The author says you can take the girl out of the trail, but you can’t take the trail out of the girl. Photo: Katrina Megget

Once a thru-hiker, always a thru-hiker

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Katrina Megget

Katrina is a freelance journalist, life coach and adventurer who has walked Te Araroa and sailed around Great Britain.

By Katrina Megget

You live, breathe, sleep a thru-hike – it’s your life for three, four, six months. But even after it’s finished and you’re back in the real world, the trail’s tattoo remains.

It was weird being on a bus without a backpack and walking poles, without smelling like some rotting piece of fruit. It was a new experience after four and a bit months of walking along the squiggle of Te Araroa Trail. Through the window, I could see two men stopped by someone in the street. […]

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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.