbing buddy, Angela, wanted to come too, so I knew I’d have company if in distress. Meanwhile, the two of us had seven months to plot and plan our strategies for this undertaking. We put a lot of thought into this one.
I should mention that we are both “atom weights”, four categories under bantam, and 13kg lighter than “light weight”. This poses significant problems when packing for ten days in the…