Hi Everyone, I've just joined the mailing group as a new member. I'm a 63
year old veterinarian who specializes in beef cattle work and love the wide
open spaces but I didn't get into serious bushwalking until later in life. I
started with the Bib track in 1996 and am now a full convert. Walking
"credits" include the full Bib track (in stages over 18months) Cape to Cape,
an aborted lone attempt at the east Stirlings, Larapinta trail (lone walk
over 13 days), Coast to coast across UK (lone walk) and more recently (July
2005) trekking in Tanzania's Ngorongoro crater conservation area and a climb
up the active volcano Oldoinyo Lengai (Masai for Mountain of God). I'm now
kinda thinking about a revisit to Turkey (drove across Asia & Europe in a VW
about 30 years ago) and doing the Lycian way but that is just a glint of an
idea at present.

I'm very much into the lightweight approach to hiking and weigh all gear
that plan to take. I was very glad of this for the Larapinta trail,which I
regard as the toughest walk I've done. By the time you put 7kg of water on
board for a 2 day waterless stretch you don't want to start off with a pack
weight of 20kg plus (as some people do) !

Meanwhile happy
hiking!


Regards Eric



Dr Eric Taylor BVSc MACVSc QDAH

Senior Lecturer In Beef Cattle Production

Division Of Veterinary and Biomedical sciences

Murdoch University WA 6150

Phone 08 93602645

Fax 08 93107390

Email <mailto:E.Taylor@...> E.Taylor@...





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