A Dangerous Business

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 up feeling glad I didn’t

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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 night as it was ridiculously

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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 out to be somewhat underwhelming,

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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. To be fair, the cafe

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Date: 8th February 2024 Start: Camp Stream Hut (km 2385.4) End: Lake Tekapo (km 2419.3) Distance Travelled: 18.2 km walked + 15.7 km hitched (33.9 km total) Total Distance Completed: 2257 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Unity by for KING & COUNTRY Schmickness of the Four Square in Tekapo: off the charts schmick At

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Date: 7th February 2024 Start: Stone Hut (km 2364.7) End: Camp Stream Hut (km 2385.4) Distance Travelled: 20.7 km Total Distance Completed: 2223.1 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Cold Water by Major Lazer Number of Stags on Stag Saddle: none, I want my money back Those blue mattresses are even better than I imagine.

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Date: 6th February 2024 Start: Rangitata River (km 2345) End: Stone Hut (km 2364.7) Distance Travelled: 19.7 km Total Distance Completed: 2202.4 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: towards the end of the day it was a lot of Colin Buchanan. Thanks brain! The Face I Made When Cresting the Saddle: awestruck but probably a

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Date: 5th February 2024 Start: Manuka Hut (km 2312.8) End: Potts Road (km 2345) Distance Travelled: 32.2 km Total Distance Completed: 2182.7 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Music Sounds Better With You by Stardust Wind Speed: bold of you to assume I have a wind gauge in my pack Sleeping on an actual bunk

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Date: 4th February 2024 Start: Comyns Hut (km 2291.5) End: Manuka Hut (km 2312.8) Distance Travelled: 21.3 km Total Distance Completed: 2150.5 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Real Gone by Sheryl Crow River Crossings Just in the First Half of Today: 67 (I counted this time) So that had to have been the coldest

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Date: 3rd February 2024 Start: Rakaia River (km 2275.5) End: Comyns Hut (km 2291.5) Distance Travelled: 16 km Total Distance Completed: 2129.2 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees Weather: sunny or hailing, take your pick Has anyone ever noticed how great a normal bed is? Because they’re pretty great.

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