In each issue, three new #microchallenges are set to add interest and silliness to your kilometres.

These three fun #microchallenges will help you to appreciate your surroundings and have fun on your walks. Our favourite six #microchallenge completers receive a money-can’t-buy limited edition Walk1200km badge, and the best entry for each challenge receives a prize from our partners. 

#microchallenge04: Find a face

Find a face in a tree, a cloud, a landscape or anything at all and tell us who or what you think it looks like.

Partner prize: A pair of Bridgedale Midweight Merino Performance Fit socks!

#microchallenge05: Eat an ice cream

Replace lost calories on a hot summer’s walk with the most lavish and souped-up ice cream you can find.
Partner prize: A $100 Back Country Cuisine voucher!

#microchallenge06: Take a shade photo

At this time of year it’s a lot cooler in the shade. Can you get creative and take a pleasing shadow photograph?
Partner prize: A pair of AKU Fly Rock Mid boots worth $380!

How to enter 

You must be a registered Walk1200km participant to win. Take a photo of yourself completing the challenge (yes, people make a photo more interesting and winsome!) and share it on the Walk1200km Facebook group with a descriptive caption and using the relevant hashtag – e.g. #microchallenge04 – by March 17 (or email entries to walk1200km@lifestylepublishing.co.nz with the relevant hashtag in the subject line and the description in the email). Winners will be published in the May 2025 issue of Wilderness. 

Do you have an idea for a challenge? Email walk1200km@lifestylepublishing.co.nz