KayMar 22, 20202 minDay 162 and 163 Arriving in Wanaka and COVID-19Saturday 21 March Lake Hawea to Wanaka Start 9am Finish 4pm Distance 25km Total 2585km Elevation : None Weather: Overcast then rain just ...
KayMar 22, 20203 minDay 161 A top 5 dayFriday 19 March Stody's Hut to Lake Hawea Start 8am Finish 5.15pm Distance 22km Total 2,561km Elevation: approximately 800m up and 1250m ...
KayMar 22, 20202 minDay 160 Back to beech forest and birdsThursday 19 March Top Timaru Hut to Stody's Hut Start 8.30 am Finish 4.45pm Distance 14km Total 2,539km Steps 21,957 Elevation: 800m Weat...
KayMar 22, 20203 minDay 159 Fording the biggest TA riverWednesday 18 March Ahuriri River to Top Timaru Hut Start 9.35am Finish 6.45pm Distance 25km Total 2,525km Steps 36,170 Elevation: 1000m W...
KayMar 22, 20203 minDay 158 Too cold for sandflies Tuesday 17 March Lake Middleton to northern side of Ahuriri River Distance 28km Total 2,500km Steps 40,785 Elevation 800m Weather: initia...
KayMar 22, 20202 minDay 157 I can feel winter comingMonday 16 March Twizel to Lake Ohau DOC campsite Distance 29km Total 2,472km Steps 47,087 Elevation: nothing much really Weather: sunny, ...
KayMar 22, 20202 minDay 156 Wilding Pines and Rabbits Sunday 15 March Edge of Lake Pukaki to Twizel Distance 24km Total 2,443km Steps Elevation: Weather: sunny The day dawned very foggy. It w...
KayMar 22, 20201 minDay 155 Idyllic view from my tentLake Takapō to edge of Lake Pukaki Saturday 14 March Start 10.15am Finish 7.10pm Distance 31km Total 2,620km Steps 50,701 Elevation 0m We...
KayMar 13, 20201 minDay 154 My body refused to walkFriday 13 March Lake Takapō I haven't left Lake Takapō yet. The plan was to do some of the road walking of the next section today and the...
KayMar 13, 20201 minDay 153 Ice Climbing and Glacier CaveThursday 12 March Mt Cook - Tasman Glacier Epic day. I had a brilliant guide, Dave, who was like a gazelle on the ice, and Mick assisting...
KayMar 13, 20203 minDay 152 My eyes welled upWednesday 11 March Side trip off trail Aoraki / Mt Cook 11.30am I arrived at Aoraki/Mt Cook Village this morning. A heavy low mist oblite...
KayMar 13, 20201 minDay 151 So laid back I'm horizontalTuesday 10 March Lake Takapō Today was supposed to be the day I walked the Tasman Glacier however the forecast is for rain so I have post...
KayMar 13, 20202 minDay 150 How did I manage to get here?Monday 9 March Lake Takapō I somehow have managed to reasonably successfully navigate myself 2,390km from Cape Reianga to Takapō and yet...
KayMar 10, 20203 minDay 149 If only I could dress myself Sunday 8 March Camp Stream Hut to Takapō (Tekapo) Start 7.45 am Finish 4.40pm Distance 34km Total 2,389km Steps 53,842 Elevation Climb 20...
KayMar 10, 20203 minDay 148 TA's highest point Saturday 7 March Stone Hut to Camp Stream Hut Start 6.45am Finish 3.40pm Distance 21km Total 2,355km Steps 30,929 Elevation climbed 800m,...
KayMar 10, 20201 minDay 147 Hard Yaka Friday 6 March Rangitata River drop off point to Stone Hut Start 10.30am Finish 6.45pm Distance 17km Total 2334km Steps 25,184 Elevation:...
KayMar 10, 20202 minDay 146 Fog and a frozen tentThursday 5 March Lake Emily to Rangitata River pick up and shuttle to Geraldine Start 7.20am Finish 4.25pm Distance 29km Total 2315km St...
KayMar 10, 20203 minDay 145 A new kind of painWednesday 4 March Comyns Hut to Lake Emily Start 7.45am Finish 4.40pm Distance 24km Total 2,286km Steps 35,334 Elevation: climbed at tota...
KayMar 10, 20203 minDay 144 The plot has been lostTuesday 3 March Methven to track start by shuttle, then to Comyns Hut Start 1.35pm Finish 5.45pm Distance 15km Total 2,262km Steps 25,17...
KayMar 10, 20202 minDay 143 "I know you!"Monday 2 March Harper Village to Lake Coleridge Village, then shuttle to Methven Start 7am Finish 2.30pm Distance 28km Total 2245.5km St...
