18/04/12 - Conquering the Pound (St Mary's Peak, to be precise)

After a bit of a sweat and a scramble, made it!

Bags back on - happy days!

Sunrise brought some nice colours into the Pound, but all too soon we were putting our backpacks on again and starting the ascent. Pretty tough going, was a relief to get to the saddle where we could ditch the bags for the peak attack. Quite a rock scramble towards the end, but unbelievable views of the Pound and surrounds when we got there.

All smiles now we'd got to the top

The trip down, particularly after we got the bags back on, was very steep and pretty challenging. We were so pleased when we got back to the resort, we splashed out on a permanent tent so we didn’t need to set ours up that night – big spenders! 

Kangaroos watching our
recovery session in the pool

With the extra time saved, we had a recovery session in the ice cold pool, a couple of drinks with the oldies at happy hour, and then tucked into bangers and mash. Having a proper mattress to lie down on was the cherry on top – simple pleasures!

Key Learnings

1. You should take more than 2 litres per person for an overnight walk especially when your dehydrated evening meal requires 500ml…