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1 | DAY | Sec | From | t-leave | To | t-arrive | Km | Comments |
2 | Day 1 | ST | Alice Springs | 8h30 | Car drop off point | 11h20 | - | |
3 | Km: | ST | Car drop off point | 12h00 | Pipeline gas | 12h15 | 1.2 | START |
4 | 17.6 | ST | Pipeline gas | 12h15 | North West of Zeil | 15h00 | 10.7 | |
5 | Cum: | ST | North West of Zeil | 15h00 | Base of Zeil | 16h30 | 3 | |
6 | 17.6 | ST | Base of Zeil | 16h40 | Lower Ridge West Zeil | 20h00 | 2.7 | |
7 | Day 2 | ST | Lower Ridge West Zeil | 5h30 | Summit Zeil (highest NT) | 8h30 | 5 | |
8 | Km: | ST | Summit Zeil | 8h45 | back to backpack | 9h30 | 1.3 | |
9 | 25.5 | ST | back to backpack | 9h30 | Down South Zeil | 13h15 | 2.2 | |
10 | Cum: | ST | Down South Zeil | 13h15 | End Tropic Capricorn Valley | 18h00 | 13 | |
11 | 43.1 | ST | End TC Valley | 18h00 | Base Razorback North | 20h30 | 4 | |
12 | Day 3 | ST | Base Razorback North | 6h00 | Ridge Razorback | 6h45 | 2.5 | |
13 | Km: | ST | Ridge Razorback | 6h45 | Summit Razorback | 8h40 | 2 | |
14 | 18.5 | ST | Summit Razorback | 8h50 | Base Razorback East | 11h30 | 3.5 | |
15 | Cum: | ST | Base Razorback East | 11h30 | North entry Red Bank Gorge | 16h10 | 8 | |
16 | 61.6 | ST | North entry Red Bank Gorge | 16h30 | South entry Red Bank Gorge | 18h30 | 0.7 | |
17 | ST | South entry Red Bank Gorge | 18h30 | Red Bank Gorge junction | 19h00 | 1.3 | ||
18 | ST | Red Bank Gorge junction | 19h15 | Red Bank Gorge carpark+tank | 19h20 | 0.5 | includes several times | |
19 | Day 4 | 12 | Red Bank Gorge carpark+tank | 6h00 | S11 - S12 junction | 6h15 | 0.7 | |
20 | Km: | 12 | S11 - S12 junction | 6h20 | Saddle Lookout | 7h00 | 2.1 | |
21 | 44.2 | 12 | Saddle Lookout | 7h20 | Mount Sonder Summit (4th) | 9h00 | 5.1 | |
22 | Cum: | 12 | Mount Sonder Summit (4th) | 9h20 | S11 - S12 junction | 11h45 | 8.1 | includes some exploration |
23 | 105.8 | 11 | S11 - S12 junction | 12h15 | Rocky Bar Gap | 15h05 | 11.3 | |
24 | 11 | Rocky Bar Gap | 15h15 | Hill Top Lookout | 17h00 | 5.1 | Called also Rocky bar lookout | |
25 | 11 | Hill Top Lookout | 17h00 | Davenport Creek | 19h00 | 4.7 | ||
26 | 11 | Davenport Creek | 19h00 | S10-11 junction | 20h30 | 3.6 | ||
27 | 10 | S10-11 junction | 20h45 | Glen Helen | 22h00 | 3.5 | ||
28 | Day 5 | 10 | Glen Helen | 6h15 | S10-11 junction | 7h45 | 3.5 | |
29 | Km: | 10 | S10-11 junction | Hill Top Lookout | 10h00 | 4.9 | ||
30 | 25.4 | 10 | Hill Top Lookout | 10h00 | Ormiston Gorge Kiosk | 11h30 | 5 | |
31 | 131.2 | ST | Ormiston Gorge Kiosk | Middle Ormiston Pound | 20h00 | 12 | via Ormiston Gorge itself (Pound Walk) | |
32 | Day 6 | ST | Middle Ormiston Pound | 7h20 | Giles waterhole | 9h40 | 4.5 | where creek forks, go right to waterhole |
33 | Km: | ST | Giles waterhole | 10h00 | Base Giles | 10h45 | 1 | |
34 | 15.7 | ST | Base Giles | 11h00 | Summit Giles II lookout | 13h00 | 1.5 | go with no water, only camera and EPIRB |
35 | Cum: | ST | Summit Giles II lookout | 13h20 | Summit Giles I | 14h00 | 1.2 | |
36 | 146.9 | ST | Summit Giles I | 14h20 | Base Giles | 16h00 | 2.3 | Went down on New route South Summit very steep |
37 | ST | Base Giles | 16h00 | Giles Lookout 1088m | 20h00 | 5.2 | freezing night | |
38 | Day 7 | 9 | Giles Lookout | 6h30 | Waterfall | 7h25 | 1.6 | |
39 | Km: | 9 | Waterfall | 7h40 | Heavitree Range Pass | 9h00 | 3 | meet Alice Springs Bushwalking club |
40 | 29.4 | 9 | Heavitree Range Pass | 9h00 | Pioneer Creek (Pass) | 10h15 | 3.4 | |
41 | Cum: | 9 | Pioneer Creek (Pass) | 10h15 | Inlarlanga Pass | 12h20 | 4.6 | |
42 | 176.3 | 8 | Inlarlanga Pass | 12h20 | Serpentine Dam Chalet | 13h00 | 2.5 | followed wrong taped track on river |
43 | ST | Serpentine Dam Chalet | 13h00 | Old Serpentine Dam (Return) | 13h30 | 0.7 | ||
44 | 8 | Serpentine Dam Chalet | 14h40 | Counts Point junction | 17h15 | 6.5 | ||
45 | ST | Counts Point junction | 17h15 | Counts Point (Return) | 18h00 | 2 | ||
46 | 8 | Counts Point junction | 18h00 | somewhere on the ridge | 19h30 | 5.1 | bivy camp coz lost down ridge in darkness | |
47 | Day 8 | 8 | somewhere on the ridge | 6h30 | Serpentine Gorge carpark | 7h15 | 2 | |
48 | Km: | 7 | Serpentine Gorge carpark | 7h30 | Serpentine Gorge junction | 7h40 | 0.8 | |
49 | 33.3 | ST | Serpentine Gorge junction | 7h40 | Serp. G+Lookout (Return) | 8h00 | 2 | |
50 | Cum: | 7 | Serpentine Gorge junction | 8h20 | Trig point | 11h00 | 6.6 | |
51 | 209.6 | 7 | Trig point | 11h00 | Stile | 4.4 | ||
52 | 7 | Stile | Ellery Creek | 13h00 | 2 | dingo on carpark | ||
53 | 6 | Ellery Creek | 14h40 | Saddle | 15h45 | 3.9 | ||
54 | 6 | Saddle | 15h45 | Rocky Gully Camp | 19h20 | 11.6 | junction at 200m from camp | |
55 | Day 9 | 6 | Rocky Gully Camp | 5h00 | Ghost Flat | 8h15 | 8.9 | |
56 | Km: | 6 | Ghost Flat | 8h20 | Hugh Gorge | 10h15 | 7.5 | wash, loo, water, lunch, route finding, photos |
57 | 32.7 | 5 | Hugh Gorge | 11h00 | Pocket Valley | 2.2 | ||
58 | Cum: | 5 | Pocket Valley | Hugh Gorge Junction | 13h00 | 1.3 | ||
59 | 242.3 | 5 | Hugh Gorge Junction | 13h00 | Rocky Saddle | 13h45 | 1.6 | |
60 | 5 | Rocky Saddle | 13h50 | Fringe Lilly Creek | 15h15 | 2.2 | meet bushwalker couple | |
61 | 5 | Fringe Lilly Creek | 15h15 | Razorback Ridge | 16h00 | 1.8 | ||
62 | 5 | Razorback Ridge | 16h00 | Windy Saddle | 17h00 | 1.7 | ||
63 | 5 | Windy Saddle | 17h00 | Rocky Talus | 0.8 | |||
64 | 5 | Rocky Talus | Spencer Gorge | 18h00 | 1.3 | |||
65 | 5 | Spencer Gorge | 18h00 | Birthday Waterhole junction | 18h40 | 2.2 | Python snake on track | |
66 | 5 | Birthday Waterhole junction | 18h40 | Birthday Waterhole Camp | 19h00 | 0.9 | ||
67 | ST | Birthday Waterhole Camp | 19h15 | Birthday Waterhole (Return) | 19h40 | 0.3 | ||
68 | Day 10 | 5 | Birthday Waterhole Camp | 7h30 | Birthday Waterhole junction | 7h45 | 0.9 | |
69 | Km: | 4 | Birthday Waterhole junction | 7h45 | MintBush Springs | 8h00 | 1.3 | |
70 | 25 | 4 | MintBush Springs | 8h00 | Stuart Pass | 9h00 | 2.5 | |
71 | Cum: | 4 | Stuart Pass | 9h00 | Rocky Cleft | 1.9 | meet 1 bushwalker, helicopter flight above me | |
72 | 267.3 | 4 | Rocky Cleft | Brinkley Bluff Summit | 11h00 | 1.1 | ||
73 | 4 | Brinkley Bluff Summit | 11h30 | Saddle | 13h15 | 3.8 | ||
74 | ST | Saddle | 13h15 | Mont X (Return) | 14h15 | 1.8 | ||
75 | 4 | Saddle | 14h15 | Reveal Saddle | 14h25 | 0.2 | ||
76 | 4 | Reveal Saddle | 14h25 | Bridle Path Lookout | 1.2 | |||
77 | 4 | Bridle Path Lookout | Standley Chasm Kiosk | 16h00 | 4.8 | |||
78 | ST | Standley Chasm Kiosk | 17h00 | Standley Chasm | 17h15 | 0.5 | some exploration to the chasms | |
79 | 3 | Standley Chasm junction | 17h15 | Angkale junction | 17h25 | 1.5 | ||
80 | 3 | Angkale junction | 17h25 | Millers Flat | 19h45 | 3.5 | Actually camped 300m from Millers flat | |
81 | Day 11 | 3 | Millers Flat | 7h45 | Tangentyere junction | 10h45 | 4.4 | met a couple + 2 girls bushwalking, high route |
82 | Km: | 3 | Tangentyere junction | 10h50 | Fish Hole | 11h50 | 3.2 | |
83 | 34.5 | 3 | Fish Hole | 11h55 | Jay Creek | 12h15 | 1.5 | |
84 | Cum: | 2 | Jay Creek | 13h00 | Spring Gap | 15h15 | 7.3 | |
85 | 301.8 | 2 | Spring Gap | 15h30 | Mulga Camp | 16h15 | 3.5 | |
86 | 2 | Mulga Camp | 16h20 | Bond Gap junction | 18h00 | 5.7 | ||
87 | ST | Bond Gap junction | 18h00 | Bond Gap (Return) | 18h15 | 0.6 | ||
88 | 2 | Bond Gap junction | 18h15 | Simpsons Gap | 20h15 | 8 | Brown snake, pitch dark | |
89 | ST | Simpsons Gap | 20h15 | Simpsons Gap Camp | 20h40 | 0.3 | get a bit lost, get water | |
90 | Day 12 | 1 | Simpsons Gap | 5h30 | Hat Hill Saddle | 6h20 | 2.1 | |
91 | Km: | 1 | Hat Hill Saddle | 6h20 | Fairy Spring Junction | 7h30 | 3.9 | |
92 | 31.9 | ST | Fairy Spring Junction | 7h30 | Fairy Spring (Return) | 7h45 | 1 | |
93 | Cum: | 1 | Fairy Spring Junction | 7h45 | Scorpion Pool junction | 8h00 | 0.8 | |
94 | 333.7 | ST | Scorpion Pool junction | 8h00 | Scorpion Pool (Return) | 8h20 | 1 | black tailed rock wallaby |
95 | 1 | Scorpion Pool junction | 8h20 | Wallaby Gap picnic area | 9h10 | 3.5 | ||
96 | ST | Wallaby Gap picnic area | 9h30 | Wallaby Gap (Return) | 9h40 | 0.6 | ||
97 | 1 | Wallaby Gap picnic area | 10h00 | Euro Ridge | 10h20 | 1.5 | ||
98 | 1 | Euro Ridge | 10h30 | Geoff Moss Bridge | 13h00 | 7.1 | called also Charles River Bridge | |
99 | 1 | Geoff Moss Bridge | 13h30 | AS Telegraph Station | 14h45 | 4.9 | end larapinta, interview with journalist | |
100 | 0 | AS Telegraph Station | 15h15 | Alice Spring City-Hostel | 16h45 | 5.5 | shopping underway |