Month: Dec 2023

• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 43

  

  Date: 11th December 2023 Start: Camp Epic, Piropiro (km 975.4) End: Ongarue (km 1016.6) Distance Travelled: 41.1 km Total Distance Completed: 943.5 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Colours by Voyager Days Since I Last Hiked with a Man: 5 When I woke up and walked over to the camp…

  12/12/2023
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 42

  

  Date: 10th December 2023 Start: Pureora (km 938.9) End: Camp Epic, Piropiro (km 975.4) Distance Travelled: 40.2 km Total Distance Completed: 902.4 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Dreams by Fleetwood Mac Climbing a Hill on a Bike vs on my Feet: I’ll take my feet any day of the…

  11/12/2023
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Days 40-41

  Dates: 8th-9th December 2023 Typically if I make a post that covers multiple days, it means I’ve taken a rest day somewhere. In a way I guess that’s accurate for these two days, but I haven’t taken a typical zero. This is going to take a bit of an explanation.…

  09/12/2023
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 39

  

  Date: 7th December 2023 Start: Jo’s Funny Farm (km 831.4) End: Waitomo Holiday Park (km 865.6) Distance Travelled: 34.2 km Total Distance Completed: 862.2 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: august by Taylor Swift Weather’s Decision-Making Abilities: severely indecisive With a big day ahead of me I had set my…

  08/12/2023
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 38

  

  Date: 6th December 2023 Start: Pahautea Hut (km 816.4) End: Jo’s Funny Farm (km 831.4) Distance Travelled: 15 km Total Distance Completed: 828 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Enter Sandman by Metallica Soup: good soup The trouble with huts is that you never want to leave them but you…

  07/12/2023