Roi & Sarit: The Journey Continues: Methven, Mt. Somers, lake Tekapo and Mt. Cook.

Hi,

It's been a long time since the last post, and a lot had happened.
The same as we had test drive to our car on steep hills, we had test drive to our legs and feet as well.
The test's name is : Mt. Somers Trek.

The trek is 2 days circling mount Somers.
The first 4 hours is going up and down and over again in bush (the New Zealand name for forest).
It all began in lovely wooden stairs,

after 5 minutes the stairs had gone and all that was left is slippery stones and trees roots. 20 Minutes after, water crossing began. Since that point for the next 4 hours it was all up a stone, down a root, hop over a river.

On the 10th river, Roi fell to the water while trying to keep his boots dry by hopping from one stone to another.
He was so busy getting the camera off the water that he didn't notice that his sunglasses fell to the water.
The camera is still working, Roi's mood isn't...
By the time he noticed his sunglasses are gone it was too late,
the sunglasses are gone for good.

After Sarit saw Roi's wet clothing, she took her shoes off and crossed the river in bare foots, while whistling one of her favorite songs.

After 4 hours the bush ended, and the bold mountains started to appear, but they weren't alone... a crazy wind appear with them. Our bags became sails and we started to cruise along the trails.

3.5 hours later we arrived the hut, in which we stayed the night.
One thing worth mentioning here, Sarit wanted to save a few dollars and decided that we should sleep in tent outside the hut, instead of in the hut, where it's nice and cozy, so Roi had to carry the 4KG tent and each of us had to carry his mattress.
After we arrived to the hut, and could hear the hut moving from the strong wind, we realized that our tent won't deliver the shelter we needed for that night.

"The cheap pays twice" - we carried the heavy tent and payed the extra money for the hut.

On the next day the sun shined but it was still windy, our bones and muscles were tired, but another day of walk had to be made!

The trail on that day was a bit longer, but easier.

The views were great but all we could think about was that evening's dinner (2 huge steaks!).

After 1 more night in Methven we drove to the shiny turquoise water of lake Tekapo.

What can be more muscles relaxing than another 4 hour walking after a long hard trek?
At least the walk was nice and easy.

Sarit is doing her best here, to fight the winds:

Next stop was Mt Cook.

The plan was going up to Mueller hut, spend the night there and go down the next day.
But the lady at the information center ruined our plans. She told us the top half of the trail is covered with snow and ice, and we will need ice climbing gear in order to get to the hut.
So we set up our tent at the local camp site