Was not as
cold as the morning before as the inversion layer occurred again last night. However, had no sun during day and the cold chilled me to the bone.
Got up at
6:00 and started at 7:45 when daybreak. Walked across Birchwood Road by 8:00,
and went into the farm on the other side. Walked across knee-deep Avon Burn 3
times, and climbed up to the Mt Martha Saddle (1,680m) on a 4WD road.
On my
way, there was Tin Hut, a private hut on Longship Station. Was not locked so
took a look inside - seemed to be open to the public.
Steep uphill started from
that point, and got over the cloud at midday. Arrived at the saddle at 13:00.
When looking back, the north was covered by a sea of clouds, Ben Ohau was seen
in a distance, and the valley that I had walked yesterday was completely
covered by the cloud. On the other hand, there was no inversion layer occurred
to the south.
After walking over the pass, came into Southern Lakes District,
where I live, out from Canterbury High Country and it made me feel I came close
to home in one step.
Walked down the track on and on, and arrived at Top Timaru
Hut at 14:45. There was no rain water tank, and needed to take the milky-white
water from Timaru river in front. Arrived such early in the afternoon, but the
sun has already set behind the high mountain on west just beside the hut and
the area was in the shade - sucks. Felt a day is getting shorter speedily as
the shortest day approaches. Went to bed at 22:30. Walked 7 hours, 24.5km.
昨夜の間に再び逆転層が発生し放射冷却が起きなかったので、今朝は昨日ほど寒くなかったが、日中も日が差さないので底冷えがする。
6:00に起き、薄明るくなり始めた7:45に出発。8:00にはバーチウッド・ロードを横切り、すぐに対面の牧場内へと入って行く。膝下位のエイヴォン・バーンを3度渡渉し、その後はマウント・マーサ峠 (1,680m) まで四輪駆動車用道路を辿る。途中にロングスリップ牧場所有のティン・ハットという山小屋があり、鍵がかかっていなかったので入ってみたところ、一般に開放されているようだった。
その辺りから道は急な登りとなり、12:00頃ようやく雲の上に出た。峠には13:00に到着。振り返ると、北の方は一面の雲海で、遠くにベン・オハウの姿も見え、昨日歩いてきた谷は完全に雲に覆われている。逆に南の方向には逆転層は発生していないようだ。峠を越えると、これまでのカンタベリー高原から自分の住むサザン・レイクス地方に入ったことになり、一気に自宅に近づいたような気になる。
そこからひたすら下り、トップ・ティマル小屋に14:45到着。雨水タンクはなく、目の前の白濁したティマル川の水を使えということのようだ。早く到着したのに、西方すぐ近くに高い山があり、すでに日は陰ってしまっていて残念。当時が近づくにつれ、加速度的に日が短くなっていくような気がする。22:30就寝。本日の歩行7時間、24.5km。
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