The Overland Track is a 65 - 80 km walk over the roof of Tasmania. It is old news to most Tasmanians, especially the more masochistically inclined and has become so popular that you now have to book a place before you can walk it so that the 'wilderness' isn't loved to death. These days it costs $100 in addition to the normal Park fees and you need at least twenty six essential items of equipment plus what seems like your body weight in food. This is because quite a few people have lost their lives on this walk. Unexpected blizzards are possible, even in the middle of summer and there are the usual risks of getting lost, snake bite, twisted ankles, falls, hypothermia or dehydration. In good weather it usually takes from six to ten days. Round One. Struggling up to Marion's Lookout. Crater Lake, one of many glacially formed cirques, can just be seen far below. In one section you have to haul yourself up on a chain. All I wanted to do for the first three days was to turn
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