first great walk...

So Josh and I just got back to civilization after a 42kilometer (25 mile-ish) hike around Lake Waikaremoana. It's one of a couple "great walks" in NZ that we'll be doing... and we found out that it's the ghetto one. Most great walks provide campsites or huts every couple miles or so for the traveler to stop and stay the night - so does this one, but this one came without the bare essentials - toilet paper and gas burners. LUCKILY we found this out before setting off for the great unknown -- otherwise we would have been at our worsts - Josh without tp and me without food. NOT a good combo. Anyway - we were prepared.

Day 1 - the big hike. This one was like 9kms and all uphill... butt workout to the max. But we made it and settled in for an early night.

Day 2 - the long day. This one was about 18kms and up and down and up and down. Definitely the longest day. We ended the day camping with a beautiful view from our tent... just gorgeous.

Day 3 - the 'get 'er done' day. This one was about 10km and quite muddy. My new boots got the job done but also gave me a ginormous blister (boo!). Day ended in the old ghetto hut with possums tap dancing on our roof all night long. Josh went to throw rocks at them around 2am...

Day 4 - the end. We did the final 4 or so kms to the boat pick up place.

Here's our LONG video... I keep telling Josh, you're going to lose fans if you don't edit, but hey - it's 4 days of documenting so you gotta give the guy credit :) Watch what you can and buzz through what you want to -- Josh would say he's darn funny so watch it all, but that's your call. Enjoy!