Month: Jan 2024
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Te Araroa: Day 64

Date: 1st January 2024 Start: Waiopehu Hut (km 1560.9) End: Nichols Hut (km 1578.5) Distance Travelled: 17.6 km Total Distance Completed: 1418.5 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: JOY by Kings Kaleidoscope There Word Summary of the Day: hard but rewarding An alarm going off before 5am is either a…
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Te Araroa: Day 63

Date: 31st December 2023 Start: Makahika Outdoor Centre (km 1547.2) End: Waiopehu Hut (km 1560.9) Distance Travelled: 13.7 km Total Distance Completed: 1400.9 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Some Nights by fun. Grunting: putting Sharapova to shame Well there’s no use worrying about it anymore. This is my D-Day.…
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Te Araroa: Day 62

Date: 30th December 2023 Start: Ian & Frank’s Hut (km 1529.2) End: Makahika Outdoor Centre (km 1547.2) Distance Travelled: 18 km Total Distance Completed: 1387.2 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: edamame by bbno$ Muddiness: 3.5/5 Pirongias, with some bits rising to 5/5 Truthfully, I was dreading today’s hike. It…


Well, Jono, thanks for posting your travel diary. It certainly makes interesting reading, and provides a historical record (for you,…