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Month: December 2019

TA day 45 Bennett’s road camp to Taumarunui

Posted on 23/12/201923/12/2019 by antoine
TA day 45 Bennett’s road camp to Taumarunui

26km total 1032km 6 hours 298.5 hours Another road walk day. But today the weather is sunny and the view beautiful so I enjoyed quite a bit. I had a nice call with my mom on the way and took my time to walk and eat all y remaining food. I arrived at Taumarunui where […]

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TA day 44 Piropiro campsite to Bennett’s road campground

Posted on 22/12/201923/12/2019 by antoine
TA day 44 Piropiro campsite to Bennett’s road campground

42km total 1007km 9.5 hours total 292.5hours 1000! What a good day ! And also first marathon hiked on the trail. As expected it rained non stop the whole morning but I was feeling great so it wasn’t much of a problem. I just didn’t tied my sandals properly so I got a rubbing wound […]

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TA day 43 Bog Inn hut to Piropiro campsite

Posted on 22/12/201923/12/2019 by antoine
TA day 43 Bog Inn hut to Piropiro campsite

19km total 965km 5 hours total 283 hours The sun is back! Finally some warmth and drier trails. The went through the first hanging bridges before arriving in Piropiro. I got some beer and pizza at the lodge because pitching my tent on the nice (and free) campground. Tomorrow will be another rainy day so […]

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TA 42 Ngaherenga campsite to Bog Inn hut

Posted on 22/12/201923/12/2019 by antoine
TA 42 Ngaherenga campsite to Bog Inn hut

18 km total 946km 5 hours total 278 hours After a rainy night where water went into my tent ( my pitching wasnt the best probably), I tried to keep my things more or less dry and started the timber trail. It is a cycleway so it was a easy trail but parts of it […]

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TA day 41 Mangaokewa North campsite to Ngaherenga campsite

Posted on 22/12/201923/12/2019 by antoine
TA day 41 Mangaokewa North campsite to Ngaherenga campsite

38 km total 928 km 9 hours total 273 hours Road walk and rain. That sums up this day quite well. The endless roads went through lambing farmland where I saw lots of sheeps. Lambs, young and older ones were grazing under the continuous rain. I found some place to make a break in a […]

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TA day 39 Waitomo to Te Kuiti

Posted on 22/12/201923/12/2019 by antoine

17 km total 871km 6 hours total 257 hours Went on to Te Kuiti today. The trail goes through farmland and I was lucky to get through it without getting rammed by some aggressive bulls, as other hikers reported. The trail went on two muddy hills and the way down was quite slippery. The trail […]

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TA day 40 Te Kuiti to Mangaokewa North camp

Posted on 22/12/201922/12/2019 by antoine

20 km total 891 km 7 hours total 264 hours

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TA day 38 km 841 to Waitomo

Posted on 14/12/201922/12/2019 by antoine

14km total 854km Some 3 hours total 251hours Today is the first day I got sick. As other hikers got too we think it might be the water at the Pahautea hut that is infested. I will from now on filter all my water because it made my day quite worse despite the surrounding areas […]

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TA day 37 Pahautea hut to km 841

Posted on 13/12/201914/12/2019 by antoine
TA day 37 Pahautea hut to km 841

35 km total 841km 11 hours total 248 hours Today was a good day. After having lot of fun getting down the hihikiwi track down the mountain. After a break and a leg and sandals cleaning session I got further on the road walk. At the trail angel I choose to go on despite the […]

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TA day 36 Kaniwhaniwha campsite to Pahautea hut

Posted on 12/12/201914/12/2019 by antoine
TA day 36 Kaniwhaniwha campsite to Pahautea hut

8km total 806km Around 3 hours total 237 hours Just a big uphill through the native forest was on the program for today.

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