Mark, Murray and Campbell will butt heads with the original "Tongariro Goat" race. Starting top of Bruce Rd it's around the western side of Ruapehu. Following rugged rocks, scoria, river crossings and waterfalls it's a crawl back up the mountain for the final "mumma's mile" to the Turoa skifields.

we reckon one hard 20km slog seems nothing if it saves kids missing an education because its too far to walk over a mountain to the closest school each day. Through Hill Tribe Hope every dollar raised helps provide education for pre-schoolers in the Northern Thailand Villages of Krew-mo-Kee and Kraw-lor-Bur.