Te Araroa 1: Cape Reinga & 90 Mile Beach

[@michellehanley4651]

This trail goes right past my house.. love watching you all pass..

[@aStrayLife]

Aww I love it! We’re so bright eyed and bushy tailed at the start!

[@nasszebiche5618]

Thanks for the videos. They are great and give a very good idea of how the trail looks like. I am planning on walking Te Araroa starting in October 2020 and this is so helpful for me. So happy that you had such a great first days, the weather was amazing. Lucky !

[@aStrayLife]

I’m glad you’re enjoying it! The trail ain’t as scary as everyone made it out to be and is actually really nice. The South Island is by far the best part!

[@GypsyGirl317]

Ninety Mile Beach is the "baptism by fire" of TA huh! ❤️

[@aStrayLife]

Haha for sure! Definitely filters out the weak real quick!

[@jennawhitman9462]

Sending good vibes! What beautiful views.

[@walkingisthebestmedicine]

Nice and cool edit work.. I start next week 🙏

[@aStrayLife]

Thank you! Best of luck! You’ll love it!

[@walkingisthebestmedicine]

A Stray Life Thank you 😀

[@NomadLifeKiwi]

Are there many places to get water along the way? Apart from the toilets that say 'Not suitable for drinking!'

[@aStrayLife]

We got water from the camps we stayed at. There were also several very small streams that could be used. But it does take an effort to ration what you’ve got

[@robmcgregor4467]

What are you filming with mate? Looks sharp as!!

[@aStrayLife]

Thanks! I’m using the iPhone 11 Pro on 1080 with 60fps. I think the first few videos I posted KZbin cut the quality down but they should be 1080 on all the recent ones! It’s so nice having the 2x zoom and the wide angle lens

[@walkingestonian]

@@aStrayLife did you do something that it would stop cutting the quatlity? I am not sure if it's also cutting mine or not.

[@aStrayLife]

@@walkingestonian I'm not sure. I was uploading from the iMovie app directly to youTube but I don't think they let you do that anymore.

[@kierano5496]

Can I ask what date you actually started?

[@aStrayLife]

I started on November 3

[@surfk9836]

If this is New Zealand, why is it not the 144.841 Kilometer Beach?

[@aStrayLife]

No idea why it has that name. It’s not even that long!

[@mrsealpoop7781]

SurfK9 the beach is actually 90 (or 88) km long. The error might be a misunderstanding, but there is also a theory that some people who went up the beach by horse figured that they traveled a certain amount of miles per day, and they were off their usual mark.

[@theyetti8811]

Moo