If we crossed Awaroa Estuary at 4 p.m., we would face a 5 to 7 hour walk to our last hut. If we crossed at 4 a.m., we could take our time and rest during the walk.
We set our alarms to 3:30 a.m.
We packed as much as we could before going to bed and made quick work of setting out.
Breakfast would wait until daylight. We'd have our trail mix until then, and walking the trail would keep us warm.
We had one LED flashlight, one cell phone with an LED flashlight, and two regular flashlights. We started crossing at 4:20 a.m. and we were changing into dry shoes and socks by 4:40 a.m.
Lucy had set the heading on her compass before it was too dark for us to see the sign on the other sign. We followed the heading and walked right to the trailhead on the other side.
We left the hut at 4:20 a.m. and followed the compass on a 300 degree heading.
The read trail shows our long walk to the last hut. We stopped at the lookout before Totaranui and ate.
We skipped Separation Point, we would got there on our shorter journey back to Totaranui on our last hiking day.
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