Day 16/64 🥾Te Araroa Trail - The South Island 🇳🇿
📍Supported by ZOLEO @zoleolifeeurope #ChallengeWithZoleo
ℹ️Stats: Tuesday 16th January
Weather: hot & nice
Rest Day
Accommodation: private room - bottom bunk
💰Costs: $200 resupply 😯😯😯
$52.50 room
$30 vegan pizza & wine
Total $282.50
⭐️Highlights: dancing on the balcony with Destroyer @kellydesoyres , drinking G&T, chilling and chatting with other hikers
🏔️Challenges: the weather coming in is making it really difficult to plan! There is bad winds and lots of rain - not good walking conditions
💭Thoughts: trying not to get stressed about the current situation- as I have no control over it. I may need to stay here for a few more days as it’s not good to be in the mountains in the wind and the rain. Gotta be safe 😊
Day 17+18+19/64 🥾Te Araroa Trail - The South Island 🇳🇿
📍Supported by ZOLEO @zoleolifeeurope #ChallengeWithZoleo
ℹ️Stats: Wednesday 17th January to Saturday 20th January
Weather: rainy 🌧️
Wasn’t planning these rest days - but it is what it is.
Accommodation: Alpine Lodge Dorm - bottom bunk - St. Arnaud.
17th 💰Costs: $65 accommodation
$24 breakfast. Eggs & bacon on gf toast with avocado on the side
18th Costs: $65 accommodation
$24 breakfast. Eggs & bacon on gf toast with avocado on the side
$15 Ben & Jerry fish food ice cream (dinner) 😂
19th Costs: $65 accommodation
$24 breakfast. Eggs & bacon on gf toast with avocado on the side
$35 resupply - 2x chocolate bars, 3x crisps, 2x packs of chewy nut bars.
I didn’t want to stay here for this long.
I decided this was the best decision for me - instead of pushing on into the mountains and just taking my time or being stuck in a hut while I wait for the weather to improve so I can carry on. I thought I’d wait it out here.
I’m so ready to leave - I’m getting cabin fever. This is not good for me.
Day 20/64 🥾Te Araroa Trail - The South Island 🇳🇿
📍Supported by ZOLEO @zoleolifeeurope #ChallengeWithZoleo
ℹ️Stats: Saturday 20th January
Weather: cloudy with light rain 🌧️
From: alpine lodge
Start time: 10.25am
To: John Tait Hut
End time: 5.45pm
Accommodation: camped 🏕️
Terrain: flat, following a river, muddy forests, rooty, wet
🥾Km: 17
🦶Steps: 21,780
Total Km: 1992.5/3028 = 66% ✅
💰Costs: $24 breakfast - egg & bacon with avocado 🥑 on gf toast.
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 6/10
Fatigue: 6/10
Ease of terrain: 5/10 although flat ish - it was still tough going.
⭐️Highlights: the lake and the river were pretty 😍
🏔️Challenges: I should have started earlier, as I wanted to get to the next hut. But it is what it is. I’ll start earlier tomorrow and push on.
💭Thoughts: so pleased to be walking again. I need some alone time!! Glad to be in my tent and not speaking to people. The social battery 🪫 needs to be recharged.