3 day solo hike down the Tasman Peninsula
Trip Start
Feb 14, 2010
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Trip End
Sep 15, 2011
Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
Saturday, May 28, 2011
As we approached the flat headland we were better able to size-up the place, and noticed a couple black dots out in the water. In these parts with these conditions, it's a welcomed sight to see just a couple others around. I befriended the locals and had at it - cold, overhead lefts breaking round and shallow on the rocks at the top, mounding down around the point. Exhilarating to say the least. At the end of the day, a couple tow teams motored by with boats and jet skis after charging the famous big wave mutant Shipstern's Bluff, just around the corner.
Exhausted and salty, I was dropped off alone at the trail head and setup camp for the night. In the early pre-dawn the next morning I began the 3 day trek down the east side of the Tasman Peninsula. I could ramble on and on about hiking alone for days, through varied terrain of gum trees, lush green fern forest, and along the dizzying exposure of Australia's tallest vertical coastal cliffs, but instead Ill let the pictures and this sentence sum it up. In short - I hiked alone, camped alone, and spent all but a mere few minutes of passing just a couple fellow trekkers, in solitude. When solo bush camped in some places, lots of things go 'bump' in the night :) In the ever-busy world we inhabit, I consider it a refreshing change in perspective. Time away from it all, to let things catch up, and sink in more meaningfully.
