Struggle!

My lovely sister dropped us off from where she picked us up. We said our goodbyes and I got sad about leaving the hot shower behind. I was actually pretty stoked to be getting back out there.

Well the day started shit. I got desperate for a wee and on Rowan’s suggestion I tried to use my shewee with my pack on. Wasn’t happening so I got my pack off, by this time I was busting. I didn’t get a proper seal and ended up with wee down my legs. Which was proper funny but I was also livid. I did the only logical mature thing, I took it out on Rowan lol. Understandably he recieved it poorly. Did the only thing I could do, gave myself a little rinse with some water. Luckily I started my day pretty hydrated and my wees were clear! As we continued on it was a struggle we finally made it to the lookout, which was supposed to take 30min we took an hour. As we continued on we were very slow, the track was very steep and muddy. There was this huge rock area we had to go around and I nearly didn’t make it up, some of the steps were so steep and hurt my foot. So I had a little cry. Finally we made it to the trig and took a break to eat. We had only walked 1.7km but it felt a lot longer.

I am not sure if it was us or the track but the day was incredibly hard. Rowan ended up rolling his ankle but luckily hasn’t done any real damage. I got to this point in the summit where we were up really high and I got stuck in the mud and couldn’t get my legs to work to get me up. Well I had another good cry then, Rowan said he had a wee cry after that part too. It was slow going and it felt like it took forever but we eventually got to the forestry track. Which of course was hard as it was very slippery and muddy. At 4pm we got down at the bottom there is a small stream and a DOC toilet. We found a spot to camp and headed off for a wash. We need to cross the stream tomorrow.