Wild River Camp - Tongario Holiday Park

Jeg lærte en vigtig ting til morgen omkring at campere vildt, at det altid er en god idé at have gravet et hul til ens toiletbesøg aftenen forinden! Jeg havde fået spist noget, som måske havde haft bedre af at komme i køleskabet, og fik travlt med at komme ud af mit telt til morgen - jeg nåede det!

Derefter startede dagen ud med at krydse den flod, som jeg overnattede ved siden af.

Senere skulle jeg ned ad en bakke og krydse en større flod. På vejen kunne jeg høre, at der kom en ATV, og jeg ventede på, at den skulle køre forbi. Det viste sig dog at være 12 ATV’er, hvoraf to sad fast, og jeg blev derfor nødt til at vente med at gå videre, indtil de var kommet fri. Imellemtiden var der kommet en jæger fra den modsatte retning, og det hele blev lidt kaotisk, imens sad jeg på en træstamme og ventede på, at de fandt ud af det.

Da jægeren skulle den samme vej og krydse floden, fik jeg et lift over floden og sad derfor på ATV’en sammen med jægeren, hunden og et dødt rådyr bagpå!

Da jeg næsten var for enden af 42 Traverse-stien, mødte jeg to andre jægere og fik et lift af dem langs vejen ned til Tongariro Holiday Park.

Her erfarede jeg, efter to dage uden net, at jeg havde modtaget en mail fra min professor omkring min beståede bacheloropgave, og jeg er nu endelig færdiguddannet!! Kæmpe wuhu!

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I learned an important lesson this morning about wild camping, it’s always a good idea to dig a hole for your toilet visit the evening before! I had eaten something that probably would have been better off in a fridge, and I was in quite a hurry to get out of my tent this morning - but I made it!

After that, the day began with crossing the river I had camped beside.

Later, I had to walk down a hill and cross a larger river. On the way, I could hear an ATV approaching, and I waited for it to pass. It turned out to be 12 ATVs, two of which were stuck, so I had to wait before continuing until they were freed. In the meantime, a hunter appeared from the opposite direction, and things got a bit chaotic while I sat on a log waiting for them to sort it out.

Since the hunter was heading the same way and also needed to cross the river, I got a lift across and ended up sitting on the ATV along with the hunter, the dog, and a dead deer on the back!

When I was almost at the end of the 42 Traverse trail, I met two other hunters who gave me a ride along the road down to Tongariro Holiday Park.

There, after two days without reception, I found out that I had received an email from my professor about my passed bachelor thesis and I am finally graduated!! Big wuhu!Read more