224.7 KM http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?q=parliament+house+aus...
That's a long walk for losing a bet.
That's a long walk for losing a bet.
And although it's up Australia's highest mountain, we don't have "mountains" as most people understand them, Mt Kosciousko is just a medium sized hill piled on top of a medium sized plain. There's barely 1600m (~5000' or ~1 mile) of vertical distance - Canberra's at 606m, Mt Kosciousko is only 2228m tall.
Iain
Hmm 20 miles a day for 8 days in hilly terrain in April is not to be underestimated. Altitude is one problem. The inland 606m is cold, 2228 is Alpine. The upper Kosciouscko areas is well known for snow to fall, melt then re-melt. I remember going to Kosciouscko as a kid in shorts :) First time I'd been to the snow ~ http://climbing.about.com/od/mountainclimbing/a/KosciuszkoFa...
And one other thing... "... in a nutshell I will be running about 15km every morning, and walking about the same distance every afternoon starting at about 2pm ..." ~ http://www.debtdeflation.com/blogs/2010/02/15/launching-www-...