TA Day 91, Goat Pass Hut to State Highway 73, 10 km
The remaining trail of roots, mud and stream crossings is through heavy mist.
TA Day 90, Kiwi Hut to Goat Pass Hut, 28 km
A long day of sidling and crossings is followed by a walk up rapids and rocks on the Deception River.
TA Day 89, Hurunui No. 3 Hut to Kiwi Hut, 23 km
Harper Pass takes me down an eroded landslip to several tricky crossings of the Taramakau.
TA Day 88, Hope Halfway Shelter to Hurunui No. 3 Hut, 36 km
The Harper Pass Track on flats and forest leads to a soak in a hot springs filled by waterfalls.
TA Day 87, Boyle Flat Hut to Hope Halfway Shelter, 32 km
It’s easy to Boyle Village and two men offer to stay together for the dangerous river crossings ahead.
TA Day 86, Waiau Hut to Boyle Flat Hut, 43 km
Wild horses are driven up the grasslands in the windy valley and we need to hid in the thorn trees.
TA Day 85, Blue Lake Hut to Waiau Hut, 17 km
We have spectacular views on avalanche fields around Lake Constance to the pass.
TA Day 84, Upper Travers Hut to Blue Lake Hut, 16 km
I fall after Travers Pass bending my pole and ego, then it’s through magical beech forest to Blue Lake.
TA Day 83, St. Arnaud to Upper Travers Hut, 30 km
DOC told me to keep moving even as the forecast called for severe gale and squalls.
TA update: going up! – again
I received a short message from Alison: “Nelson Lakes conquered. Heading back up to miss rain. More in a week” She sent it after arriving in Boyle Village to find very limited connectivity. It came in via satelite to my email. I thought I should explain a bit of the behind the scenes technology we […]
