Month: Feb 2024

• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 107

  

  Date: 13th February 2024 Start: Top Timaru Hut (km 2555.7) End: Stodys Hut (km 2569.3) Distance Travelled: 13.6 km Total Distance Completed: 2415.8 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: too busy panting up the climb to the hut to worry about music Time Lost on a Sketchy Ridge: half an…

  20/02/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 106

  

  Date: 12th February 2024 Start: Ahuriri River (km 2531.4) End: Top Timaru Hut (km 2555.7) Distance Travelled: 24.3 km Total Distance Completed: 2402.2 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Shy by for KING & COUNTRY Hut Insulation: top notch A cold morning brought in the new day and I packed…

  19/02/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 105

  

  Date: 11th February 2024 Start: Lake Ohau Lodge (km 2506.1) End: Ahuriri River (km 2531.4) Distance Travelled: 27.9 km Total Distance Completed: 2377.9 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: no song today, was too caught up in my own thoughts Temperature: too dang low Melly snuck into our room last…

  18/02/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 104

  

  Date: 10th February 2024 Comfy beds must have some added gravitational attraction. How else am I supposed to explain the difficulty it takes to get out of one? Granted there are other things with an equally strong pull, namely the promise of a hot breakfast in the lodge. It turned…

  16/02/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 103

  

  Date: 9th February 2024 Start: Lake Tekapo (km 2419.3) End: Lake Ohau (km 2506.1) Distance Travelled: 93 km Total Distance Completed: 2350 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Last Night In America by Paul Coleman Hills Standing in My Way: none Another day, another frantically eaten breakfast because I’m slow.…

  15/02/2024