The inner mumblings of a first time thru-hiker.
138 days hiking 3026km the length of New Zealand;
battling, surviving and eventually thriving.
Day 101 - the roar
Boyle Village —> Hope Kiwi lodge
Day 102 - feels like minus five
Hope Kiwi Lodge —> Hurunui hut
Day 103 - snow
Hurunui hut —> Locke Stream hut
Day 104 - icy river crossings
Locke Stream hut —> Arthur’s Pass
Day 105 - adventure playground
Mingha - Deception track
Day 106 - rain rain go away
Arthur’s Pass —> Hamilton hut
Day 107 - very fast water
Hamilton hut —> Harper campsite
Day 108 - country road
Harper campsite —> Methven
Day 109 - hot pools
Methven
Day 110 - early morning school run
Methven —> Commyns hut
Day 111 - ice water, tussock death traps and prickly holes of misery
Commyns hut —> Manuka hut
Day 112 - a vastness
Manuka hut —> Geraldine
Day 113 - new trail friends
Geraldine —> Crooked Spur hut
Day 114 - this is the life
Crooked Spur hut —> Royal hut
Day 115 - a mouse, a saddle and a proper camp in the wild
Royal hut —> Wild camp beyond Camp Stream hut
Day 116 - around and round the lake
Wild camp —> Tekapo
Day 117 - a rainy day of relaxedness
Tekapo
Day 118 - rain bikes with one pedal
Tekapo —-> Lake Ohau
Day 119 - a second wild camp
Lake Ohau —> Wild camp before the Ahuriri river
Day 120 - the uncrossable river
Wild camp —> Top Timaru hut