Saturday, February 25, 2006

Chapter 44 - The Long March

Today the boys decided to properly explore the island - on foot.

They set off to the highest point (186 metres) before shooting down into a valley then back over a ridge and down to a bay on the other side of the island.

A quick beer later and they did the trip in reverse. In total a vertical distance of some 800 metres in only 2 horizontal miles and an average gradient of 1 in 4. A certain amount of scrabbling up (and down) near vertical slopes was involved.

It is also fair to record that he had a bit of a bead on by the end - so much so that the colours in his Chang vest have run.

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