Hey guys,

This post is written the day after I went for my hike. I’m not going to share with you the exact details of where it was but it was a 7hr loop (which was supposed to take longer). I got up at 6am, drove over an hour and a half to the trail head. On the way there, the radio said there was a heavy rain and flood warning for the exact area that I was going.

Driving down there – it looked like the weather forecast was spot on.

It was before 8am, I was well awake, had all my gear so I thought I’d take it on. The first 4hrs of the hike was below the tree line on the northern side (wind was coming from the south). I figured as long as I turned around by 3:30pm in the arvo (afternoon) I could find my way back to the car – although that was something I would not have been happy with.

Because of the rain warning I didn’t take my camera – I was afraid it would get wet and I thought that I was racing the clock so I didn’t want to dick about.

I didn’t dick about but I will – the sign said it was a 10hr loop and I had parked my car 5kms away from the end of the loop… I was thinking 11hrs and maybe 13hrs at the worst. I was back at the car after 7hrs…. I was completely shagged, blistered, cold and wet in places I didn’t even know that existed.

Even though I was wet, it wasn’t from being rained on entirely. I was sweating during the climb and being rained on while having some part of me being cold all at the same time. It will take another 2 days to dry out my gear from the trip.

Since I didn’t take the camera and I did promise you guys some scenery photos – here are some that I personally took last year. I have some more New Zealand Hikes lined up in the next couple of weeks so I will get some more recent photos if you guys are keen (you have been quiet on the comments lately – comments are my only gauge that I am interesting).

Here are some New Zealand scenery photos that I took 12 months ago……

As a side note… the objective of my hike was to cross a pass. The first person to name this pass will receive a months subscription to SwimmerBoyz.com and BisexualGuyz.com as well as a pair of the new DESwimwear speedos (secret to be revealed next week).