Cumulative distance: 512 of 930 miles
Cumulative climbing: 26,800 of 48,500 ft
Cave to Lake Tepako:
Hot hot hot. Dry dry dry. Climb climb climb.
Today was a two-napper. I left a stick in the library. I had some meaningful words with many cows. I climbed nearly a mile of elevation. I got to town after all the pies had been eaten out of the bakery. I could not regulate my body temperature so I ate 1 liter of sorbet. I ate momos. I swam.
Just passed the halfway mark on miles and height climbed! It’s bittersweet:
The bitter:
- I miss all my people back home!
- My butt hurts, my knee hurts, my achilles hurts
- Four seasons of weather in one day can be tough to navigate
The sweet:
- It is SO. FREAKING. BEAUTIFUL.
- I have received so much love and generosity from kiwis all over the country!
- Taking my hands off the brakes and zooming down a steep descent
- The pies
- Napping in the sun next to the road
- Swimming in rivers, oceans, lakes next to the road
- My silly bike that someone thought was a 65yo man’s. I named it Jordan, it wasn’t made for this, but it just keeps chugging along!
I simultaneously want this to be over and want it to never end. . .