Te Araroa Trail 3,000K Retrospective Diary – The Day I Nearly Died
I rarely tell people about this. Maybe I simply do not want my mind to keep replaying those scenes. Even…
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Te Araroa Trail 3,000K Retrospective Diary – DAY120: The Last Day
The day has finally arrived. I am walking toward the end of the Te Araroa Trail…
| New Zealand to the Ends of the Earth | Te Araroa Trail 3,000 km Reflection Diary – DAY119 Walking from Dark to Dark
Before sunrise, I've already packed my gear and I'm standing on a shingle beach, ready to kick off day four…
| New Zealand to the Ends of the Earth | Te Araroa Trail 3000km Reflection Diary – DAY117 Dark Humor
It turns out the moments of overwhelming frustration—when I doubted myself and even questioned life—didn't come at the beginning…
| From New Zealand to the Edge of the World | Te Araroa Trail 3000km Hiking Retrospective – DAY115 Impassable Snow
What's it like walking through forests blanketed in white snow? The first ten minutes were quite exciting…
| New Zealand to the World’s End | Te Araroa Trail 3000km Trekking Diary – DAY 112 Becoming a Machine
Rushing to complete my planned mileage before dark, my hurried steps betraying the panic within, I pushed…
| New Zealand to the Ends of the Earth | Te Araroa Trail 3000km Trek Reflection Diary – DAY 108 Forever’s Companion
I rushed eagerly toward the autumn-hued town in the distant valley, my pace quickening with each excited stride, not entirely…
| To the Ends of the Earth | Te Araroa Trail 3000K Hiking Diary – DAY104 A Conversation with a Stranger
It had already been seven days without a shower. Even while hiking through New Zealand in early autumn, my skin was…
| New Zealand to the Ends of the Earth | Te Araroa Trail 3000K Hiking Diary – DAY 103 First Snow on the Trail
When I could walk, I still did my best to stick to the Te Araroa Trail's planned route...
| New Zealand to the World’s Edge | Te Araroa Trail 3000km Recap Journal – DAY 99 Hands and Feet
Apart from walking, my feet also completed New Zealand's Te Ar… using another form of movement
| To the Ends of the Earth | Te Araroa Trail 3000km Hiking Retrospective – DAY0 Rest Day Hitchhike
Out on the Te Araroa Trail, the hitchhiking experi…
| New Zealand to the Far Corners | Te Araroa Trail 3000km Hiking Diary – DAY97 Unexpected Southern Lights
What? Aren't the Southern Lights only visible in Antarctica? New Zealand is indeed a place where…
| New Zealand to the Ends of the Earth | Te Araroa Trail 3000K Hiking Retrospective – DAY97 That Moment, On Top of My World
Hiking New Zealand's Te Araroa Trail, I've reached April…
| From New Zealand to the Ends of the Earth | Te Araroa Trail 3000K Trek – DAY94 Rollercoaster of Emotions
From the day I started walking, I was not alone, because I still had myself.…
| New Zealand to the Ends of the Earth | Te Araroa Trail 3000km Hiking Review Diary – DAY93 Emotional Roller Coaster
My feet soaked in the ice-cold creek water, I felt like a salmon swimming upstream, …
| From New Zealand to the World’s End | Te Araroa Trail 3000km Hiking Retrospective – DAY92 Complaints About the TA Route
New Zealand's Te Araroa Trail planning has some humorous aspects that are hard to make sense of...
| New Zealand to the World’s End | Te Araroa Trail 3000K Trek Retrospective – DAY91 The Milk-Blue River
Reached the 2,200-kilometer mark of Te Araroa Trail…
| To the Ends of the Earth | Te Araroa Trail 3000km Hiking Review – DAY 78-80 Foot Injury Flares Up Again at Nelson Lake
Trekking and conversing with nature, also conversing with oneself.
| From New Zealand to the Ends of the Earth | Te Araroa Trail 3000K Trekking Retrospective Diary – DAY 73-75 New Challenges, New Perspectives Richmond Range
Ridge lines, ridge lines – people always talk about this term, yet starting my journey from New Zealand's North Island Te …
| From New Zealand to the Ends of the Earth | Te Araroa Trail 3000km Hiking Review Diary – DAY66-68 Starting the South Island Trail
Returning to the Te Araroa Trail, stepping onto the South Island path: new pack…