Each month, three new #microchallenges are set to add interest and silliness to your kilometres.

These three fun #microchallenges will help you better appreciate your surroundings and have fun on your walks. Our favourite nine #microchallenge completers receive a Walk1200km badge, and the best entry for each challenge receives a prize from our partners. 

#microchallenge22: Make yourself big or small

Make yourself very big or very small on your next walk by using natural props, perspective and ingenuity. #microchallenge22

Partner prize: A pair of feet-comforting Bridgedale Midweight Merino Performance Fit socks.

#microchallenge23: Capture a sunrise or sunset

Shorter days make it a tad easier to catch the sunrise or sunset. We’re looking for spectacular, artistic compositions, vibrant colours and interesting subject matter. #microchallenge23

Partner prize: A $100 Back Country Cuisine voucher

#microchallenge24: Cross a bridge

Take a photo of yourself crossing a bridge. It doesn’t matter where it is – a backcountry swingbridge, even a road bridge or anything in between – but you must be in the frame and include details of where it is. #microchallenge24

Partner prize: Big Agnes Impassable 20 pack worth $360!

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. #microchallenge22 – by July 20 (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 August 2024 issue of Wilderness. 

Got an idea for a challenge? Email walk1200km@lifestylepublishing.co.nz