Day 53e Rest & water stop

Sunday

I was beginning to run out of water and after two and a half hours of walking was wearied so began looking for a pool / pond to rest and top up water bottles. I walked off the track a couple of hundred yards to find the first two pools on the map. They had dried up and so had the next one. Fortunately, the fourth I came across at SN 79649 87065 had plenty of water. By now the Grayl Ultrapress water filter was proving really hard to press. Taking a good few minutes to produce 450 ml of water. Fortunately the new filter I ordered on Saturday from Amazon should arrive at my next campsite on Monday.Read more