Hope kiwi lodge - Hurunui Hut

I dag var sådan en dag, hvor man bare bliver nemt frustreret. Vi startede ud med at gå på en mark med køer, hvor der var en masse vandløb. Det var dog mere som en stor sump med 80 % lort. Derefter gik vi ind i en skov, som var noget af det mest håbløse, jeg har prøvet længe.

Der var ikke særlig mange markeringer af ruten, da mange træer var væltet eller blevet skyllet væk af regn. Hele stien var endnu ikke blevet ryddet af nogen med en motorsav, så det var ret anstrengende at bevæge sig igennem og til tider en ren gætteleg på, hvad der muligvis kunne være en sti. Samtidig regnede det, men heldigvis blæste det ikke – så nye væltede træer var ikke et problem!

Tre kilometer før hytten skulle en hængebro krydses, og det var en af de mest usikre broer, jeg har krydset hidtil. Den havde i hvert fald brug for et eftersyn. Den svingede meget, og samtidig var der flere huller i den, hvilket gjorde det lidt mere spændende!

Det var en af de hidtil dårligste dage, og de andre i hytten havde haft en lige så dårlig dag – så vi bandede en del over trailen og over, hvor unødvendigt det var at gå igennem skoven.

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Today was one of those days where you just get easily frustrated. We started out walking across a field with cows, full of small streams, but it felt more like a huge swamp made up of about 80% manure. After that, we entered a forest that was some of the most hopeless terrain I’ve experienced in a long time.

There weren’t many trail markers, as many trees had fallen or been washed away by the rain. The trail hadn’t yet been cleared by anyone with a chainsaw, so moving through it was exhausting and, at times, a complete guessing game as to what might actually be the trail. At the same time, it was raining, but luckily there was no wind - so newly falling trees weren’t a problem!

Three kilometers before the hut, we had to cross a suspension bridge, and it was one of the most unstable bridges I’ve crossed so far. It definitely needed an inspection. It swayed a lot, and there were also several holes in it, which made the crossing a bit more exciting!

It was one of the worst days so far, and the others in the hut had had just as bad a day, so we did a fair amount of cursing about the trail and about how unnecessary it was to walk through that forest.Baca lagi