Going the distance

April 2011

Read more from

April 2011

Photo: Mike Scott, The North Face
In a quest to find out who she is, Lisa Tamati runs insane distances, by Josh Gale   Lisa Tamati has seen emperor penguins in the desert. They watched her as she ran by in the 55-degree heat of Death Valley in eastern California. “When you’re running one or two nights without sleep and you’re […]
Josh Gale

About the author

Josh Gale

More From Wild People

Similar Articles

Choose wilderness over Wi-Fi

 Meet Sir Ed’s mate, Pete 

One knob at a time

Trending Now

The 2026 Wilderness Outdoor Photographer of the Year competition

Otamatapaio Hut, Oteake Conservation Park

Dirt bike trial on Tongariro Northern Circuit gets approval

A majestic coastal walk

Adventurer and author Dunc Wilson

Subscribe!
Each issue of Wilderness celebrates Aotearoa’s great outdoors — written and photographed with care, not algorithms.Subscribe and help keep our wild stories alive.

Join Wilderness. You'll see more, do more and live more.

Already a subscriber?  to keep reading. Or…

34 years of inspiring New Zealanders to explore the outdoors. Don’t miss out — subscribe today.

Your subscriber-only benefits:

All this for as little as $6.75/month.

1

free articles left this month.

Already a subscriber? Login Now