Day 41/50 🥾Te Araroa Trail - The North Island 🇳🇿
📍Supported by ZOLEO @zoleolifeeurope #ChallengeWithZoleo
ℹ️Stats: Date: Monday 11th December
Weather: Sunny & hot ☀️
From: Mayhem Roost - Trail Angels 😇 1437
Start time: 7.45am hitch to fielding
8.25am start in Fielding
To: Palmerston North
End time: 3pm
Accommodation: Trail Angel 😇 bed
Terrain: flat, road walking, animal pastures
🥾Km: 27.8
🦶Steps: 34,962
🚗 Hitch 1 - with Julie to Fielding 1437-1460 = 23km
Total Km: 1483/1715 = 86% ✅
💰Costs: $30 trail Angel - bed, shower & laundry
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 5/10
Fatigue: 7/10
Ease of terrain: 4/10
⭐️Highlights: staying with a trail Angel 😇, having wifi (which is semi fast)
🏔️Challenges: none really. It wasn’t roads, but it was a lot of concrete
💭Thoughts: the weather in the Rangers is not good. I’m going to see what happens over the next few days. Or else I might need to miss this section.
Day 42/50 🥾Te Araroa Trail - The North Island 🇳🇿
📍Supported by ZOLEO @zoleolifeeurope #ChallengeWithZoleo
ℹ️Stats: Date: Tuesday 12th December
Weather: cold & rainy 🌧️
From: Palmerston North - trail Angel 😇 house.
Start time: 7.10am (1483km marker )
To: 1522.5 - Burtton’s whare site
End time: 6pm
Accommodation: camped 🏕️
Terrain: road, gravel roads, forest roads, mud tracks. There was also some well maintained paths as well.
🥾Km: 36.1
🦶Steps: 46,336
River crossing -2 with multiple small stream crossings.
🎒Bag weight - 13.3kg
Total Km: 1522.5/1715 = 89% ✅
💰Costs: $0
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 6/10 - basic day - but enjoyable
Fatigue: 5/10 general tiredness has kicked in now
Ease of terrain: 5/10 not to bad today. Even the last few km in the mud were ok.
⭐️Highlights: reaching the overall half way point 🥳 of the trail -1500km walked/biked/canoed 🛶
🏔️Challenges: trying to set my tent up in the rain!
💭Thoughts: When you tell people what you are going to do and they share that info later “Sarah THINKS she’s going to do X “ and in my head it’s like….I don’t think - I’m going to do it - I’m going to do it. There is a difference.
🧠Sharing my thoughts on the trail and people not believing what I’m saying. it’s only when other male hikers share the exact same thoughts that its taken on board.
To me - it felt like my feedback and thoughts were dismissed- until a man said the exact same thing.
Day 43/50 🥾Te Araroa Trail - The North Island 🇳🇿
📍Supported by ZOLEO @zoleolifeeurope #ChallengeWithZoleo
ℹ️Stats: Wednesday 13th December
Weather: dry but cold
From: 1522.5 - Burtton’s whare site
Start time: 6.45am
To: Makahika Outdoor Centre and then onto Levin
End time: 5pm
Accommodation: Donna - Trail Angel 😇 blow up air mattress
Terrain: forest tracks, multiple river streams, steep muddy ascents & descents, more mud, more streams, gravel road.
🥾Km: 18.6
🦶Steps: 23,910
🚗 Ride with Donna from the Makahika Outdoor Centre into Levin
Total Km: 1551/1715 = 90% ✅
💰Costs: $50 - pick up, bed, dinner & drop off
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 7/10
Fatigue: 7/10
Ease of terrain: 7/10
⭐️Highlights: the last few kms were fun, it was relatively flat and I was going from the steams to the mud, to the streams again. Very enjoyable last section. 🥳
Meeting Donna and being properly looked after - amazing food 🍽️ and company 🥳
🏔️Challenges: making distance. It was slow going in parts. Lots of wet mud and roots. 45 mins per km.
💭Thoughts: my philosophy on social media is to “Document” what happens. I’m not trying to create a story.
I’m sharing the day to day of what happens - The highs, lows, challenges, set backs, costs, as well as the positives, the beauty, kindness of strangers and the nature.
I’m want women to go on more adventures and take on more challenges. But I want them to be prepared and ready for the reality of what’s ahead. So they can be successful 🏆
Day 44+45/50 🥾Te Araroa Trail - The North Island 🇳🇿
📍Supported by ZOLEO @zoleolifeeurope #ChallengeWithZoleo
ℹ️Stats: Date: Thursday 14th & 15th December
Weather: sunny ☀️ & hot/ normal
From: Levin
Start time: 10.50am
To: River Pā - 20 Reikorangi Rd
End time: 1pm
Accommodation: mattress in a church
Terrain: road hitch, pavement walk after a food shop.
🥾Km: 5.9
🦶Steps: 7551
🚗 hitch - Alan 🙏 Levin to Waikanae
Total Km: 1621/1715 = 95% ✅
💰Costs: $89 food… & 1 bottle of nice wine!!!
$20 accommodation (2 nights)
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 5/10
Fatigue: 6/10 - afternoon nap in the sun helped
Ease of terrain: 1/10
⭐️Highlights: cheap accommodation and access to a kitchen. Good weather and being able to sunbathe for a few hrs.
🏔️Challenges: waiting for a hitch!
💭Thoughts: I had a rest day on the 15th - slept, ate food, slept some more. It was a very chilled day.
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