Leg 2 Wairakei Block to Whakaipo

Distance 10.7km
Height Gained 100m, Height Lost -200m

A nice short leg between Checkpoints. Up Scoria Road to the Trig Station. From there downhill to Mapara Stream and a short segment through a Pine plantation. Emerging out onto farmland, then across Tukuairangi Road, back onto farmland to the Taupo Girl Guide Camp at Whakaipo Bay. 3 times on this leg I either tripped or slipped and went down on all fours. Luckily I did not hurt myself - rather I just gave my teammates something to laugh about. We had now done the first quarter of the Trailwalk. I had planned this leg as 2:01 and we did it in 2:05