Legs and Borders

Fortunately weather gave me enough time to go over the pass, I would be trapped in the mountains for an extra day otherwise. It was another early start day. I've woke up at 4am and packed as quietly as I could to not wake up people sleeping in the hut, then I started hiking towards Blue Lake Hut with a head torch on. I was getting lost quite often in the dark but that was to be expected when the path was going through landscape damaged by floods and avalanches. I was suppose to follow the river upstream which I did, except sometimes it wasn't the river but the stream that was flowing into it. I reached the Blue Lake Hut at 7:30am, here I've had a final check up with other TA hikers regarding the weather. Rain was suppose to start at noon and walking through a pass in it wasn't a good idea. Waiau Pass had an additional difficult section which involved climbing down on the steep and exposed rock ridgde, it could be treacherous in bad weather. It lo...