Carrying 12 days of food for the Richmond Range section and having a small pack means being creative with how things are hung on the outside. Photo: Katrina Megget

Everything and almost the kitchen sink

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Katrina Megget

Katrina is a freelance journalist, life coach and adventurer who has walked Te Araroa and sailed around Great Britain.

By Katrina Megget

A long tramp like Te Araroa Trail means being prepared for all eventualities but there comes a limit.

It’s never a good idea to pack your backpack for the first time an hour before starting a six-month tramp. Bits of kit lay littered around me on the Airbnb floor. Various sizes and colours of dry bags, ropes, straps, repair kits, gear instructions, two sleeping bag liners (one for winter, one for summer), three […]

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Katrina Megget

Katrina Megget is a freelance journalist, life coach and adventurer and has written extensively for Wilderness about Te Araora. Her work has appeared in the British Medical Journal, Scientific American and The Telegraph, and she is the former editor of British B2B publication PharmaTimes Magazine. Katrina has walked Te Araroa and sailed around the coast of Great Britain with her husband. She is currently writing a book on her TA experience.