Is your heart set on Te Araroa Trail but you’re not sure your legs will hack it? Well, trail legs can turn you into a walking machine – but it takes time. Shadows of dusk were creeping across the ground as I shuffled into the Makahika Outdoor Pursuit Centre at the base of the Tararua […]
About the author
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.
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