Most of the Club’s
walks start at the ‘Club Carpark’ which is located
at the:
Heathcote Cultural Centre
58 - 60 Duncraig Road
Applecross WA 6156
Click here for map
Group participants typically
share cars from the car park to the walk place, and all
leaders do their best to depart on time.
Members Needn't Register to Go on
a Day Walk...
Unless deliberately specified by leaders
it is not necessary for members to register to go on a
walk. The Club’s newsletter lists forthcoming activities
showing the location of the walk, date it will occur,
and the starting time and place, and include enough information
for prospective walkers to work out whether they have
the skills and fitness to undertake the walk successfully.
Walks are Made Harder
by...
- the amount of energy
they require
- the agility and competence required
- the degree of difficulty of the navigation
- a combination of the above
When a leader describes a walk
as ‘medium’ it is never clear what aspect is
being measured. A walker with a different set of strengths
may find a ‘medium’ walk quite easy, or even
impossibly difficult! 'Medium' really says that the leader
doesn't think it is too hard, and anyone with the same
fitness and skills set as the leader will not find it
too hard.
Factors that Affect how Difficult
a Walk Will Be...
The amount of energy
required on a particular walk and hence how difficult
a walk will be, is affected by:
- The length
of the walk...
- The vertical
height through which it passes...
- short walks on flat terrain obviously require less
energy than long walks with many metre of up and down.
- The pace
of the walk...
- all the Club's leaders have their own favourite and
characteristic speed.
- What is underfoot...
- walking over soft sand or loose rock and through bush
will be much more difficult than walking across a football
field!
- Weather conditions...
- heavy rain and high temperatures can make a significant
difference.
Bushwalking is a combination
of ambling, rambling, scrambling and even occasionally
dangling. Obviously each gradation is ‘harder’,
or requires more skill, than the preceding one.
Navigation is usually,
although not always, the domain of the leader.
Leaders follow the policy
described in the Walk Description Policy in writing their
walk description, and all prospective new members are
required to undertake an introductory walk with the club
before joining. See New Members.
