Want to win gear and vouchers from Walk1200km partners? Complete the #microchallenges as these Walk1200km participants have done and receive a Walk1200km badge. The best efforts receive a special prize from our partners!

Seen that you’ve won?
To claim your prize, email your address and a photo of yourself holding this issue (March 2023) of Wilderness to: walk1200km@lifestylepublishing.co.nz.

#microchallenge10: Share Walk1200km with a friend

Further Faster $100 Gift Voucher Winner

Conall Maskey introduced his wife (featured photo above) to the Walk1200km challenge on a Christmas Day mission to Angelus Hut. Conall wins a $100 voucher from Walk1200km outdoor retail partner, Further Faster. 

Badge winners

Luca Tiger introduced her friends Tammie and Toby to the challenge as they walked the Gillespie Pass Circuit.

Danielle Brown roped in her mum and now both are doing the Walk1200km challenge

#microchallenge11: Find an unusual stone

$100 Back Country Cuisine Voucher winner

Janet Goodman found this ‘heart of stone’ in the Maruia River. Janet wins a $100 voucher from the Walk1200km food partner, Back Country Cuisine.

Kristina Moore found plenty of stones on the Gillespie Lagoon Track near Fox Glacier. The stone track ‘carried on for about 2km until the track hit the stones on the beach’.

Katie Durkmead found some stones in the Marlborough Sounds. “There’s so much difference and variation that you can find from just one stream.”

#microchallenge12: Pick some flowers

Fenix HM70R Headlamp winner

While walking up the Young Valley with three of his sons, Duane Ashman found some flowers for his wife Sarah who was back in Makarora looking after fourth son Zach who had broken his leg. Duan’e Feniz headlamp is supplied by Walk1200km Safety Partner Plan My Walk

Valerie Coulter added her own twist to the #microchallenge by making a bouquet out of driftwood, feathers and other dried vegetation.

Bridget Bruorton and her daughter Sasha picked a handful of colours on a track above Lyttleton on the Port Hills.

Congratulations to all our winners. Don’t forget, we set three new #microchallenges each month – find them on the Wilderness website or in the current issue.