Many thanks to all who have contributed and followed Oscar and his challenge. We have moved the completion date so we can present the funds to the School in the new year. Hopefully this will help more kids access this programme and encourage other schools to provide this kind of support.
Oscar has surpassed his goal of completing the challenge of biking the 3000km from Cape Reinga to Bluff in 30 days by 3 days. What an awesome effort that took an enormous amount of grit and determination from a 14 year old. Well done Oscar!
The boys have been putting in some big days (I think they are keen to get it finished!). They covered 140Km today making it to Mossburn before the final push to the Bluff tomorrow
The boys are making great progress and have just completed the West Coast. They have had a few issues with panniers breaking from bumping along the off-road trails. Fortunately with a bit of kiwi ingenuity with inner tubes and numerous zip ties everything seems to be hanging in there.
They have had many ups and downs, literally and mentally - travelling through the Pureora Forest Park through to the Whanganui National Park. They have been offline for a while as very little coverage, unfortunately so was the tracker but is all ok and working again. Last night they camped at the Mangapurua Trig Campsite which gave spectacular views from Taranaki to the fires in Ruapehu. They woke and did a "quick" 20km ride to the Whanganui River onto a jetboat to Pipiriki, then crammed a 70km ride through to Whanganui in the afternoon, needless to say they are tuckered out tonight.
They have made their way around Auckland and are now making their way down the coast. They are making the most of more food places, trying to replenish the reserves!
It was a gruelling start for the boys. A 15 hour day....12 hours of that was on 90mile beach with a constant 30-40Km head on wind. At 10pm, exhausted, burnt and blistered from the salt winds they found an empty section to spend the night as everything was closed, then an early start for the next leg. After some long days they just made it to the boat to cross the Kaipara harbour on 3/11/25.
The boys have planned to leave Cape Reinga on 31st October...Oscar will keep everyone updated through the Facebook and Instagram links below. Oscar and his dad have been putting in some big rides in all weather in preparation.
