I woke up around 6 and it was raining. No network reception or only so little that I couldn’t go online to check the weather forecast. I decided to stay inside the tent and wait a little bit and it fortunately stopped at around 9. Quick breakfast and off I went the first 6km on the street up Long Hilly Track and continued on Ports Water Race – an old mining track.
I made my way through severe jungle but the track was pleasant and mostly well prepared – not considering the uncountable number of trees that blocked the trail and needed some good improvisation skills on some of the steep parts.
But all good. I made it half way on the track to Martins Hut after 7h which would have been another 4h hike. I decided to pitch my tent in the jungle and rather have a short day tomorrow. Not easy to find a camping spot in the jungle… ?
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der Manager auf Abenteuersuche im Unterholz 😉 – cool deine Berichterstattung hier zu lesen!
Google Maps of today:
https://www.google.de/maps/dir/Colac+Bay,+Neuseeland/Longwood+Forest+Conservation+Area+Keenan+Rd,+Bald+Hill+9881,+Neuseeland/@-46.2992111,167.805519,12z/data=!3m1!1e3!4m8!4m7!1m2!1m1!1s0xa9d2f7ce5bf6503b:0x500ef8684797900!1m2!1m1!1s0xa9d25463e9a1892d:0x8b288f0fed520bfa!3e0?hl=de
what he is up to:
http://www.teararoa.org.nz/southland/
from Colac Bay
http://www.teararoa.org.nz/userfiles/file/tracks/map137-Longwood-Forest-Track-227.pdf
to Martins Hut:
http://www.teararoa.org.nz/userfiles/file/tracks/map136-Longwood-Forest-Track-226.pdf