THE SIX FOOT TRACK By SARAH

         On the 13th of October, my family and I started the Six Foot Track hike in Australia's Blue Mountains. The hike was 45 KM (42km equals 26 miles, which equals a marathon!), and we hiked it in three days with heavy packs. I thought the hike was hard, but I'm proud of having finished it!
    The first day was the easiest day because it was the shortest and I wasn't sore yet. I hiked 7.5km mostly down some steep, wet, rocky, slippery, stairs in rainforest down to Nelly's Glenn which is a valley.  The trail was mostly empty because we got a late start and everyone was at the campsite already.  When I got to the campsite, it was crowded with hiking groups and it was almost dark.  I was not sore yet because it was all downhill and downhill doesn't make my legs hurt as much as up hill.
  The second day was the hardest because it was the longest, steepest, and I fell alot.  I hiked 29km that's about 15 miles and gained about 1000m in elevation all in one day!  I fell 3 times in 15 minutes because my Converses' have no grip going up hill.  They slipped.  But I didn't fall crossing the 3 rivers!  I got to our campsite when it was almost dark.  We had been hiking all day, except for rest stops.  It was a long day and my feet were really sore.  That night I slept really well.
  On the last day, we woke up early and my feet felt a little bit better from the night's sleep. I was anxious to get to the end of the trail.  It was 10km of mostly down hill, but it was tough because I was still sore.  I'm proud that I hiked a marathon in 3 days because barely any other 8 year old can do that.