Exactly one year after National Parks decided to celebrate the Queen’s Birthday by shooting pigs from helicopters, we’re back again to bring you an amazing opportunity to (maybe) complete this legendary hike:
The K2K (Katoomba to Kanangra) walk is THE classic challenging hike in the Blue Mountains, covering 45km of some of the best scenery in the region and 2 national parks over 3 days.
Save the date of the June long weekend to tackle this beast. Good fitness and overnight hiking experience are required as we will be covering pretty rugged terrain and there is no visible track in places. Many parties have gotten lost here over the years so this will also be a great chance to practice your navigation skills in a real environment.
The plan is to get enough people signed up to avoid the 4-hour car shuffle and hike in 2 groups, one starting from either end, and using the each other’s cars to get back to civilisation at the end of the trail. This means that we will aim to all meet for lunch in the middle on the second day, but otherwise the 2 groups will be independent on the trail.
In the comments please let me know what multi-day hikes you’ve done, why you’re keen for the K2K, and if you have a car, whether you have 2 sets of keys for it.
More details will be posted closer to the date, until then get keen for a memorable long weekend!
PS. Seriously, answer the questions in the comments.
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Attendees
- Stephen Roche
- Lloyd Siharath
- Oliver Nicholls
- Scott Koppelhuber
- Emily Dowling
- Keira McLoskey
- Glenn Southern
- Juri Hemmi
- Angela Ha
- Mali Woods
- Sam Sutherland
- Katie Wilson
- Caitlin Donovan
- Conor O’Neill
- Felix Kibblewhite