Te Araroa: go while the going's good
- Author
- alison young
- Published
- Thu 11 Mar 2021
- Episode Link
- None
Blissful Hiker discovers that if you have the energy, the daylight and the weather is good, you should always try to get some distance while the getting’s good.
In this episode:
- Blissful is up before dawn and has Purple Top in the Richmond Range of the Te Araroa all to herself.
- Then she dives back into a deep valley to walk up the Wairoa River, sidling its steep, crumbly banks and using the water itself as a trail.
- The next day is in a transformed environment of the Red Hills, magnesium rich desert-like landscape still filled with dozens of rushing streams to cross.
- Her friends catch up and convince her to push hard and continue to Red Hills Hut while the weather is good and there's still time.
- It's good she moved forward as the weather begins to turn just as she arrives in St. Arnaud to pick up a resupply.
MUSIC: MUSIC: Poema del Pastor Coya by Angel Lasala as played by Alison Young, flute and Vicki Seldon, piano
