22 October 2026 Maunganui Bluff Campsite to Hukatere Lodge Campground 18.7 mi/31km We’re some of the first to wake up and some of the last to leave. Ain’t that just the way. It’s not super cold this morning, and I’m not as sore as I expected, but I’m still just moving so slowly. Mash makes …
21 October 2026 Twilight Campsite to Maunganui Bluff Campsite 30 km/17.5 mi The first night on trail is always rough for me. I don’t sleep super well, thrashing around and having to get up multiple times. But I know, from experience, that it will get better over time. It’s only the first morning. Eventually I …
20 October 2026 Te Rerenga Wairua (Cape Reinga) to Twilight Campsite 12 km/7.8 mi I wake up and it is the morning at the start of a thru hike. At the hostel in Kaitaia, Northland, Aotearoa, New Zealand. The room is dark, I’m covered in three blankets, after a long and cozy night of sleep. …
August 6-7, 2023 August 6: ~3 miles hiked I wake up without an alarm around 7:45. It’s smoky today all of a sudden. I’m extremely grateful all over again for the great weather we’ve had this whole trip. Apart from Trauma Night, as we’ve been calling the cold wet talus experience, it has been very …
August 5, 2023 ~3 miles hiked Without an alarm, I wake up around 8. The sun is filtering through the trees and warming up my tent so pleasantly. Ahh. Sleeping in. When I pop my head out I can see that Carrot and Chelsea are sitting on the gravel bar around a fire in the …
Continue reading Brooks Range Day 7: Morning Fire, Afternoon Meander
August 4, 2023 ~10 miles hiked It’s town day! Town day! The energy is decidedly excellent this morning even if the packing up of wet sandy tents is not. It feels exactly like a short nero into town along a long-distance trail. We follow the gravel in the river until we spot the ATV track …
August 3, 2023 ~14 miles Our starts are creeping progressively earlier every day. Today my 5:15 alarm wakes me up mid-dream, open-mouthed and drooling. I can’t locate my phone and I’m so confused. Finally I find it, struggle very hard with the temptation to just go back to sleep, and force myself up. Hello! It’s …
Continue reading Brooks Range Day 5: In the Land of Cloudberries
August 2, 2023 ~10 miles hiked Since I put off going outside to pee last night for so long, I wake up pretty early and decide to just do that and get my bear bag at the same time. I have what feels like all the time in the world to have breakfast and wake …
August 1, 2023 ~12 miles Another chill morning, another day when we leave slightly later than planned, but hey ho, we’re doing the thing. I have my breakfast and coffee and then pack up and have a little cathole moment and I’m ready to go! We walk downhill towards the huge bog at the floor …
July 31, 2023 ~8 miles I dream that my best friend picks me up from the Brooks Range and takes me to Poundland, the UK equivalent of Dollar Tree. There I buy everything I’m missing on this trip and am angry at myself for forgetting: waterproof gloves, long pants, an extra set of leggings, sleep …
