Our overnight bushwalk up Mt Solitary in the Blue mountains was a great success. It was a fun time exploring the bush with the kids and doing Bear Grylls (Man vs Wild) impersonations. We think that Daniel (6) may be youngest to summit and camp up there. It was a big effort for the kids to do the scrambling up the knife edge and we found the climbing was their favourite part. I guess there are no surprises there.
We playing with a new toy the Go Pro Hero cam (HD) to give a bit of a different perspective for the video.
Each kid had to carry some of their own gear. Daniel carried his sleeping mat (therm-a-rest prolite 3 3/4) and fleece sleeping bag liner along with his own clothes and some water for along the way. I continued in trying to carry a little as possible and started ended up carrying 7.5kgs. We both slept in the single person tarp tent scarp 1 (from Henry Shires). It worked well for the both of us, if a little tight on space. I think I'll have to tell Carrie I'm getting the scarp 2 so I can "take Daniel off her hands" a bit more!
We ate dehydrated Mexican fiesta beans which is a big success in the bush after walking all day. Lunch was salami sticks, crackers and cheese with a little bit of condensed milk for a quick hit of energy before the big climbs. Interestingly the big climb up the golden stairs back to the car was done with much enthusiasm and required very little encouragement.
