5 km total 1037 km 1 hours 299.5 hours I used this day to meet other hikers , have food, rest and plan the following days. The one hour walk on the road was easy and hot. I was happy I had an ice cream right before the start . I pitched my tent a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
20 km total 891 km 7 hours total 264 hours
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 […]
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 […]
