Our final day of hiking for our Kepler team was EPIC. So epic, in fact, that it has taken me until now to recover long enough to write about it. We were down to 8 in number, as Carol, Dave, and Jen decided to explore Te Anau by eBike. They took off about 8.30am and […]
Today i want to tell you a little bit about each of the team that came to Kepler with us, because it seems like many of us don’t go ahead and try things like this adventure; not because we don’t want to, but because we don’t think we can. Everyone has their “stuff”, and our […]
Well, we finally got to use our rain gear on the Milford Sound track, but even then we were lucky! Despite our earliest wake-up time yet, daylight savings ended in NZ so we actually got an extra hour! The rain was pounding down as we got dressed and ready in the dark, and we met […]
Day 4 of our Kepler Track adventure was forecast to rain. We were resigned to this and rather relieved to sue our gear, since it had been sitting in our bags being lugged from one end of the ranges to the other for four days! Getting to our bus on time meant getting up 30min […]
Today. We. Were. F*king. Sore. Day 3 of our Kepler Track adventure dawned on a group who’s calves had seized, backs were aching, and shoulders were refusing to take a backpack. To make it worse, we knew we had to hike even further today – although by all reports the trail was easier, there was […]
Something i forgot to tell you earlier was a little story that occurred on the way to Manapouri a few days ago. We were all admiring the lake on the way out of Queenstown, when Karla asked if they got whales often? Yes. Whales. In an inland lake. Dave insisted on including this story, and […]
Oooch Day 1 of the Kepler Trail was flagged as a tough one. Most of us had a sleepless night, despite the leisurely start. We were picked up at 9.45am… but it felt like 6.45am. It was only just light, there had been snow overnight, and tension was high. There was a big squish to […]
Day 1 for our 2023 IntoYou Hiking Group has already been eventful and adventurous! Firstly, we had conflicting advice regarding dehydrated foods in the airport. All of us had to undergo a bag inspection as well as a shoe inspection and X-Ray, but we eventually jumped all the hoops and made it out to the […]
So he managed to keep it quiet until the last minute, but we are flying out for our 2023 Hiking Group Adventure on Brave Dave’s birthday! So the team have made sure his day has started well by taking him out for a birthday drink. Our Hiking Group culminated last Saturday with a interminable 20km […]
Last weekend our Hiking Group engaged in a mini-version of the event they’re training for – Kepler Track in NZ. The goal of the training up until this point has been to build up to a “pack weight”. Our adventurers were asked to build up to a fitness that allowed them to complete 15km two […]
