It is a month today that we shoulder our packs, dip our toes in the waves of Bass Strait, and head south along the banks of the Mersey. After some 42-45 days of walking, in two separate blocks, if we emerge from the South-West of Tasmania we will have traversed the Island from North to South. At least that is the plan…. and as we all know, anything can happen!
We are using the standard GO PREPARE expedition planning tool for this trip. We will detail this out over the next few weeks.
G – Overall Goal
O – Other objectives
P – Participants (age, health, needs, experience)
R – Rations (Food, food drops, other soft consumables, cache planning)
E – Equipment List (hard personal and group equipment)
P – Plan (Route, stages, maps, GPS files, cache locations)
A – Access (Permissions, crossing private land etc)
R – Resources, money, people and advice (books, maps, advice, support and transport)
E – Emergency planning (First aid, communications)