Category: Te Araroa 2023/24

• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 86

  

  Date: 23rd January 2024 Start: Anne Hut (km 2056.8) End: Boyle Flat Hut (km 2074.2) Distance Travelled: 17.4 km Total Distance Completed: 1914.2 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: The Proof of Your Love by for KING & COUNTRY False Starts: 1 I was startled awake at some ridiculous hour…

  26/01/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 85

  

  Date: 22nd January 2024 Start: Waiau Hut (km 2030.8) End: Anne Hut (km 2056.8) Distance Travelled: 26 km Total Distance Completed: 1896.8 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Andy Serkis’ narration of the Battle of Helm’s Deep Today’s Terrain: a very grassy pancake I can now understand why some people…

  25/01/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 84

  

  Date: 21st January 2024 Start: West Sabine Hut (km 2007.3) End: Waiau Hut (km 2030.8) Distance Travelled: 23.5 km Total Distance Completed: 1870.8 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Days Like These by Hillsong United Views from Waiau Pass: indescribable Hey ho, it’s time for another one of those days…

  25/01/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 83

  

  Date: 20th January 2024 Start: John Tait Hut (km 1992.5) End: West Sabine Hut (km 2007.3) Distance Travelled: 14.8 km Total Distance Completed: 1847.3 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Honey in the Rock by Brooke Ligertwood Rain Avoidance: timed to perfection I don’t know why I bother setting an…

  25/01/2024
• Te Araroa 2023/24

  Te Araroa: Day 82

  

  Date: 19th January 2024 Start: Alpine Lodge, St Arnaud (km 1967.9) End: John Tait Hut (km 1992.5) Distance Travelled: 24.7 km Total Distance Completed: 1832.5 km Song Currently Stuck in Head: Beds Are Burning by Midnight Oil Weather: just generally garbage 11 hours in civilisation is all I will get.…

  25/01/2024