01/08/2009

"Cold" tramping

After last week’s good Sunday afternoon walking we decided to take the walking to the next step: tramping. We headed out of Blenheim south (close to Ward) with the last 12 kms land inwards on a gravel road.

The route we were going to take was for experienced backcountry trampers with above average fitness. Great for us!!! The route was to the Sawcut Gorge and thus went along a river – at least, that’s what we thought. However, it appeared that we had to cross the river several times. The water was not really nice – worse even, it was ice cold and already after the first crossing our feet were soar of the cold. When you do a crossing around 8 times, then you do not feel anything anymore. The route was beautiful, the further we got – the smaller the gorge became. Some of the pictures are below. We were happy to be back at the car after nearly 4 hours and to warm our feet/legs again. We decided we deserved a nice coffee and headed to The Store in Kekerungu – highly recommended!

Cheers,
Anita














1 comment:

Hanneke said...

I think you deserve a whole meal, with entrees, main dish, deserts and coffee and a little alcoholic drink afterwards for what you did! Frozen toes!! But gorgeous views and I love the clear water, but I think I'll keep my feet on dry grounds for now ;)