2/1/02 Abel Tasman Track--Mahoura to Anchorage, NZ (Kelly)
We started our 4 day trek today. Caught a bus at 10:30 in Nelson that dropped us off around 12:30 in Mahoura. We got out of the bus and had to put on our pants. It cooled off considerably due to some cloud coverage, no big deal though! We started walding our way through the mountains over looking the sea. Not even 15 minutes into the walk Phillip's sleeping bag started falling off of his ruck sack so he asked me to fix it...yea, okay!! As I walked behind him (another classic Kelly move) I stepped off the track a little bit and landed on the side of a hill in a lot of brush. The only thing that saved me from tumbling down the mountain side was a log and a prickly bush. So I now have my official New Zealand battle scar...I couldn't leave here without one because I've collected one from every country so far...NZ would be sad :-) I scraped up the back of my right arm pretty good...nothing a little Neosporin can't fix though! We had 11.5 km to walk (approx. 8 miles) to get to our hut in Anchorage. All of the brochures and signs said it ould take us 4 hours to do the walk today but it only took us 3 (this is because we are super heroes with fast legs!) This was actually a good thing because I have some blisters on the back of my heels that needed a break. I am gonna have to ask around for a couple of bandaids before we take off tommorow. Phillip and I were starving when we got to the hut so we made some noodles, spread some peanut butter on an English muffin, and split an apple. This is what I call a true backpacker's meal...um um!! Once we get back to Nelson I have a feeling a full blown meal is in order. We met a Canadian, Chris and a German, David that we wound up staying up with to chat...very cool chaps.
Posted by Admin at February 5, 2002 08:10 PM