Hiking adventures in New Zealand
Hiking adventures in New Zealand
In case you were wondering how the domestic side of things go on the trail, for the times when I'm wild camping this is my general routine:
We made a bit of a trail deviation to National Park today due to the weather and accommodation options.
It was going to pour down with rain today. The Mangatepopo DOC hut was fully booked, and no-one fancied walking a 27km day over the Tongariro crossing (with an elevation of 1500m) then to Whakapapa, with a 14kg pack in the rain.
Instead we hitched to National Park. Thanks to local guy TJ for being our latest trail angel.
We checked...
It's decided! - I will be starting Te Araroa with my lightest Merrell trail runners (on the far right) and I will see how they survive 90 mile beach & the mud-fest of the Northland Forests.
If they are all good I'll get a 2nd and 3rd pair. If they fall apart after 14 days it'll be back-up plan b, c or d :-)
My big items of kit as follows:
Click here to see my full gear list
Here's a quick sumary of the technology I'll be taking with me on the trail:
Five weeks to kick off and prep still to do: