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Day 37: Lake Ohau to Ahuriri River free camp
30.5km, 10.5 hours. A 30km day when you're not in the mood for it is a long day. So much so it took me ten and a half hours. I just...
Renay Weir
Feb 5, 20236 min read
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Day 36: Twizel to Lake Ohau
31.5km, 9 hours . A very slow start to the day thanks to none of us wanting to part ways with the Twizel Bakery and then a TA half-way...
Renay Weir
Feb 5, 20232 min read
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Day 35: Tekapo to Twizel: 'Tour de Twizel'
60km, 4 hours - mountain biking. We swapped packs for mountain bikes today and rode the 60km from Tekapo to Twizel on the Alps2Ocean...
Renay Weir
Feb 5, 20232 min read
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Day 34: lake tekapo camping to Lake Tekapo
15km 2.5 hours. A Nero Day. (Near zero km day but technical still a rest day). I can't wait for an actual proper rest day but also it's...
Renay Weir
Feb 5, 20232 min read
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Day 33: Royal Hut to end of Richmond track free camp
34.5km, 11 hours I didn't write a diary for today and I should have because it was pretty unreal. I didn't write one because i got to the...
Renay Weir
Jan 30, 20231 min read
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Day 32: Bush Stream to Royal Hut
27.7km, 9.5 hours A long day... My calves have never worked so hard in their lives. We had a 1000m uphill climb to do today. Elevation...
Renay Weir
Jan 30, 20236 min read
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Day 31: Manuka Hut to Rangitata River
Another short but big day! We had pre organised a shuttle to pick us up at 3pm at the Rangitata river. That seemed fine at the time but...
Renay Weir
Jan 24, 20236 min read
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Day 30: Comyns Hut to Manuka Hut
Day 30! 22.5km, 8 hours. Brent's back writing in the hut book. And on three pages so that we wouldn't miss it he wrote' Laura, Conny and...
Renay Weir
Jan 24, 20234 min read
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Day 29: Black rock Station to Comyns Hut
16.5km, 6 hours. We started out in Methven today and ended up getting a shuttle up to Glenrock station this morning at 7 am. It was just...
Renay Weir
Jan 24, 20235 min read
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Day 28: Hamilton Hut to Lake Coleridge - 19km easy day
19km, 6 hours. Another placeholder post because we hit Methven this night. Which meant a resupply, showers, washing and the best of all...
Renay Weir
Jan 24, 20231 min read
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Day 27: Cass Saddle to Hamilton Hut
19km, 7 hours This is more of a placeholder blog because I was having too much fun/relaxed this evening to write my diary. It was a...
Renay Weir
Jan 24, 20232 min read
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Day 26: Goat Pass Hut to Arthur's Pass.
11km, 3 hours + hitchhike What makes you walk super fast? Knowing that there is food and beer, shower and clean clothes coming up that...
Renay Weir
Jan 24, 20233 min read
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Day 25: Kiwi Hut to Goat Pass Hut - best day ever
33km, 9hours Best day ever. Is it possible to have a day where you just feel like it is one of the best days of your life? Today felt...
Renay Weir
Jan 24, 20237 min read
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Day 24: Hurunui No. 3 Hut to Kiwi Hut
27.9km, 8.5 hours Today was one of my favourite days. I felt great, the scenery was beautiful and I felt like I'd spent the day in a fun...
Renay Weir
Jan 15, 20235 min read
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Day 23 - Hope Kiwi Hut to Hurunui No. 3 Hut - roaming rest day
31km, 9.5 hours Today was an interesting day, it felt long, but at the same time it also felt short. I decided today I will just take my...
Renay Weir
Jan 15, 20237 min read
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Day 22: Hanmer to Boyle Village to Hope Kiwi Hut
29km, 9 hours. It was day, 22. We woke tired. We decided to have a late start with us all feeling unmotivated and we said, we'd set off...
Renay Weir
Jan 15, 20239 min read
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Day 21: Hanmer Springs zero day - the horse man conclusion
We had a zero day in Hanmer Springs today. We got in late last night after our hilarious hitchhiking experience which resulted with us a...
Renay Weir
Jan 15, 20233 min read
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Day 20 - Anne Hut to Boyle Village to Hanmer Springs. 'That hitchhike'
35km, 9.5 hours. As I woke up naturally this morning (no alarms, no sounds of gas cookers blazing) I was really dreading standing up...
Renay Weir
Jan 10, 20236 min read
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Day 19: Waiau Pass basecamp to Anne Hut - 'the longest night and day'
45km 14.5 hours I think i got four hours sleep. Last night, the wind was blowing a gale. We were like in a vortex with the wind changing...
Renay Weir
Jan 10, 20237 min read
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Day 18: Blue Lake Hut to Waiau Pass/Lake Constance - 'Base Camp'
The hut warden at Blue Lake Hut gave us a weather forecast last night - Ok weather, overcast 2mm average rain an hour. The forecast was...
Renay Weir
Jan 10, 20237 min read
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