The ridgleine on the Kepler Track is something to behold. Photo: Sam Harrison

Knocking on heaven’s door

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How a Great Walk started a great love affair with New Zealand’s backcountry

My heart slammed to a stop as the adrenaline fizzed. I felt light-headed, giddy, synapses firing, every sensation in overdrive. Was I coming or going? What was the day, the month? Heck, did I even care? I was mesmerised, caught in a spell. All that mattered was drowning in the glorious moment. I’d worry about […]
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Katrina Megget

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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.

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