A Dangerous Business

Date: 3rd January 2024 Start: Parawai Lodge (km 1596.8) End: Waikanae (km 1621.4) Distance Travelled: 15.4 km walked + 9.2 km hitched (24.6 km total) Total Distance Completed: 1461.4 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Dancing Queen by ABBA Energy Levels: replenished through the power of pizza Remember how everyone yesterday was feeling a bit

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Date: 2nd January 2024 Start: Nichols Hut (km 1578.5) End: Parawai Lodge (km 1596.8) Distance Travelled: 18.3 km Total Distance Completed: 1436.8 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: 2000 And Whatever by Electric Fields Feet: battered With another fairly long day ahead, I presumed everyone would be eager to get going early. I presumed wrong.

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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 sign that I’m about to

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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. Technically I guess it’d be

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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 looked to be longer and

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Date: 29th December 2023 Start: Te Whare O Moturimu (km 1514.4) End: Ian & Frank’s Hut (km 1529.2) Distance Travelled: 14.8 km Total Distance Completed: 1369.2 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Sun Goes Down by Robin Schultz Rain: annoyingly persistent This is going to be one of those posts where I’m going to have

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Date: 28th December 2023 Start: Palmerston North (km 1484.3) End: Te Whare O Moturimu (km 1514.4) Distance Travelled: 30.1 km Total Distance Completed: 1354.4 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Rhythm Inside by Löic Nottet Wind Turbine Rotation Speed: much faster than it looks This morning was filled with a lot of grief. There was

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Date: 23rd December 2023 Start: Hipango Park (km 1347) End: Caroline’s Boathouse, Whanganui (km 1370.3) Distance Travelled: 23.3 km Total Distance Completed: 1324.3 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: head was empty today Time Spent Waiting for Lunch: well over an hour A night of strange dreams introduced me to the new day. For some

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Date: 22nd December 2023 Start: Flying Fox (km 1313.9) End: Hipango Park (km 1347) Distance Travelled: 33.1 km Total Distance Completed: 1301 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Last Christmas by Wham! Headwinds, What Are They Good For: absolutely nothing (except helping planes take-off) I’m probably going to say this a few more times throughout

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