Month: Dec 2023

• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 37

  

  Date: 5th December 2023 Start: Kaniwhaniwha Campsite (km 808.1) End: Pahautea Hut (km 816.4) Distance Travelled: 8.3 km Total Distance Completed: 813 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Fernando by ABBA Feet Status After All That Mud: completely dry! We have a new shortest day record! It may have been…

  06/12/2023
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 36

  

  Date: 4th December 2023 Start: Village Cafe, Whatawhata (km 784.4) End: Kaniwhaniwha Campsite (km 808.1) Distance Travelled: 22.5 km walked + 1.2 km hitch (23.7 km total) Total Distance Completed: 804.7 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: just Andy Serkis doing various LOTR voices Tomorrow’s Forecast for Mt Pirongia: little…

  05/12/2023
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 35

  

  Date: 3rd December 2023 Start: Backpackers Central, Hamilton (km 768.7) End: Village Cafe, Whatawhata (km 784.4) Distance Travelled: 15.7 km Total Distance Completed: 781 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: The Shire by Howard Shore Is it Sweat or Rain Inside my Rain Jacket: honestly I can’t tell, hopefully not…

  04/12/2023
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 34

  

  Date: 2nd December 2023 Start: Ngaruawahia (km 747.3) End: Backpackers Central, Hamilton (km 768.7) Distance Travelled: 21.4 km Total Distance Completed: 765.3 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: nothing playing, too much anxiety over the Pirongia Traverse Amount I’m Overthinking the Pirongia Traverse: a really unhealthy amount Wake up time…

  03/12/2023
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 33

  

  Date: 1st December 2023 Start: Rangiriri (km 713.4) End: Ngaruawahia (km 747.3) Distance Travelled: 33.9 km Total Distance Completed: 743.9 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Who the Hell is Edgar? by TEYA and SALENA (poepoepoepoepoepoepoepoepoe) Mental Energy Left After Today: next to none I think I deserve a round…

  02/12/2023