Wednesday 15 June 2022
Brinkley Bluff to Standley Chasm – Section 4 Part 2
Distance 10.22km
Moving time 3:24
Track time 3:54
Temp 7′- 25
Up 134m Down 577m

We enjoyed a beautiful sunrise and moonset this morning. It was amazing. The red in the sky is so vibrant in the outback. We then stayed up and got organised almost early. Getting away about 8.45am. Yay team! We were still the last to leave camp but that is par for the course.
The first part of the day was a slow decline across the Ridge line. It was like walking down a dinosaurs back bone over the jagged shale. It was tricky underfoot but the views on either side were amazing. We had one nasty incline which was a very steep up section over a very short distance. This brought us to Reveal Saddle at about the 5km mark where we enjoyed a chat with a 14 day E2E tour guide. They are always happy to share their knowledge. Today was the section where a couple of mulga snakes have been seen over the last couple of days so David led most of the way with his eagle eyes. We continued down again for another couple of km along rocky track and then at the 3km to home mark we hit a creek bed and we followed this all the way to Standley Chasm. This is very tiring as the rocks move underfoot the whole way. We arrived at camp at about 1.45pm and after pitching our tent we enjoyed a burger, wedges and smoothie. Then a lovely shower, with average water pressure but hot water which was fantastic. I also washed our socks which were getting a bit hard after 14 days continuous wearing. David saw an unusual gecko which was camera shy, we also saw some spinifex pigeons, ring necked parrots and a flock of budgies. The trail head camps are very social, we met many new people this afternoon. I think there is about 24 people or more at this camp. We met up with Jim who got a $750 lift from Rocky Gully to here a few days ago with a buggered foot. He is going to try to finish the trail from here tomorrow. It is a hive of activity as everyone has a food drop to organise and reshuffle in their bags ready for tomorrows hike. Liza is still here with us and Penny and Eric moved on to Millers Flat this afternoon. I muffed our food supply, only did 4 days food for 5 days hiking. Oops! Lucky we had a bought lunch and meat/salad pack for dinner. We were going to buy breakie but have decided to have muesli bar and apple and try to get away a bit earlier as we have a 6.5 hr day tomorrow.