Nicola and Kathryn at the start of our journey admiring the map!
On the ridge at sunrise
Sunrise when the mist rolls in
More mist and ridges in the Tararuas
And now just mist in earnest
Beautiful forest thought.... don't tell anyone but we accidentally did a 180 in it while trying to reach the next hut. Oops!
Dracophyllum Hut
Proof that I was actually in the Tararuas, Nicols Hut. Where we made the difficult decision where that we were going to have to bail...
Nicola, Kathryn and I, at Otaki Forks
The start of our S-K attempt, we ended up having a few hours of nap at the first Hut, I was pretty wacked after the crazy work day I had!
We ended up turning off after Mt Crawford and had another hut nap before heading out the next morning, the blue line is the line we would have taken if we had continued. Despite being a relatively short adventure I think I can honestly say I was more tired after this adventure than after GODZone and lower coming down from Mt Crawford than at any point during GODZone either. Funny how much of a difference mental state makes...
