Wednesday 12.04.2023

• Te Araroa kilometres done: 2840.7km
• Official kms: 13.2km
• Garmin kms: 13.76km
• Total time: 4:29
• Calories burned: 2434
• Body battery: 7/10
• Accommodation: Lower Wairaki hut
• Tent nights tally: 18
• Zero days had so far: 32

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This morning I was up early & the first to leave at 7:30am. It was a wet start with the rain off & on. The first 2km or so were in the open then after this it was into the bush.

The rest of the trail would be like this all the way until the hut. Mainly flat but with some climbs.

Today my plan is just to walk all the way to the hut without stopping for a break as the weather is pretty crappy & it should only take 4 hours or so.

It was probably one of my worst days for slipping & falling over as I fell more times today then I have in the last month.

It was a beautiful forest but treacherous with the mud & the last 2 days of rain that we have had.

I reached the hut right on 12 noon. I was the first one there so claimed a bunk, got out of my saturated clothes & had lunch.

It wasn’t long before Felix & Laura turned up & then Patrick & not long after that Coral. Coral & I are the only 2 staying with the other 3 carrying on to the campsite 9km away.

The 9km does have a 500 metre up & then a 500 metre down though, also through the mud to get there. That will be our day tomorrow. Since it’s only 9km I’m not too worried.