The cold
was letting up after a few days and could get up at 6:00 easily. Got myself
ready to go at 7:30 but it was still dark outside - went back into my sleeping
bag again waiting for sunrise.
Started at 8:15. Snow on the ground was only a
few centimetres deep and no probs to walk. After 3 hours walk, there was no snow
around the track. Low cloud hanging all the day with occasional drizzle cleared
at night. Arrived at Boundary hut at 12:00. When having lunch there, 3 young
ones on off-road motor bikes rode around the hut loudly and have gone.
Walked
4WD road from this hut and arrived at Careys hut at 14:00. Was still a bit
early but decided to stay here, as the next hut was 27km away. Collected
firewood around and took water from the lake till 15:00, and then relaxed. The
hut looked cleaner than before and the shower booth turned to a firewood shed. Must have been renovated? The moon was nearly full and bright in the sky. Went to
bed at 22:00. Walked 5.75 hours, 18km.
数日ぶりの寒さが緩んだので、今朝はスムーズに6:00に起きられた。7:30には準備ができたが外はまだ暗く、再び寝袋に潜り込んで明るくなるのを待つ。
結局8:15に出発。雪は数センチ程度で全く問題なく、3時間も歩くともう道沿いには見られなくなった。天気は1日低い雲が覆い時々小雨、夜になり晴れた。12:00にバウンダリー小屋に着き昼食を食べているとモトクロスバイクに乗った若者が3人現れて、騒々しく走り回って去って行った。
ここからは四輪駆動車道路を歩き、14:00にキャリーズ小屋着。この先の山小屋はさらに27kmも先なので、早いが今日はここに泊まる。薪を集めたり、湖から水を汲んだりと15:00頃まで作業をし、その後ようやく寛ぐ。昔泊まった時に比べ、小屋がきれいになった気がする。以前シャワーがあった場所が現在は薪小屋になっていた。改装されたのだろうか。満月に近い月が夜空に明るい。22:00就寝。本日の歩行5時間45分、18km。
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