Each month we set three new #microchallenges 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. The best entry for each challenge receives a prize from our partners.

#microchallenge25: Get above 160m in altitude

Climb a hill with a summit that is higher than 160m and take a photo of you enjoying the view.

#microchallenge25 Partner prize: Salewa Crow GTX boots worth $530!

#microchallenge26: Create your own quote about walking

“All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking”; “[There’s] nothing like a nighttime stroll to give you ideas” – great writers, scholars, thinkers and innovators throughout history have said that walking is the reason for their genius. Can you create a fun walking quote?

#microchallenge26 Partner prize: A pair of Bridgedale Midweight Merino Performance Fit socks.

#microchallenge27: Find two things of the same weight

On your walk collect two things you think might be the same weight (you get one guess!). Weigh them at home and share the result.

 #microchallenge27 Partner prize: A $100 voucher from retail partner Further Faster.

How to enter

Take a photo of yourself (yes, people make the photo more interesting!) completing the challenge and share it on the Walk1200km Facebook group with a descriptive caption and using the relevant hashtag – e.g. #microchallenge26 – by June 21 (or email entries to walk1200km@lifestylepublishing.co.nz with the relevant hashtag in the subject line). Winners will be published in the July 2023 issue of Wilderness. Got an idea fora challenge? Email walk1200km@lifestylepublishing.co.nz