I’ve created this blog with the intent to keep family and friends informed of my progress during a hike of New Zealand’s Te Araroa Trail.  I will update the blog roughly on a weekly basis as I reach towns and cities where I have access to wifi.   The hike will start during the first week of November and will take about 5 months.

Te Araroa is a 3068 km (1906 mi) trail that extends the entire length of both islands of New Zealand.  Details of the trail can be found here.  The North Island is typically more tame with rolling countryside, bushwalking terrain and towns along the trail at shorter intervals, where the South Island is more wild with mountain trails and towns spaced at greater intervals.  I am looking forward to the full variety of hiking that New Zealand has to offer. With less than two months to go before the hike I couldn’t be more excited to get started.  I’ve been planning for this for more than 2 years and its hard to believe that it’s almost here.