It was time to get on the move again. Today would be a rainy day with the most rain in the afternoon. So I decided to start early and hike for an extremely short day. Which I was glad about because I wasn’t very motivated.
I got up early (looking back probably too early) and started to hike to a different trail than the TA route. I was planning on going to Speargrass hut, the day after to Angelus hut on the ridge, and then continuing past Sabine hut to rejoin the TA at West Sabine hut. Right before the gorgeous Waiau Pass. If the weather was not great I would skip Angelus hut and continue straight to Sabine hut. But these are plans for the next few days.
Today it was a short hike. Especially because I got a hitch offered while I was walking the gravel road.
While walking through the forest it rained a little. So I decided that I would overheat wearing a jacket and continued without. In the end, it rained a bit harder, but I was already close to the hut.
At 11 I arrived. The hut was full of people who would continue to the car park where I just came from. I felt tired, so I snuck into my sleeping bag and slept for another few hours.
I did feel indecisive because the weather wasn’t bad at all and I felt I should continue. But this would mean I wouldn’t do Angelus hut although tomorrow it probably was still too cloudy to do it anyway. But I also didn’t want to walk further in the rain, but I only hiked for 3 hours. Not a pace to hike another 1000km, but why not stay? There is no rush.
In the end, I decided to stay. Later in the day, I got company. Wet as they were I lit the fire and had some chatts.
Even though I already slept a few hours today. I fell asleep quickly.
Zilla-in-the-wild 