Another crisp sunny morning.
Heading towards Mt Thynne, we were treated to beautiful mountain vistas with Mount Albert Edward dominating the western horizon.
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| Simon |
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| Mount Albert Edward on the horizon |
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| Mt Thynne |
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| Looking back to English Peaks |
We traversed around the contours and pushed on towards Winter Heights.
Beautiful views across to our ascent trail of Day 4 (approach to Lake Ohma).
We had now effectively completed the "dog-leg" stage and were in the Owen Stanley Ranges proper.
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| Winter Heights |
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| Looking over to the Day 4 trail |
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| The boys - Copeland, Kenny, Morea, Lucas, Blaizes, Andy, Alfred, Jonny, Dixon, Jerry and Simon |
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| Copeland |
Encountered thick forest in the afternoon, needing more trail cutting than expected and slowing the pace down. Very undulating terrain.
We arrived at Dixon Pass around 4pm.
We camped under forest canopy, Andy once again being the consummate porter and providing me with a mattress of fern fronds under my tent - a touch of luxury and extra padding - bliss!
A small watercourse nearby was a temptation too good to refuse and I had a wash for the first time in 3 days. It was Saturday and time for a fresh change of clothes after nearly a week in the same daytime ensemble.
The simple things in life are the best...... especially clean underwear.
Rain set in just before dark and continued well into the night.
I resorted to antibiotics for my gut issues which were still a major problem.
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