We thought we'd do the Wentworth Falls Loop this week for two reasons. The first being that we are lucky enough to have a couple of friends who live in Wentworth Falls who very generously put us up for the night from time to time, often spoil us with dinner and generally put up with our shit! Cheers boys, you're legends. Second reason is we decided to up the weight in our packs a bit this week and didn't want to over do it with a really long walk.
At 10kms the Wentworth Falls Loop still isn't a bad walk lengthwise and there's definitely lots of steep climbs and descents. It's also just a really beautiful part of the Blue Mountains so is always a pleasure to get out and enjoy the spectacular views.
Mai was carrying just over 10kgs and I was carrying a little over 20kgs. Oh man were we feeling it!? Ha, a bit more weight makes such a big difference, but think it's really great training in preparation for Mont Blanc. I mean carrying extra weight at no altitude must go towards simulating how much harder everything is once you're up at 4800m. We brought our walking poles along but didn't need to use them which was good because I think our legs needed the workout the most and we're both pretty comfortable hiking with poles so it will be nice to have them at hand on the mountain in case we need them.
Once again feeling the benefits of just having a good excuse to get outdoors and get some really good excercise done. We went to look at a house on Saturday that was really expensive and just incredibly average, was honestly a bit down about the fact that we can't afford a house in this crazy city we live in (not many people our age can!). However getting out in the wild gets your mind in a happier place, you start to realise life's not about things and what you've got, it's about experiences and what you do. If we weren't training for Mont Blanc I guarantee we wouldn't have got out on the trails this weekend and would probably have just been sat at home doing nothing.
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