Thursday, November 27, 2014

Day 5: Kia Ora to Windy Ridge


 
Today was our longest day on the trail at 9 hours.  It was an epic day with lots of side trips to amazing waterfalls and swimming in the Mersey River.  As the guides described the day, it was "a bit of up, down, up, more up, and a bit down."  We rested at the historic hut built by an early fur trapper named Paddy Hartnet and then wandered through some of the oldest rainforest in the park with King Billy Pines as old as 2,000 years.  It was another sunny and beautiful day.  Tomorrow is the last day in this beautiful place and I am wishing I could stay another week.  My body is tired, but my mind feels rejuvenated.

Total Time:  9 hours
Total Distance:  10 miles

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