Day 1 (Tue 10 Nov) Cape Reinga to Twilight Beach Started 10.30am, finished 2.30pm, 13.5k Word of the day: Bibulous, given to the consumption of alcohol Pain in the head status: Twinges on and off most of the day but ignorable We stayed overnight in Kaitaia, which was enough to determine that the flashest restaurantContinue reading “Cape Reinga to Maunganui Bluff”
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Pre-Te Araroa test tramp: Matemateaonga
Labour weekend, two weeks before we were due to start Te Araroa. We hadn’t been tramping since February, what with COVID-19 and work busyness, so we needed to test ourselves. We had thought of doing the Mt Taranaki Round the Mountain track, but the forecast was dire. We had to find somewhere within driving distanceContinue reading “Pre-Te Araroa test tramp: Matemateaonga”
Te Araroa: What, why, when
If you haven’t already heard of it, Te Araroa (literally ‘long pathway’) is Aotearoa/New Zealand’s version of those famous thru-hikes such as the Appalachian Trail, the Camino de Santiago, the Pacific Crest Trail. Thru-hikes are expected to take a significant amount of time (months) although you can do bits of them at a time (sectionContinue reading “Te Araroa: What, why, when”
Gear list
What are we taking and how much does it weigh? Very good questions. Not entirely sure, yet, but here is the latest estimate. What we’ll wear while walking: T shirt (Icebreaker), shorts, socks (Icebreaker) and boots (Lowa), sunhat, underwear, walking poles (Leki), gaiters, sunglasses/glasses. Gear carried in Osprey Ariel 55 l pack. This has noContinue reading “Gear list”
Tramping with migraine in Aotearoa/New Zealand 