Mt Rintoul Hut - Mid Wairoa hut

Dagen bød på ca. 1.000 højdemeter op og ca. 2.000 højdemeter ned, hvilket tydeligt kunne mærkes i kroppen. Det blev derfor også en meget lang dag. Det skulle være smukt oppe på toppen, hvor vi skulle gå i dag, men vinden var så kold, at vi skyndte os at komme ned under trætoppene igen for at komme mere i ly.

På vejen så vi en helikopter lande ved hytten, vi havde overnattet ved, da personen med anklen blev hentet ud om morgenen, fordi hans ankel så ret så voldsom ud.

Efter en lang dag ankom vi endelig til hytten. Her havde vi endelig mulighed for et slags bad i floden ved siden af, hvor der var en slags pool, man kunne bade i. Vandet var meget koldt, så det blev en meget kort fornøjelse (det viste sig at blive det eneste “bad” i løbet af den uge).

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The day involved about 1,000 metres of ascent and around 2,000 metres of descent, which could clearly be felt in the body. It therefore turned into a very long day. The ridge we were meant to walk along was supposed to be beautiful, but the wind was so cold that we hurried back down below the treeline to find more shelter.

Along the way, we saw a helicopter land at the hut we had stayed at, as the person with the injured ankle was evacuated that morning, his ankle looked pretty serious.

After a long day, we finally arrived at the hut. Here, we finally had the chance for a kind of bath in the river beside it, where there was a small pool you could swim in. The water was very cold, so it was a very brief pleasure (and it turned out to be the only “bath” during that week).Læs mere