Monday, March 4, 2013

Wanaka 2600km done on Te Araroa

Well, Arne and I walked a serious and beautiful stretch from Tekapo to Wanaka. It was a seven day stretch and included lake walks, mountain passes, river valleys, walking tracks and 'routes' which is basically walking without a trail next to a river or up to a saddle.
It's March here in NZ and I can see the days shortening. Four months on the trail is quite some time, but there's still more to come to reach Bluff, which is at the 3054 km mark. I don't fully trust the maps' measurements of km though.

Some random things: Arne and I created two (mostly) fictional dancing possums named Bob and Isabella, they wear Turkish Hats. We've been making lots of jokes about those two.

I threw out my Icebreaker t-shirt today after at least one month of there being outrageous holes in it that caused me to look even more like a hobo.

The next section of the track was made possible by Shania Twain as the kiwis made her build huts and the track in order to be a foreign land owner or some such randomness. It's supposed to be quite hard.

Pictures include:
Robert and Holly ( we walked with them for a few days) and Arne soaking up words of wisdom from Jim - who is the support team for his wife, Linda who is walking the South Island- at a lunch spot where he made us tea.

View of Mt Cook from our campsite on lake Pukaki

Arne crossing the Aruriri River

View of Mt Aspiring over lake hawea

View of pakatuhi hut









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