If someone offered me £1 million there is no way in hell I would walk through Raetea Forest again. Those were the words I uttered as I stumbled into the makeshift campsite after spending 12 hours wading through knee-high mud through a forest that was more like a jungle. Raetea Forest - it's aim is … Continue reading Days 7-12 of #WalkNZ: Raetea Forest – the forest from hell
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Day 1-5 of #WalkNZ: A long walk along a beach
If I had a tinder profile it would no longer say - "Katrina Megget, likes long walks on the beach". Five days, 101kms of long endless beach where the sand is the same, the sand dunes are the same and the ocean is the same will do that to you. And so marked the first … Continue reading Day 1-5 of #WalkNZ: A long walk along a beach
FAQs about #WalkNZ
You’re doing what? Yip, here's everything you need to know about #WalkNZ - the answers to the most frequently asked questions about my epic walk down the length of New Zealand. What are you doing? I’m solo walking the 3,000km Te Araroa trail down the length of New Zealand, starting at Cape Reinga at the … Continue reading FAQs about #WalkNZ
How much training is enough?
3,000km. Five to six months. Mountains, forests, knee-high mud, wet river crossings, kayaking, road walking. The legendary Te Araroa trail down the length of New Zealand. How much training is enough? I put my hands up – I think I’m not doing enough. At least when I was walking up Box Hill last weekend with … Continue reading How much training is enough?
Tackling one of Te Araroa’s dangers – river crossings
The thought of walking 3,000km down the length of New Zealand is equal parts exciting and scary. Exciting because it’s epic, it’s a challenge and it’s my home country. Scary because it’s seriously hard core, it’s epic, it’s a challenge and mentally I worry about it and whether I can do it. I chose New … Continue reading Tackling one of Te Araroa’s dangers – river crossings
Facing my fear of kayaking – and not letting it hold me back from achieving my dreams
I’ve always been a little trepidatious when it came to kayaking. Ever since high school when kayaking in the school swimming pool was a component of PE. Physical education, for a geeky teenager who could barely throw a ball to save herself, wasn’t great at the best of times, but the kayaking class was something … Continue reading Facing my fear of kayaking – and not letting it hold me back from achieving my dreams
Adventure alert: I’m going to solo walk the length of New Zealand
I’m saying it, it’s out there – starting in November, I’m going to solo walk the 3,000km Te Araroa trail down the length of New Zealand. Yip, you heard right. New Zealand, Aotearoa, Land of the Long White Cloud. Lots of walking. The thru-hike (or through-tramp as it’s known in kiwi land) will take around … Continue reading Adventure alert: I’m going to solo walk the length of New Zealand