Trekking

A good friend of mine...Dave Carnell, and two of his mates are walking 2000 klms from Cairns to Stanthorpe to raise awareness of the 2000 languages that still dont have a single word of written Scripture.

It's an incredible undertaking, has been well organised and promoted, and I'm rooting for them all the way! Their website www.the2000walk.com is great for a visit and to track how they are going.

All this walking has inspired me, so tomorrow I'm going trekking with Ben McIntyre, my best mate James' older brother. We're gonna go climb a string of the volcanic plugs that line the coastal flatlands between Rocky and Yeppoon, camping overnight on top of one of them and heading out again Sunday morning to be picked up by his wife Camille when we get to Lake Mary. I'm gonna enjoy it so much, but I'l be totally stuffed afterward!

We're supposed to be travelling light, but my backpack feels like a lump pf lead!! Here's what I stuffed into it.

• Matches & lighter
• Newspaper (for fire kindling)
• Two party horns for if we lose each other
• 15m rope
• 2 cans fruit salad
• 2 cans Chunky soup
• Soup cooking mug
• 6 apples
• 1 small meatloaf
• 2 cobs corn
• 5 litres water
• insect repellent
• sunscreen
• long handle tongs for fire cooking
• spare undies...lolz just in case
• toilet paper
• phone
• camera
• Bible

I'll also be wearing a hunting knife and a couple of torches, dressed up in a beanie and broad-brim hat, red necktie, long sleeve shirt and undershirt, army pants with broad belt, long woolen socks, cross-trainers and boot protectors.

Sure it's all a bit too much...maybe. But I dont want to go unprepared. :) And trekking is thirsty hungry work. Ben and I are gonna be on our own for the entire trek, so we're gonna have to depend on each other and conserve our strength.

I cant wait, it's gonna be heaps of fun!