Gay Man Walking
starring in
Te
Araroa
"The Long Pathway"
3041km/1890 miles, 107 days, New Zealand
Watch as Gay Man Walking embarks on an adventure down Te Araroa, New Zealand's official long distance trail, running the length of the entire country. Not the wispy-in-comparison width of the country despite what his equally wispy body sometimes wished was its reality. Alas him and his body survived the journey down the length and are here to share it with the world one episode of him using his Go Pro as a therapist* at a time.
Join him and his body as they trudge through the giant jungle fern covered mountain passes to reach the hamburgers on the other side. Laugh with/at him as he battles trails that convert themselves to mud as soon as they catch his eye, loses precious hours of sunlight as he stops every four minutes at the ever-so-temping blackberry bush-traps, and trips over his hiking poles or accidentally stabs innocent fallen leaves and passerby's feet.
The ins-and-outs of his journey down the 3000km "Long Pathway" are here, for your entertainment, education, and misinformation. Who knows? Maybe through all the emotional confessionals, plethora of mistakes made, and overall doe-eyed enthusiasm Ross has for hiking most of the thing, you may gain some insight into what life could be like on trail, the Te Araroa in general, and how to dance-walk to Shakira through the Southern Alps.
Feel free to send him a message here if you have any questions, comments, concerns, feedback, free money, pizza, or just want to tell him the answers to so many of the questions he asks about the nature he films yet know absolutely nothing about. Buckle in for a wild ride of emotions, sandflies, and a pig named Julia, and be prepared to learn that the translated name of Te Araroa, "The Long Pathway", may be the biggest understatement in the world.
*my Go Pro actually comes up as 'Therapist' when connected to me devices...Enjoy!
directory
Hover below to see which episodes are in each page!
Start of South Island
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1-3
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4-6
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7-9
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10-12
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13-16
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17-19
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20-22
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23-25
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26-28
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29-30
The white numbers are the episodes within each section
Bream Head to Dome Forest
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Episode 5
Northland Forests
Episode 2
Episode 4
Nuguru to Bream Head Track
Cape Reigna,
90 Mile Beach
Episode 1
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Episode 3
Keri Keri to Nuguru
Dome Forest to
Clevedon via Auckland
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Episode 6
Clevedon to
Hamilton area
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Episode 7
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Hamilton area
to Te Kuiti
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Episode 8
Te Kuiti to
Pureora Forest
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Episode 9
Pureora Forest
to 42nd Traverse
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Episode 10
42nd Traverse
to Round the Mountain
Track
(not Te Araroa)
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Episode 11
Walking the Wanganui River
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Episode 12
Wanganui to
Palmerston North
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Episode 13
Tararua Ranges
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Episode 14
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Episode 15
Tararua Ranges to Porirua
Wellington
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Episode 16
Picton to Pelorus River Track
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Episode 17
Richmond
Ranges
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Episode 18
Richmond Ranges
to Caroline Creek
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Episode 19
Caroline Creek
to Canterbury
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Episode 20
Canterbury region to Lake Selfe
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Episode 21
Lake Selfe to Two Thumb Track
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Episode 22
Two Thumb Track to Lake Ohau
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Episode 23
Lake Ohau to
Lake Hawea
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Episode 24
Lake Hawea to
Motatapu Ranges
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Episode 25
Queenstown and
Mavora Walkway
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Episode 26
Mavora Walkway
to Takitimu Track
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Episode 27
Southlands
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Episode 28
Southlands to
Oreti Beach Track
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Episode 29
To Bluff!
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Episode 30
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