Diary

Tuesday, 30.03.04
Gosh… got a hangover…
Arrived at Arthur’s Pass in the morning, checked in at the YHI and went for Avalanche Peak. Teamed up with a German girl what I regretted afterwards. I better don’t team up with German women anymore for tramping. Just doesn’t work out. Took us a bit more than two hours up to Avalanche Peak via Avalanche Peak Track. Tough one. Up all the time and pretty steep. Brought too little water along so I ended up eating snow which gave me a nice little rushed toilet in the evening. The views were really great, as expected. Just too many people up there. The last 30 m on a really narrow ridge I noticed again that I have a slight problem with heights. Kind of tricky those last meters. Guess I just love my life too much. On the way down I separated from my team mate. Just wanted to go faster which gave me the occasional slip. Nothing I wouldn’t be used to by now.

If the weather for the next 2 days will be forecasted as fine I’ll go for the Goat Pass Track. If it’ll start to rain the two rivers will become un-fordable and I’ll be stuck there. That’s why I need good weather for it. The Avalanche Peak Track was the 11 th track I’ve done so far.