We did the Oxfam Trailwalker!

The PDL Panthers & Pumas have done the inaugural NZ Oxfam Trailwalker and we all finished!

The PDL Panthers team consisted of Olivier Ravel, his wife Phillippa, Michelle Brunt & Tammy Hamawi; The PDL Pumas team consisted of Duncan Evans (myself), my wife Gaewyn, James Ratu & Alanna Aarts (Balle Bros Exports)

We started as 2 teams of 4, we walked as a team of 4, and we finished it as a team of 4. We started in Taupo at 7am on Saturday morning and we walked, and we walked and we walked. We walked up hills, we walked down hills (sometimes Duncan went down the hill on all 4's!) We walked through bush, we walked over farmland, we walked through forests, we walked on roads. We walked all day long and kept on walking right through the night (with nosleep) into the next day. There was even a 3.4 earthquake at Taupo during the night but we kept right on walking.

At long last on Sunday morning in the pouring rain we all had finally walked 100km and crossed the finish line in Taupo.

The PDL Panthers had a total time of 25 Hours 32 minutes, placing as Team 66 over the line (out of 152 teams); The PDL Pumas had a total time of 26 Hours 55 minutes and placing as Team 84.

Our support crew were awesome in getting us through the event. They had hot food, hot drinks, and clean, dry socks ready for us at each checkpoint. They patched up our blisters, they massaged our tired, aching feet and sent us on our way with a word or two of encouragement.



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