Category: Te Araroa 2023/24

• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 66

  

  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…

  05/01/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 65

  

  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…

  04/01/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  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…

  03/01/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  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.…

  02/01/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  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…

  01/01/2024