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Day 11 - martins hut to Merriview hut

15/11/2018

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Total km: 240

Boy what a day! And I thought yesterday had mud. Oh not thigh deep mud!
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the thing is today was just a hard slog. I left Martins hut at 7:15am and got to Merriview hut at 5:00pm. Maybe I had 45 min breaks altogether. The day was essentially climbs and descents between forests and then bare exposed Tussock strewn hills and then back to forest.
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these two photos are looking back to Bluff.
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Eventually I got to a quarry and started the ascent to Bald hill. What else to say? Can anyone name this bird?
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is it a fancy pigeon?

Once a got to Merriview hut I was dead tired. But I was greeted by some lambs - Nora lambs baaa!

It was such a dissapointing 2 days I am going to skip the next section of the TA and rest. In part because of a poor weather forecast, pesticide pellet spraying from airplanes (!) and because I am not into more of the same.

Tomorrow is another day.

Off to bed now
7 Comments
Deirdre Russack
15/11/2018 03:08:09 pm

I have been confused by kms. Just worked out it is a cumulative title. Chin up. Keep positive. Look for the up side - you could be working xo

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Boundless
17/11/2018 05:54:52 pm

Too true. :) xx

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Deirdre Russack
15/11/2018 03:09:44 pm

*total

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Franzi
20/11/2018 01:39:53 am

Looks like a Kereru :-) quite common and endemic in NZ!
Cheers, Franzi

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Boundless
28/11/2018 09:23:44 pm

:) thank you. They are very pronounced!!

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Yushu Soon
20/11/2018 03:05:33 pm

Oh the mud looks crazy. you are so strong!

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Boundless
28/11/2018 09:22:56 pm

Oh wait til I talk about the 42 Traverse! But thank you :)

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