day 9: freshwater landing to north arm 12km today i again woke to rain and was walking late. a slow start and slow going most of the way. i walked up and down many small hills and through streams before the real hard work began. i made two ascents, steep, muddy, blah blah, and longer than usual. today the north west circuit met the raikura (the new zealand great walk) track. a funny thing....not two steps after the trails met i was walking on boardwalks. i walked continuously on them for 4km until the hut. after about 100km of mud, rock, root and more mud it felt awkward. tomorrow is my last day of walking and should be pretty cruisey. day 10: north arm to halfmoon bay 12km a cruisey day all around and pretty boring.
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