Legs and Borders

"Being offended is the natural consequence of leaving one's home" Fran Lebowitz I woke up in the morning just before the sunrise. The tent was completely frozen and so was the moss around it. I've put all of my layers on and started to pack up. To be fair, it wasn't that bad, it wasn't raining and wind was minimal, after 20 minutes I was on my way down from the Stag Saddle. I stayed off trail last night, so I had to find my way back to it. I followed a stream that was crossing it on my gps. The trail I chose to reconnect with was an old Te Araroa running through the valley, the new, more scenic one was higher up on the ridge but since I couldn't find it yesterday (no markers) I decided to gave up on it. Alternate was going through the tussock land, not many people was using it, the trail wasn't easy to spot but it was marked really well. I was walking from one marker to the other and it took about 3 hours to reach the Camp Strea...