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It’s not a fascinating day, but it was a nice day with a substantial amount of hiking. In the morning I left the hit saying goodbye to my only companion. I hiked down to the first hut through a beautiful forest. Then I walked along the river for a long time, with places where theContinue reading “Si day 10”

Today is Mt Rintoul day. Absolutely stunning, but you do have to work for those views. Anna and I woke up after another night disturbed by mice. But luckily they didn’t get to our food. Leaving the hut just before 7 am, we could climb to Little Rintoul while it was still cool. The onlyContinue reading “Si day 9”

During the night Anna had to pack away her food more carefully because the mice were (apparently) extremely active and physically jumping onto stuff to get to our food. My 2 food backs (obviously I meant ‘bags’ 😅 I do write this at the end of every and it’s just too funny to correct it)Continue reading “Si day 8”

The first person in the hit got up at 5:30. Bit too early for my taste. So I stayed in bed till 6. I left before Thomas and Logan (two Americans I’ve been bumping into the last few days). It was again misty, wet, and slippery, but after an hour I got a decent paceContinue reading “Si day 7”

I was so right not to trust my tent. During the night it didn’t seem to leak, but in the morning I could see water droplets covering my mosquito net. Although it drizzled on and off it shouldn’t leak through my tent. So I definitely need to sleep in huts. I also didn’t sleep well.Continue reading “SI day 6”

Woke up on time and discovered that my tent was covered in bird shit. So instead of a quick start, I had to clean it first. My bag is and felt heavy and I kept focusing on short key points of the route today. After 15 km I had a longer beard than usual becauseContinue reading “SI day 5”

Not a great night with possums. So another sleep in. Too kind to myself. But today is a short, flat day of ~25km to Havelock. The last resupply before the serious business of the Richmond Rangers. I called Alex, a hiking buddy of the 2019 season and my mom, so the time flew by. AfterContinue reading “Si day 4”

After some snoozing, I got up kwart to 7 and was hiking 20 past 7. With only half a litre left, I hasted myself to the campsite. I saw a ta hikester and we chatted for a while. Unfortunately, I won’t meet her again. As her hiking buddy is sick, they are doing short days.Continue reading “Si day 3”

I didn’t sleep great which was probably the result of finishing my book (also my cutting board) about a kidnapping case. Plus it was a little bit colder than I expected but too lazy to zip up my sleeping bag. Thus in the morning I slept till 7:30 and started hiking at 8. Still notContinue reading “SI day 2”

SI= South Islans New years day Altogether the hangover wasn’t too bad, mainly just tired. I was in Nelson with Tika and her boyfriend to celebrate New Year’s Eve I got up earlier than I wanted because I still needed to pack my food box to be sent to St Arnaud. It fitted exactly inContinue reading “SI day 1”