Hiking Cradle Mountain...almost 😬🏔

Today I jumped into the car at 6 am, as I had a 2.5h drive ahead in order to get to the Cradle mountain visitor center. 🚗 yes, i know...early start again 😅🕕
The sun rises pretty early in Tasmania (around 6ish), so the whole trip was during daylight - thankfully, as driving by night is not really recommended due to wildlife. 🦘🦔
I started in bright sunshine, but the closer I got to Cradle mountain, the more misty and cloudy it got. 🙈
And phew...it was coooold when I got out of the car 🥶
Nevertheless, you know there's no bad weather but only bad clothing...so I put on 4 layers (finally I know why I brought 3 longsleeves and a rain jacket!) and started walking. 🚶🏼‍♀️and what shall I do....the mountains are calling and I must go 🤷🏼‍♀️🤭
I don't really mind rough conditions when doing sports outdoors, and actually kind of enjoyed the rain and the chilly air (yeah, you can call me a weirdo 😅). The wind was a bit annoying, since it was really cold and stormy most of the time, but I really wanted to go to the summit, and what doesn't killy you only makes you stronger, right?! 😉
I knew there were only 2 things that could stop me from doing it:
* a sudden change in weather or a snowstorm 🌨 which can happen within minutes at Cradle mountain, even in summer
* snakes 🐍 especially as a nice Lady on the shuttle told me that the one I saw at the Gorge was pretty venomous 😳
So I kept on going and made the turn to the summit when I got to the repective junction 🔝 after nearly 2 hours.
Being already soaked, I walked on for several minutes but then decided to turn back down, as it was getting even more foggy and stormy up there 😕 pretty annoying and disappointing, as I'm not someone who's giving up easily...especially when it comes to sports 😖 but I've been walking alone, without service and didn't want to risk anything...but still 😑😫
So after a while I got a little cold, and what's the only thing that makes you warm up again?🤔 Right, moving faster 😆🤭 thus I turned my hike into a little trailrun, which was so much fun!! 🤩🤩 reminded me on how much I love doing this sports and being out on the trails 🥰🥰🥰
Once I got down I surrounded Dove Lake 🏞, before I finished my track for the day - ended up being 18km & 950m of altitude...thus not too bad ☺️
Afterwards I just drove to Deloraine, a cute little village I'm staying at for a night.

Soundtrack of the day:
Stronger - Kanye West
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