Te Araroa – Day 45

Bushcamp to Bushcamp

18.3 miles

Mile 1289.5

From where I’d camped it was about an hours walk to Boyle Campground, where I crossed Highway 7 to rejoin the trail along the Boyle River.

The trail followed the river for a time, eventually turning away to begin ascending through forest.

I passed a Canadian hiker naked Eric resting near a stream, who coincidentally I’d met on the PCT last year. I’d seen him in St. Arnaud five days earlier, and had learned he’d been experiencing many of the same symptoms I had when sick with giardia. I’d hooked him up with some of the antibiotics I had taken to rid myself of the illness, so was pleased to learn he was feeling much better.

Pushing on, I passed a hut without stopping, making my way through grassland for two more hours before making camp on a grassy knoll.

Cheers!

4 thoughts on “Te Araroa – Day 45”

  1. This is my third attempt to enter this pathetic joke – is there some internal auto-editing on this web-site?

    Here goes: (again)

    Why don’t you donate your ripped shorts to Naked Eric.
    Even though they have a hole in them, he won’t mind….
    Just a thought.

    John

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