The inner mumblings of a first time thru-hiker.
138 days hiking 3026km the length of New Zealand;
battling, surviving and eventually thriving.
Day 82 - triple hutting
Middy Creek hut —> Hacket hut
Day 83 - tradie mouse
Hacket hut —> Slaty hut
Day 84 - the rintouls
Slaty hut —> Rintoul hut
Day 85 - ice pool
Rintoul hut —> Mid Wairoa hut
Day 86 - 12 long hours
Mid Wairoa hut —> Hunters hut
Day 87 - red hills josh
Hunters hut —> Red Hills hut
Day 88 - out of the wild
Red Hills hut —> St Arnaud
Day 89 - an actual rest day
St Arnaud
Day 90 - side trip
St Arnaud —> Angelus hut
Day 91 - hut zero
Angelus hut
Day 92 - cascading
Angelus hut —> Upper Travers hut
Day 93 - backtrack
Upper Travers hut —> St Arnaud
Day 94 - hospital
St Arnaud —> Nelson
Day 95 - clue hunters
Nelson
Day 96 - back on trail
Nelson —> West Sabine hut
Day 97 - hut sweet hut
West Sabine hut —> Blue Lake hut
Day 98 - waiau pass
Blue Lake hut —> Waiau hut
Day 99 - flat land
Waiau hut —> Anne hut
Day 100 - puds
Anne hut —> Boyle Village