Finally a challenging walk/hike/run in NZ 🙂
Did the “Routeburn Track” today. http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/tracks-and-walks/fiordland/northern-fiordland/routeburn-track/track-description/
Well, I thought 3 days is a too much for the 32km. So I decided to do this in one day. But as this wasn’t challenging enough I thought I have breakfast at Milford Sound first (normally another day trip), and only start the hiking at 9:45am (still means getting up at 5am as it is a 3.5 hour drive to Milford Sound and another 45 minutes back to the beginning of the Track). Additionally I added the two “optional” peaks (Key Summit and Conical Hill – I had two “Gipfel-Bier” that needed a “Gipfel”).
Based on the Brochure the hike (excluding the summits) take 11 to 15 hours (don’t know why this should take 3 days?!?!?) – but still I did it in 6:20 (ok, I admit my goal was 5:30 – but the brochure didn’t show the elevation gain in detail – going up and down quite often)
adding the summits my GPS showed 40km and somewhere between 1700m and 1800m ascent.
So I did 4 days in one 🙂 – very efficient! … and then Furgburger nr. 3 (“The Big Al”: http://www.fergburger.com at the bottom of the menu) – then sauna…
It was a really nice hike with absolute beautiful views!!!
What a day!!!
aber mal im ernst.. wie viele km davon ist der Frodo auch schon gelaufen? Ich finds ja wahnsinn das du da einfach so drauf losrennst. Wenn man bedenkt was einem da alles übern weg laufen könnte. Uruks usw. 😉