Mileage: 86
LOTR Part III: Return of the King
The canyoning brochure said: Relative Fitness Recommended...riiight...
Imagine hiking through the rainforest, the trail becomes steep and you have 40 minutes to go. Not too hard right? Now imagine hiking through the rain forest, the trail becomes steep, you have 40 minutes to go and you're in a 7 mm wetsuit, a buoyancy vest, booties where you could feel every pebble on the soles of your feet, a wetsuit cap AND a hard helmet. Yea...much harder. The upside was the trail we were hiking on in Routeburn Canyon was the #2 most beautiful hiking trail in New Zealand, with the #1 trail being in the Milford Sound area. We weren't allowed to bring our cameras since we'll be repelling, zipling, scrambling up boulders and most of it will be done in or over water. We had three guides (all adorable) and one was the cameraman.
Canyoning, beyond my expectations.
Jumped off a 25 ft cliff into a waterfall and had a "WTF" moment, nice prep for my bungy jump tomorrow!
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