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-THE
+======The Sydney Bushwalker.======
-SYDNEY BUSHWALKER
-Established June 1931
+Established 1931
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+A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476, G.P.O. Sydney, N.S.W. 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.45 p.m. at Ella Community Centre, 58a Dalhousie Street, Haberfield (next to the Post Office). Prospective members and visitors are invited to visit the Club on any Wednesday. To advertise in thei magazine please contact the Business Manager.
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+|**Editor**|Patrick James, P.O. Box 170, Kogarah, 2217. Telephone 588 2614.|
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+|**Business Manager**|Stan Madden, 9 Florence Avenue, Gosford, 2250. Telephone (043) 25 7203.|
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+|**Production Manager**|Helen Gray. Telephone 86 6263.|
-A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers,
+|**Typist**|Kath Brown.|
-Box 4476 G.P.O., Sydney, 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.45 pm at ELLA COMMUNITY CENTRE, 58a Dalhousie Street, Haberfield (next to the Post Office). Prospective membes and visitors are invited to visit the Club on any Wednesday. To advertise in this magazine please contact the Business Manager.
+|**Illustrator**|Morag Ryder.|
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+|**Printer**|Stan Madden.|
-EDITOR:
-BUSINESS MANAGER:
+====September 1987====
-PRODUCTION MANAGER:
-TYPIST:
+=====Contents.=====
-ILLUSTRATOR:
-PRINTER:
+| | |Page|
-Patrick James, Box 170 P.O., Kogarah, 2217. Telephone 588 2814.
+|Editorial - Safety| | 2|
-Stan Madden, 8 Florence Avenue, Gosford, 2250. Telephone (043) 25 7203.
+|Friction, Fusion, Failure|Rik King| 3|
-Helen Gray. Telephone 86 8263.
+|Serious Accidents During Day Walks Around Sydney|Jan Mohandas| 4|
-Kath Brown.
+|Walking Alone|Veronique Crowther| 7|
-Morag Ryder.
+|"As He Treads the Burning Sands"|Don Finch| 8|
-Stan Madden.
+|If You Are Going to Have an Accident....|Peter Miller| 9|
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+|"How Not to Sprain One's Ankle"|Christine Scott|10|
-SEPTEMBER, 1987.
+|Letter to the Editor|Ainslie Morris|11|
-Clubs Cladesville
+|Letter to the Editor|Errol Sheedy|11|
-Editorial - Safety Friction, Fusion, Failure
+|Letter to the Editor|Alex Colley|11|
-Serious Accident4During Day Walks Around Eastwood Camping 'Centre - Advertisement Walking Alone
+|Demons|Wal Liddle|12|
-"As He Treads the Burning Sands"
+|N.S.W. Federation of Bushwalking Clubs|Spiro Hajinakitas|13|
-If You Are Going to Have an Accident.... Advertisement - Belvedere Taxi Blackheath "How Not to Sprain One's Ankle"
+|A Message From One of Our Friends|Jim Brown|15|
-Letter to the Editor
+|The August General Meeting|Barry Wallace|16|
-PT IT IT It
+|New Members etc.| |17|
-VT VI ft IT
+|1927 S.B.W. 60 Years 1987| |18|
-Demons
-N.S.W. Federation of Bushwalking Advertisement - Canoe & Camping, A Message From One of Our Friends The August General Meeting
-New Members etc.
+=====Advertisements.=====
-S.B.W. 60 Years 1987
-Page
+| |Page|
-by Rik King 3
+|1988 N.S.W. Wilderness Calander| 3|
+|Eastwood Camping Centre| 6|
-Sydney Jan Mohandas 4
+|Belvedere Taxis, Blackheath| 9|
+|Canoe & Camping, Gladesville|14|
-Veronique Crowther 7
-Don Finch 8
+----
-Peter Miller 9
-Christine Scott 10
+=====Editorial.=====
-Ainslie Morris ri
-Errol Sheedy 11
+===Safety.===
-Alex Colley 11
-WalLiddle 12
+The theme for this edition is Safety in all its many aspects; a theme prompted by the accidents we have had this year. With such a large club the laws of probability are such that accidents will happen. The trick is to be prepared and to minimise the accidents when they do happen.
-Spiro Hajinakitas 13
+Getting to and from a walk especially by private transport is an obvious safety hazard. Insufficient directions/instructions and not filling with petrol at the last (open) petrol station can lead to being lost or stranded and missing the walk. Leaded and unleaded petrol and diesel are three incompatible fuels and make it important for all to carry spare fuel. Driving home tired and weary and dreaming of a nice warm shower with a friend may cause the driver's attention to wander and the trip to become an accident statistic.
-Jim Brown 15
-Barry Wallace 16
-Advertisement - 1988 N.S.W. Wilderness Calendar
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-Page 2
-THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER
-September, 1987
-EDITORIAL.
-SAFETY.
-The theme for this edition is Safety ir all its many aspects; a theme prompted by the accidents we have had this year. With such a large club the laws of probability are such that accidents will happen. The trick is to be prepared and to minimise the accidents when they do happen.
-Getting to and from a walk especially by private transport is an obvious safety hazard. Insufficient directions/instructions and not filling with petrol at the last (open)
-petrol station can lead to being lost or stranded and missing the walk. Leaded and unleaded petrol and diesel are three incompatible fuels and make it important for all to carry spare fuel. Driving home tired and weary and dreaming of a nice warm shower with a friend may cause the driver's attention to wander and the trip to become an accident statistic.
 Bushwalking is definitely a sport which requires the ability to walk, thus sound legs. Sprains and fractures can easily happen and have happened this year; definitely a case of more haste less speed. In rock-hopping the bicycie approach does work - if you go fast enough you stay upright - but if you slip then what? And talking of slipping the far end of one's sound legs should be enclosed in a pair of suitable footwear, suitable for the terrain with non-slip the most important property.
 Safety in numbers is usually true but what if you want to get away from it all and opt out of the rat race for a couple of hours. A peaceful solo walk in the bush may not end as such!
-For general bushwalking equipment failures are not a threat to safety; so what if your pack falls to pieces or your sleeping bag zipper malfunctions, difficult and maybe a wet bed but nothing serious. A fault with the abseil rope is of concern. Watch out for packs which are high at the neck and prevent you from looking up and hats which block your view
-and like me cause you to walk into a tree. People wearing bifocals have a special problem; their map is in focus, distances are in focus but their feet are optically fuzzy.
+For general bushwalking equipment failures are not a threat to safety; so what if your pack falls to pieces or your sleeping bag zipper malfunctions, difficult and maybe a wet bed but nothing serious. A fault with the abseil rope is of concern. Watch out for packs which are high at the neck and prevent you from looking up and hats which block your view and like me cause you to walk into a tree. People wearing bifocals have a special problem; their map is in focus, distances are in focus but their feet are optically fuzzy.
 At lunch or dinner how easy it is around the fire to trip, stumble or bump into someone and tip or nearly tip a boiling billy over the nearest foot or leg.
-The accidents described here did happen and my thanks to the authors and to the subjects of the accidents (the accidentees); in many cases it could have been the person
-in front or behind who was hurt, that's kismet. Whether accidents just happen or are caused
+The accidents described here did happen and my thanks to the authors and to the subjects of the accidents (the accidentees); in many cases it could have been the person in front or behind who was hurt, that's kismet. Whether accidents just happen or are caused can be debated but they do occur and that is the reason for our first aid tests.
-can be debated but they do occur and that is the reason for our first aid tests.
-EDITOR.
+Editor.
-THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER
-September, 1987 Page 3
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-FRICTION,  FUSION, FAILURE.
+=====Friction, Fusion, Failure.=====
 by Rik King.
 Recently, I was one of a party which did an abseiling trip down Castle Head (off Narrow Neck at Katoomba) where an interesting incident occurred. I mention it here in the hope that others who may be on abseiling trips will be somewhat cautious.
-All was going well on our trip until the last one of a number of very exposed abseils, about 45 metres. At this point the ropes jammed when attempts were made to retrieve them. The two ropes (both 11 mm kernmantle) were running through an 8 m kernmantlelsling placed around a large rock at the top of the abseil. At first, four people applied considerable weight to one of the ropes, yet it did not budge. Eventually, the usual trick of crossing and uncrossing the rope with some movement back and forth plus flicking was tried. Our party was fortunate to have two rockclimbers as members, and they climbed to the top without the use of the ropes, by another route. At last, two people were able to pull down about
-m of rope, when suddenly, the whole lot came down! Our rockclimbers returned with a broken sling: it had melted at the point where the abseiling ropes passed through it.
+All was going well on our trip until the last one of a number of very exposed abseils, about 45 metres. At this point the ropes jammed when attempts were made to retrieve them. The two ropes (both 11 mm kernmantle) were running through an 8 m kernmantlel sling placed around a large rock at the top of the abseil. At first, four people applied considerable weight to one of the ropes, yet it did not budge. Eventually, the usual trick of crossing and uncrossing the rope with some movement back and forth plus flicking was tried. Our party was fortunate to have two rockclimbers as members, and they climbed to the top without the use of the ropes, by another route. At last, two people were able to pull down about 10 m of rope, when suddenly, the whole lot came down! Our rockclimbers returned with a broken sling: it had __melted__ at the point where the abseiling ropes passed through it.
-A post mortem was held in a backyard after the walk. The sling was tied around a tree and an old climbing rope put through it. When this rope was pulled on both sides with some force, no wearing of the sling was noticed. When, however, slightly unequal forces were applied on each side, some movement in the ropes was produced, and it took only about
-seconds of this treatment before the outer sheath of the sling began to melt. Clearly,
+A post mortem was held in a backyard after the walk. The sling was tied around a tree and an old climbing rope put through it. When this rope was pulled on both sides with some force, no wearing of the sling was noticed. When, however, slightly unequal forces were applied on each side, some movement in the ropes was produced, and it took only about 30 seconds of this treatment before the outer sheath of the sling began to melt. Clearly, this was what had happened earlier in the day.
-this was what had happened earlier in the day.
-To my knowledge, it has been standard practice either to climb up or prussik up ropes which won't come down. If the rope has been "worked on" rather heavily, both of these
+To my knowledge, it has been standard practice either to climb up or prussik up ropes which won't come down. If the rope has been "worked on" rather heavily, both of these practices could be exceedingly dangerous when kernmantle rope (or even nylon sling?) is being used for belaying purposes.
-practices could be exceedingly dangerous when kernmantle rope (or even nylon sling?) is being used for belaying purposes.
-A bit of forgotten wisdom was never to let nylon run over nylon - to use hemp as belay sling for nylon rope. Although the theory is all there in the books (cf. "Single Rope
+A bit of forgotten wisdom was never to let nylon run over nylon - to use hemp as belay sling for nylon rope. Although the theory is all there in the books (cf. "Single Rope Techniques", by Neil R. Montgomery), it is still none the less astonishing, and sobering, to see slings melt before your very eyes!
-Techniques", by Neil R. Montgomery), it is still none the less astonishing, and sobering, to see slings melt before your very eyes!
- NEW SOUTH WALES WILDERNESS CALENDAR.
+----
-Henry Gold's calendar is now available, complete with superb 12" x 10" colour photographs of Antarctic Beechforest, the
-Grose Valley, Beecroft Peninsula, Werrikimbe, Barrington, Mungo, Main Range Kosciusko, Tantawanglo, Namadji, Gibraltar Range, Mann River and the Bczrder Ranges.
+====1988 New South Wales Wilderness Calendar.====
+Henry Gold's calendar is now available, complete with superb 12" x 10" colour photographs of Antarctic Beechforest, the Grose Valley, Beecroft Peninsula, Werrikimbe, Barrington, Mungo, Main Range Kosciusko, Tantawanglo, Namadji, Gibraltar Range, Mann River and the Border Ranges.
 Spaced date tabulation to enable noting of engagements. Phases of the moon.
-Price $8 from Alex Colley in the clubroom or $9.50 posted from
-the Colong Foundation 18 Argyle Street, Sydney 2000.
+Price $8 from Alex Colley in the clubroom or $9.50 posted from the Colong Foundation 18 Argyle Street, Sydney 2000.
 Proceeds from sales in the clubroom or from the Foundation will be used for preservation of wilderness.
-Page 4 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER September, 1987
-SERIOUS ACCIDENTS DURING DAY WALKS AROUND SYDNEY.
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+=====Serious Accidents During Day Walks Around Sydney.=====
 by Jan Mohandas.
-In and around Sydney there are hundreds of walksone can do within two hours driving distance. Most of the walks are on tracks and hence usually do not lead to serious accidents. There are also several walks one can do in some of the more rugged and spectacular regions near Sydney. When a serious accident occurs during one of these walks, getting the injured
-to safety becomes a problem. One such incident is described below.
+In and around Sydney there are hundreds of walks one can do within two hours driving distance. Most of the walks are on tracks and hence usually do not lead to serious accidents. There are also several walks one can do in some of the more rugged and spectacular regions near Sydney. When a serious accident occurs during one of these walks, getting the injured to safety becomes a problem. One such incident is described below.
-This accident occurred in March 1986 during a medium/hard day walk I led from Leura golf course, through Robert's Pass, Lindeman's Pass and Federal Pass to reach the top of walking track near the Scenic Railway in Katoomba. Medium/Hard day walks are designated as such in order to inform the participants of the rugged nature of the area as well as the expected effort
-one has to put in to complete the walk before the end of the day. It often involves distances
+This accident occurred in March 1986 during a medium/hard day walk I led from Leura golf course, through Robert's Pass, Lindeman's Pass and Federal Pass to reach the top of walking track near the Scenic Railway in Katoomba. Medium/Hard day walks are designated as such in order to inform the participants of the rugged nature of the area as well as the expected effort one has to put in to complete the walk before the end of the day. It often involves distances of 20 to 30 km. Lindeman's Pass was very popular some 30 or 40 years ago and then fell out of favour. Recently Jim Smith and his friends reopened this area for experienced bushwalkers. It is not an area for easy walking. The route has certain areas where the track is good and other areas where one has to scramble up and down quite a bit. I had done this walk twice before, one as a semi-exploratory before Jim Smith and his friends reopened this area fully, and on another occasion led a S.B.W. medium/hard day walk in April the previous year. During the first attempt it certainly was a very difficult walk.
-of 20 to 30 km. Lindeman's Pass was very popular some 30 or 40 years ago and theh fell out of
-favour. Recently Jim Smith and his friends reopened this area for experienced bushwalkers.
+In 1986 we had excellent weather for the walk. At about 11.30 am the track appeared to have got washed off during heavy rain several days prior to the walk. I decided to go ahead in the direction of our route and look for signs of the track with another walker. The party was given instructions to wait for us before proceeding. After I had gone for about 100 metres, we heard a noise where the party was and some of them called me to return. When I went back to the spot where the party was, Margaret Wood was lying down with a head injury with blood pouring from her head. I was told that a big rock, about the size of a soccer ball, had slid down and landed on her head. What had happend was that one of the walkers scrambled up to look for signs of the track and while returning, accidently dislodged a loose rock. Meanwhile, those who were standing at the front of the party, including Margaret Wood, were asked by people at the rear to make a move to try to find another route below in the gully. If both the incidents had not proceeded at the same time, everything would probably have been fine.
-It is not an area for easy walking. The route has certain areas where the track is good and
-other areas where one has to scramble up and down quite a bit. I had done this walk twice
+Margaret by now was resting on the branches of some bushes due to the slope of that area; there was no level ground in sight. Jim Oxley , who was just behind her and had run, saw the rock fall on Margaret's head and presed hard his handkerchief on the cut. Several members of the party started to move to do the necessary first-aid. One person with training in nursing took Margaret's pulse and said that it was normal. Blood was still flowing from Margaret's head wound. More padding was placed on the cut and bandage was put around her head and underneath her chin. She looked very pale and naturally shaken up. However we all told her that she looked well and tried to keep her alert. I asked her whether she had a headache. She replied that she did not have a headache, but had pain near the wound and around her neck. It was evident that the rock had also jarred the neck. She did not become unconscious at any stage, feel giddy or become sick. Margaret rested there for another five minutes. The bleeding from the head stopped. She was asked again whether she had double vision. She said "No". We had to move her from the spot where she was desperately trying to manage to stay still. After consulting Margaret, she was helped to stand up. Two other walkers helped her to walk slowly towards the gully to get around that difficult region of Lindeman's Pass. All we could do was to look for a level spot where she could have proper rest. A decision could then be made about the best approach to get Margaret to safety after observing her condition after a short rest.
-before, one as a semi-exploratory before Jim Smith and his friends reopened this area fully,
-and on another occasion led a S.B.W. medium/hard day walk in April the previous year. During
+We had walked for about three hours and the party was moving at a fair pace. There was no way out into civilization in the immediate vicinity. Either we had to go back the way we had come or we had to walk for another four hours to get out near Leura waterfalls. If two people were sent to get help it was still going to take about six hours for help to arrive and it would be dark by then, and the injured would not get to hospital until morning of the next day. At that time of the year it could get extremely cold at night and none of the party had extra warm clothing to survive the night in relative comfort. I was thinking that unless the injury is serious enough to keep the injured down in the valley, every effort should be made to get the injured and the rest of the party out of that area, the injured to the nearest hospital and the rest of the party to their destination. There were several experienced walkers in the party.
-the first attempt it certainly was a very difficult walk.
-In 1986 we had excellent weather for the walk. At about 11.30 am the track appeared to
+Bill Capon and Geoff McIntosh volunteered to stay overnight to be with the patient. About 10 minutes after we left the site of the accident, we found a nice level spot near an overhang and made a comfortable resting spot with a number of jumpers and packs for Margaret to have a rest. Morag Ryder and others made some hot tea for the injured and the rest of the party had an early lunch. We had a general discussion about the course of action. Several participants were of the view that the best approach would be to send a couple of walkers for help. I decided to find out whether as a group we could help Margaret to walk out to a location nearer to Leura where we could get help more readily.
-have got washed off during heavy rain several days prior to the walk. I decided to go ahead
-in the direction of our route and look for signs of the track with another walker. The party
+We got Margaret a walking stick and her day pack was carried by one of the other walkers. We still had to go up and down rocks, down gullies, up steep hills, and slippery rocks near waterfalls. We had a talk to Margaret and explained to her the plan. Bill Capon would walk just in front of her and I would walk close behind her. If she felt giddy or too tired, she should hold on to Bill and me immediately. Whenever we had to go through difficult parts, both of us would help her or carry her across. This plan worked very well. Bill Capon, Geoff McIntosh and I talked continuously to Margaret to keep her spirits up as well as to ensure that we would know if her condition deteriorated in any way. After about an hour, Margaret said that she was feeling slightly better.
-was given instructions to wait for us before proceeding. After I had gone for about 100 metres, we heard a noise where the party was and some of them called me to return. When I went back to the spot where the party was, Margaret Wood was lying down with a head injury with blood pouring
-from her head. I was told that a big rock, about the size of a soccer ball, had slid down and
+On the way we had several stops to prevent Margaret feeling exhausted. For Margaret, Leura was the appropriate destination since her parents lived there. By the time we reached the bottom of the Leura walking track, Margaret was feeling a bit better and suggested that the rest of the party could head towards their destination. Bill Capon and Geoff McIntosh helped Margaret to walk up the Leura walking track and telephoned Margaret's father. Luckily he was at home and took her to see their friendly GP. Several stitches were put to close the head wound. The rest of the party walked up the walking track near the Scenic Railway, drove to Blue's Cafe and waited to hear about the condition of the injured. Margaret and her father came to see us at the Cafe and informed us that apart from the cut on the head she was all right.
-landed on her head. What had happend was that one of the walkers scrambled up to look for
-signs of the track and while returning, accidently dislodged a loose rock. Meanwhile, those
-who were standing at the front of the party, including Margaret Wood, were asked by people at
-the rear to make a move to try to find another route below in the gully. If both the incidents
-had not proceeded at the same time, everything would probably have been fine.
-Margaret by now was resting on the branches of some bushes due to the slope of that area;
-there was no level ground in sight. Jim Oxley , who was just behind her and had run, saw the
-rock fall on Margaret's head and presed hard his handkerchief on the cut. Several members of
-the party started to move to do the necessary first-aid. One person with training in nursing
-took Margaret's pulse and said that it was normal. Blood was still flowing from Margaret's
-head wound. More padding was placed on the cut and bandage was put around her head and under-
-neath her chin. She looked very pale and naturally shaken up. However we all told her that
-she looked well and tried to keep her alert. I asked her whether she had a headache. She
-replied that she did not have a headache, but had pain near the wound and around her neck. It
-was evident that the rock had also jarred the neck. She did not become unconscious at any stage,
-feel giddy or become sick. Margaret rested there for another five minutes. The bleeding from
-the head stopped. She was asked again whether she had double vision. She said "No". We had
-to move her from the spot where she was desperately trying to manage to stay still. After
-consulting Margaret, she was helped to stand up. Two other walkers helped her to walk slowly
-towards the gully to get around that difficult region of LIndeman's Pass. All we could do was to look for a level spot where she could have proper rest. A decision could then be made about the best approach to get Margaret to safety after observing her condition after a short rest.
-We had walked for about three hours and the partywas moving at a fair pace. There was no way out into civilization in the immediate vicinity. Either we had to go back the way we had come or we had to walk for another four hours to get out near Leura waterfalls. If two people were sent to get help it was still going to take about six hours for help to arrive and it would
-be dark by then, and the injured would not get to hospital until morning of the next day. At
-that time of the year it could get extremely cold at night and none of the party had extra warm
-clothing to survive the night in relative comfort. I was thinking that unless the injury is serious enough to keep the injured down in the valley, every effort should be made to get the injured and the rest of the party out of that area, the injured to the nearest hospital and the
-rest of the- party to their destination. There were several experienced walkers in the party.
-September, 1987 THE SYDNEY'BUSHWALKER Page 5
-Bill Capon and Geoff McIntosh volunteered to stay overnight to be with the patient. About
-minutes after we left the site of the accident, we found a nice level'spot near an overhang and made a comfortable resting spot with a number of jumpers and packs for Margaret to have a rest. [brag Ryder and others made some hot tea for the injured and the rest of the party had an early lunch. We had a general discussion about the course of action. Several participants
-were of the view that the best approach would be to send a couple of walkers for help. I
-decided to find out whether as a group we could help Margaret to walk out to a location nearer to Leura where we could get help more readily.
-We got Margaret a walking stick and her day pack was carried by one of the other walkers. We still had to go up and down rocks, down gullies, up steep hills, and slippery rocks near waterfalls. We had a talk to Margaret and explained to her the plan. Bill Capon would walk
-just in front of her and I would walk close behind her. If she felt giddy or too tired, she
-should hold on to Bill and me immediately. Whenever we had to go through difficult parts,
-both of us would help her or carry her across. This plan worked very well. Bill Capon,
-Geoff McIntosh and I talked continuously to Margaret to keep her spirits up as well as to ensure that we would know if her condition deteriorated in any way. After about an hour, Margaret said that she was feeling slightly better.
-On the way we had several stops to prevent Margaret feeling exhausted. For Margaret, Leura was the appropriate destination since her parents lived there. By the time we reached the bottom of the Leura walking track, Margaret was feeling a bit better and suggested that the rest of the party could head towards their destination. Bill Capon and Geoff McIntosh helped
-Margaret to walk up the Leura walking track and telephoned Margaret's father. Luckily he was
-at home and took her to see their friendly GP. Several stitches were put to close the head
-wound. The rest of the party walked up the walking track near the Scenic Railway, drove to
-Blue's Cafe and waited to hear about the condition of the injured. Margaret and her father
-came to see us at the Cafe and informed us that apart from the cut on the head she was all right.
 Margaret had a persistent light-headedness for a number of weeks and she consulted a physician and had neurological examinations to ensure that there were no complications. Margaret was found to have had no after effects from that accident.
 In order to learn from an experience of this kind, I would like to highlight the following points:
-When we go to rugged areas, each member of the party must be aware of the dangers in that area and the difficulty in getting someone injured to safety and take extra care and very few risks.
-These areas often need scrambling up and down rocks and going down steep hills and therefore one must always keep in mind the possibility of dislodging a loose rock which might cause injury to another walker.
+  * When we go to rugged areas, each member of the party must be aware of the dangers in that area and the difficulty in getting someone injured to safety and take extra care and very few risks.
-Always carry enough warm clothes to keep warm and take necessary first-aid items for treating possible injury. Carry emergency space blanket to keep warm if injured. It would always be helpful if the party is of a reasonable size, say 10.
+  * These areas often need scrambling up and down rocks and going down steep hills and therefore one must always keep in mind the possibility of dislodging a loose rock which might cause injury to another walker.
-Whenever one gets an opportunity, try to participate in the Federation of Bush Walkers Search and Rescue Practice. You never know, one of these days you might find yourself
+  * Always carry enough warm clothes to keep warm and take necessary first-aid items for treating possible injury. Carry emergency space blanket to keep warm if injured. It would always be helpful if the party is of a reasonable size, say 10.
-in a situation where you will have to help or rescue someone else to safety and then you would wish that you had gained the necessary training.
+  * Whenever one gets an opportunity, try to participate in the Federation of Bush Walkers Search and Rescue Practice. You never know, one of these days you might find yourself in a situation where you will have to help or rescue someone else to safety and then you would wish that you had gained the necessary training.
-* * * * * * * * * *
-NOTE. Lost going up the Col, Blue Mguntains, one old green cloth hat with some sentimental
+----
-value decorated with a S.B.W. badge of immense sentimental value -if/when found, return to the Editor.
-E
+__Note.__ Lost going up the Col, Blue Mountains, one old green cloth hat with some sentimental value decorated with a S.B.W. badge of immense sentimental value. If/when found, return to the Editor.
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