Day 2
2 March 2026
Nice morning heading out of Ahipara, coffee stop in Broadwood (NZs northern most English named town) getting hotter then onto gravel hills, rain, super downhills to Kohukohu, ferry over and then monster hills to Opononi and after Omapere . 5.5km climb was hard and more heavy rain. Got to Tane Mahuta photo checkpoint 2 hrs after closing 😁 then an absolute cool downhill for kms through kauri forest to pitch tent in the dark at Waipoua, rain and plenty of mosquitoes. Hard day! I’m sure my altitude recorder is wrong at 1614m of climbing
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I feel tired just reading about that leg. I don’t think that it is too hilly down to Dargaville and across to SH1😎😎
