New Zealand Hikes are nothing to joke about. They are tough. If they say strenuous, you can bet they will be harder than any strenuous hike in the states. If you look close there is a marker at the top of this hill. The trail went straight up, no switch backs.
There were quite a few streams and swamp things to cross on the way out.
This was the way out on the second day and I was pretty tired.
This was at the hut.
Here is the hut we stayed in. There were two rooms with 8 padded bunks and a big room with fire place and picnic tables.
This is the hike we did. It was a loop. 6 hours in to the hut from Andrew's shelter, and 8 hours out back to the shelter. It took us 6.5 to get in, and about 10 to get out. I totally hit a wall on the way up through the saddle. Once we got a little food in me we were able to finish. The good news is cause we were hiking out in the dark we got to see a Kiwi bird. Kiwi's are nocturnal and they are very rare. Not many people have seen them in the wild, so we felt pretty special.
Here we are in the hut getting ready to go. This is right before Weston puked all over the floor as we were getting ready to walk out the door.
This is a board walk they build over the marshy part. It went on for about a quarter of a mile.
This is about half way on the hike. We were completely soaked to the bone from here on out until we reached the hut.
This is the first hour or so into the hike.
This is the start of our hike.
This is a via duct that shoots the water over the road into the river so it doesn't wash the water out.
This is Arthurs pass. It is one of three passes that connect the east side of the south island to the west side.
New Zealand Hikes are nothing to joke about. They are tough. If they say strenuous, you can bet they will be harder than any strenuous hike in the states. If you look close there is a marker at the top of this hill. The trail went straight up, no switch backs.
There were quite a few streams and swamp things to cross on the way out.
This was the way out on the second day and I was pretty tired.
This was at the hut.
Here is the hut we stayed in. There were two rooms with 8 padded bunks and a big room with fire place and picnic tables.
This is the hike we did. It was a loop. 6 hours in to the hut from Andrew's shelter, and 8 hours out back to the shelter. It took us 6.5 to get in, and about 10 to get out. I totally hit a wall on the way up through the saddle. Once we got a little food in me we were able to finish. The good news is cause we were hiking out in the dark we got to see a Kiwi bird. Kiwi's are nocturnal and they are very rare. Not many people have seen them in the wild, so we felt pretty special.
Here we are in the hut getting ready to go. This is right before Weston puked all over the floor as we were getting ready to walk out the door.
This is a board walk they build over the marshy part. It went on for about a quarter of a mile.
This is about half way on the hike. We were completely soaked to the bone from here on out until we reached the hut.
This is the first hour or so into the hike.
This is the start of our hike.
This is a via duct that shoots the water over the road into the river so it doesn't wash the water out.
This is Arthurs pass. It is one of three passes that connect the east side of the south island to the west side. 
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