Complete the #microchallenges, as these Walk1200km participants have done, and receive an exclusive, can’t-be-bought Walk1200km badge. The best effort in each challenge also receives a special prize from our partners!

#microchallenge13: Create the perfect scroggin

Bridgedale Midweight Merino Performance Fit socks winner! Donna Broome’s scroggin recipe calls for peanuts, cashews, almonds, walnuts, pecans, dried tropical fruits and a few dark chocolate drops for good measure. 

Andrea Howard’s scroggin is “savoury and simple”: lightly salted cashews, tamari almonds and teriyaki beef jerky “for funsies”.

Heidi Jade’s scroggin recipe is “the perfect fruit-filled scroggin for delicious quick energy on the trails”. It contains dried persimmon, kiwifruit and Granny Smith apples with dinosaur lollies (“because those are always in season”). 

#microchallenge14: Give us a sign

$100 worth of Back Country Cuisine meals winner: Lisa Bailey spotted this cheeky sign in Leaning Lodge Hut, warning that any children conceived in the hut would become members of Otago Tramping and Mountaineering Club.

Garth Keighly thought this boot was a sign the Barra Track was about to get much rougher. “Thankfully it was fine all the way,” he says.

Lisa Ainley interpreted this blank sign as indicating ‘whiteout’ conditions after a fresh dump of snow. 

#microchallenge15: Hug a tree

Further Faster $100 voucher winner: Alisha Cross interpreted the task on a much smaller scale when she ‘hugged’ some moss on the Heaphy Track. “It was lush –  I would recommend it 10 out of 10,” she says.

Meghan Hosking felt double the love. “Why hug one tree when you can hug two?” she says.

Louise Ogden felt sorry for this small stump and crouched down to give it a wee hug.

Seen that you’ve won? 

To claim your prize, email a photo of yourself holding this issue of Wilderness to: walk1200km@lifestylepublishing.co.nz. Only registered Walk1200km participants are eligible to win, so make sure you’re registered!