In the night I was woken up to a mouse eating the candy bar I put in my backpack side pocket for the next day, I put all my bars inside my pack, but every time I heard a noise I thought it might be the mouse getting into something. In the morning a Swiss […]
Left camp at about 7, Holger said I should go on as he still needed another hour to pack up. The hike up was much easier than I expected, from the notes it sounded like it would be a really aggressive climb. It wasn’t easy but not nearly as bad as I expected. I got […]
We had to wait for Holger to ship his resupply boxes before leaving town and the post wasn’t open until 9. After that we found out there’s a bus going to the town of Richmond, but by the time we got there we realized we wouldn’t make it past the first hut, so we got […]
I woke up from a glorious sleep, but still felt very tired. I know well enough to listen to my body when it’s asking for rest. I don’t know if I’ve been doing too much (I didn’t think so), or maybe I’m fighting something, or maybe I just haven’t been sleeping as well as I […]
The last day was 16 km along the beach, sometimes sandy, sometimes rocky, sometimes on the beach, other times ducking into the palm trees. I needed to be at the pickup point by 1:30, which is plenty of time to hike 16 km, but I wanted to make sure I had time to goof off […]
It rained overnight and into the morning. I was glad to be in a cabin even though the rain wasn’t too heavy. The trail kept its reputation about constantly changing scenery, even through the slow descent the forest was constantly changing. I came across a couple Kias playing on the track, apparently Kias are rare, […]
I scheduled a shuttle to take me from Takaka to the northern part of the Heaphy track. They picked me up at 11 am and dropped me At the start at noon. Because I was starting at noon I didn’t want to schedule anything too aggressive, however I either have to get a shuttle back […]
Woke up to a nice sunrise, but that was it for the views for a while, the trail stayed mostly in the trees until we got down a ways. The trail was thick in parts Eventually it opened up a bit as we got back to the coast. After the main hike I took a […]
I woke up in time for sunrise, made coffee and walked to the beach. Unfortunately although it started really nice, the color didn’t stay. When I walked back to camp I found my coffee bag on the ground, and the sugar and powdered milk were gone…. Wekas. I also took my backpack out of the […]
We get a ride to Nelson from two guys who were going to the music festival, unsurprisingly the town was packed. From there Malween got frustrated trying to get a hitch so we split up. All of the shuttles from Nelson had already left for Able Tasman so hitching or hiring a private taxi were […]