Dry sections? Where drinkable water is scarce(r) on the OLT?
Posted: Wed 24 Jan, 2018 10:56 amHi all,
Hopefully a simple question. Which sections of the Overland Track, in dry weather like what we're experiencing at present, do you want to be sure you've adequate water with you BEFORE entering?
Long story short - I'm doing the Cradle Run next weekend and am currently finalising a GPS course for my watch with useful waypoints like hut locations, track intersections and other major features. Reliable water sources would be very useful too, any more than 1.5L-2L is quite a burden on a runner and it warms up very quickly on you too, becoming less than enjoyable to drink.
On a reccy run up to Narcissus the previous weekend revealed no lack of suitable sources literally every kilometer or two, so instead of trying to plot every water point for 80km, I'm thinking instead it would make more sense to identify areas where you're more than, say, 3-5km between suitable fill points?
I have my own data for New Pelion - Pelion Gap and obviously Narcissus through to the end, but the rest of the track I've never been on before, so any ideas/help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
If the current weather continues through to next weekend it's likely we'll have another scorcher, which makes water management rather critical for a race like this. Hot runs in previous years have done a great job of DNFing a significant part of the field.
Cheers, Ben.
Hopefully a simple question. Which sections of the Overland Track, in dry weather like what we're experiencing at present, do you want to be sure you've adequate water with you BEFORE entering?
Long story short - I'm doing the Cradle Run next weekend and am currently finalising a GPS course for my watch with useful waypoints like hut locations, track intersections and other major features. Reliable water sources would be very useful too, any more than 1.5L-2L is quite a burden on a runner and it warms up very quickly on you too, becoming less than enjoyable to drink.
On a reccy run up to Narcissus the previous weekend revealed no lack of suitable sources literally every kilometer or two, so instead of trying to plot every water point for 80km, I'm thinking instead it would make more sense to identify areas where you're more than, say, 3-5km between suitable fill points?
I have my own data for New Pelion - Pelion Gap and obviously Narcissus through to the end, but the rest of the track I've never been on before, so any ideas/help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
If the current weather continues through to next weekend it's likely we'll have another scorcher, which makes water management rather critical for a race like this. Hot runs in previous years have done a great job of DNFing a significant part of the field.
Cheers, Ben.
That was probably the driest section too, down to Kia Ora and past Du Cane hut. Managed just fine with using 2x500ml bottles the entire run, topping up every 8-10km or so. Got a little warm towards the end of the afternoon, otherwise pretty much perfect conditions for a gentle 80km trot