19km total 965km 5 hours total 283 hours The sun is back! Finally some warmth and drier trails. The went through the first hanging bridges before arriving in Piropiro. I got some beer and pizza at the lodge because pitching my tent on the nice (and free) campground. Tomorrow will be another rainy day so […]
18 km total 946km 5 hours total 278 hours After a rainy night where water went into my tent ( my pitching wasnt the best probably), I tried to keep my things more or less dry and started the timber trail. It is a cycleway so it was a easy trail but parts of it […]
38 km total 928 km 9 hours total 273 hours Road walk and rain. That sums up this day quite well. The endless roads went through lambing farmland where I saw lots of sheeps. Lambs, young and older ones were grazing under the continuous rain. I found some place to make a break in a […]
20 km total 891 km 7 hours total 264 hours
14km total 854km Some 3 hours total 251hours Today is the first day I got sick. As other hikers got too we think it might be the water at the Pahautea hut that is infested. I will from now on filter all my water because it made my day quite worse despite the surrounding areas […]
35 km total 841km 11 hours total 248 hours Today was a good day. After having lot of fun getting down the hihikiwi track down the mountain. After a break and a leg and sandals cleaning session I got further on the road walk. At the trail angel I choose to go on despite the […]
8km total 806km Around 3 hours total 237 hours Just a big uphill through the native forest was on the program for today.
24km total 798km 6.5 hours total 234 hours After a night full of music it was time to pack up and leave the nice bar. Some roadwalk later I entered the track and soon I saw two other hikers fighting in deep high mud. Wrong way I hoped, and I was right. I kept walking […]
14km total 774km 4.5 hours total 217.5 hours Because it was a short hike today I started late and got myself first a real coffee in town before leaving the city back on the tracks. After a bit I saw the Mount Pirongia which I should stand on in two days. I made a break […]
3km!! Total 760km 45 minutes hahaha Nothing much to say here. I used this day to explore Hamilton, buy the Backcountry hut pass which will allow me to stay in the mountain huts. I also used this day to have a good beer and coffee, to rest and resupply.
