Te Araroa (day 57) - Two Thumb Track to Stag Saddle [TA Highest Point] / mile 1477
Another interesting day on the trail, this time I went through Te Araroa's highest point. It started in wet fashion, fortunately it wasn't rain but the river crossings. Trail was following and climbing along the Bush Stream, there were many crossings and the water after overnight rain was quite high. I've arrived with my feet wet at the Crooked Spur Hut at 9am, took the shoes and socks off and had a breakfast. Vicki from New Zealand was in the hut waiting for her friend to arrive, she gave me weather update, it looked like we had a decent conditions for the next three days. I carried on walking to the Stone Hut and the Royal Hut, the trail started to follow the Bush Stream for the second time today. At this point I made a decision to camp somewhere around Stag Saddle, the highest point on Te Araroa, it didn't have to be the top itself as the weather here was supposed to drop to minus 3 degrees at ni...