Day 36/50 🥾Te Araroa Trail - The North Island 🇳🇿
📍Supported by ZOLEO @zoleolifeeurope #ChallengeWithZoleo
ℹ️Stats: Date: Wednesday 6th December
Weather: rainy 🌧️
From: Ngaporo Campsite 🏕️
Start time: 8am
To: Flying Fox Campsite
End time: 3.36pm
Accommodation: camped
Terrain: wet & wild 💦
River Km: 40km
Total Km: 1314/1715 = 77% ✅
💰Costs: $20 camping ⛺️
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 4/10 - I’m not a fan of being wet & cold all day. If the sun had been out it would have been different!
Fatigue: 6/10 - I’m so tired at the moment. I’m not sleeping well.
Ease of terrain: 8/10 - some of the rapids were tricky! and the waves swamped the boat.
⭐️Highlights: getting to the campsite before 4pm and having a very hot shower 🚿 😀
🏔️Challenges: ending up in the water 3x - it was a very wet and cold day!
💭Thoughts: canoeing is hard work - my left bicep is hurting and my bottom - from sitting all day
Day 37/50 🥾Te Araroa Trail - The North Island 🇳🇿
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ℹ️Stats: Date: Thursday 7th December
Weather: dry and then glorious sunshine all afternoon ☀️
From: Flying Fox Campsite
Start time: 8.50am
To: Hipango Park
End time: 2.45pm
Accommodation: camped 🏕️
Terrain: gentle rapids, sometimes some strong headwind which made the paddling challenging
🥾Km: 5.4
🦶Steps: 6907
River Km: 33
Total Km: 1347/1715 = 79% ✅
💰Costs: $0
Enjoyment: 9/10 helped a lot by the weather ☀️
Fatigue: 5/10 - finally getting warm and getting chance to chill in the sun - such a great day. It feels like a rest day. (Which I haven’t had yet!)
Ease of terrain: 4/10 one of the easier days
⭐️Highlights: reaching the dock, the amazing weather. Sunbathing all afternoon. Chatting with other hikers. Getting damp and wet stuff dry. Meeting Muzz & his dog Trixie - helping to herd sheep. Eating lamb cooked on the BBQ by Margo (🇫🇷) followed by smores 😋. Being given medicinal grade Manuka honey 🙏.
🏔️Challenges: will be leaving here tomorrow- but only 19km to go!
💭Thoughts: I’ve got so much food I’ll never be able to eat it all, before I need to start walking again. I’ll have to carry it - it’s going to be a super heavy pack. I’m not even sure it will fit into the pack!!!
Day 38/50 🥾Te Araroa Trail - The North Island 🇳🇿
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ℹ️Stats: Date: Friday 8th December
Weather: sunny & hot 🥵
From: Hipango Park
Start time: 8.45am
To: Wanganui Top 10 Holiday Park.
End time: 12.40pm
Accommodation: camped 🏕️
Terrain: very flat water, with a little bit of headwind.
🥾Km: 4.8
🦶Steps: 6177
River km:19
Total Km: 1367/1715 80% ✅
💰Costs: camping $30
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 6/10 - it’s been a fun/chilled day. Nice to stop early.
Fatigue: 7/10 - feeling tired and sore (bum & left bicep)
Ease of terrain: 5/10 - it was only the last few Km when we were paddling into a headwind which was hard. Otherwise it was going with the current.
⭐️Highlights: sunshine ☀️ makes a massive difference. Plus it’s great to be making progress on the journey and getting closer to Wellington.
🏔️Challenges:deciding what to do next? Having so much food left over from the river section. I’m going to be staying here - sunbathing and eating as much food as possible.
💭Thoughts: I enjoyed the canoeing experience, but glad to stop when I did.
Day 39/50 🥾Te Araroa Trail - The North Island 🇳🇿
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ℹ️Stats: Date: Saturday 9th December
Weather: hot & sunny ☀️
From: Wanganui Top 10 Holiday Park
Start time: 9.20am left campsite - got 2 hitches
10.15am started walking down the road to the beach
To: Koitiata camping grounds - really pretty in a good location
End time: 1.30pm (so happy to stop walking)
Accommodation: camped 🏕️
Terrain: road & beach
🥾Km: 19.7
🦶Steps: 25,267
🚗 Hitch 1- from campsite to city 🙏 Andrew 6k
🚗 Hitch 2 - to Wanganui Beach Road 🙏 John (1374 - 1394) - 20km
Total Km: 1406/1715 = 82% ✅
💰Costs: $10 camping 🏕️
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 7/10 - nice to be walking again - lovely day.
Fatigue: 7/10 - so tired and so glad to stop when I did.
Ease of terrain: 5/10 not bad walking.
⭐️Highlights: stopping at 1.30pm and having an afternoon nap in the sun was glorious.
🏔️Challenges: I got a bit stressed trying to find the river crossing point and doing it at the right time - low tide.
1st attempt. I sank soooo much into the sand/mud - I thought I was in quick sand and decided to backtrack, take a breath & choose a different route.
💭Thoughts: I wonder if I can make it to Wellington without doing another resupply. I should have enough food to last me.
Day 40/50 🥾Te Araroa Trail - The North Island 🇳🇿
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ℹ️Stats: Date: Sunday 10th December
Weather: rainy & windy 🌬️
From: Koitiata camping grounds
Start time: 8.50am
To: Mayhem Roost - Trail Angels 😇 1437
End time: 2.30pm
Accommodation: cabin with a bed 🛏️
Terrain: beach, forest road, gravel road, road
🥾Km: 25.2
🦶Steps: 32,340
🚗 Hitch - Julie 🙏 8km
Total Km: 1437/1715 84% ✅
💰Costs:$20 accommodation & dinner & I got 4 fresh eggs for breakfast 🍳
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 6/10 - a very normal day
Fatigue: 8/10 - glad to stop when I did.
Ease of terrain: 5/10
⭐️Highlights: being in the cabin when it’s raining constantly outside. Pleased to have got a hitch and to get to the accommodation early.
📝Gives me some time to do some planning for the next few days.
🍽️Got invited for a BBQ dinner - loads of amazing food & desert! Always great to eat a proper meal
🏔️Challenges: beach walk and forest walk was all fine. Didn’t want to walk the road section - nothing to see - very dull.
💭Thoughts: The weather in the mountains is really bad - 120km gusts of winds, snow and wind chill. I’m not sure it’s going to have cleared before I get there. I may have to miss the Tararua Ranges as it’s to dangerous. I’ll play it by ear and see what happens over the next few days. I need to be flexible.
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