The Wild For Nature Peak Bagging Challenge
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1st January 2023 to 30th November 2023
Peak Challenge
Number of unique peaks
Share Challenge
1st January 2023 to 30th November 2023
Peak Challenge
Number of unique peaks
The Wild For Nature Charitable Trust – the new owner and organiser of The WILD Epic Mountain Runs – will come into being early in 2023. Its stated purpose is “to encourage people of all abilities to pursue adventurous activities on foot and by doing so to benefit both themselves and the natural environment”
To kick things off the Trust has teamed up with Wild Things to challenge its members to get out there and get peak bagging during 2023.
It doesn’t matter how fast or slow you do this, just so long as it’s done on foot.
While going about it we also encourage you to take note of any specific challenges that the native flora and fauna around each peak face (or of the good work that humans are doing to lend nature a healing hand). Take a photo of these and post it to Instagram using the hashtag #wildfornaturechallenge to be in to win a spot prize (details below)
Your challenge is to run or walk up as many of the 100 listed peaks as you can between Jan 1st and 30th November 2023. The peaks are fairly evenly split between the North and South Islands.
NB each peak only counts once, no matter how many times you climb it. The idea is to have as many new adventures as possible, not repeat the same old same old numerous times!
The Trust will award medals (yes, real medals!) based on how many of the nominated peaks you tick off before the end of November:
Medals will be awarded in person at The WILD prizegiving in Arrowtown on December 10th or mailed shortly afterwards if you can’t be there.
The Trust is putting up 4 free entries to The WILD on December 7th - 9th.
Each month during the year we will award a $25 discount off an entry to The WILD (any distance) to the person who is judged to have posted the most thought provoking/meaningful picture to their Instagram account (Post please, NOT Story) using the hashtag #wildfornaturechallenge.
Relevance to the subject matter - specific challenges that the native flora and fauna around a peak face (or of the good work that humans are doing to lend nature a healing hand) – will be key in selecting winners.
There is no limit to how many monthly prizes you can win, so post away!
The following peaks are included in this challenge:
No worries — you can join a Wild Challenge at any time while it's running.
When you join, we'll automatically award any challenge points you've earned since the challenge started, so you won't miss out just because you joined late.
If you've only just connected Strava or Garmin, we'll sync your last three months of activities too, so eligible activities can still count towards the challenge.
Connect your Strava or Garmin account to Wild Things and we'll automatically sync your activities and add any that qualify to the challenge.
You don't need to add activities manually — just get out there and do your thing! Each challenge has its own criteria for earning points, so check the challenge details above to see what counts.
If you use both Strava and Garmin, you can connect both — we won't create duplicate activities.
Absolutely. You can join as many Wild Challenges as you like, and the same activity can earn points across multiple challenges if it meets the criteria for each one.
We usually draw challenge winners a few days after the challenge finishes. We wait at least 2–3 days to allow any late activities to sync from Strava or Garmin before finalising the results.
If you're a winner, we'll get in touch with you directly.
Yes. Wild Challenges are exclusively for Wild Things VIP members. Become a VIP and you can join any of our current challenges, earn points and be in to win some epic prizes.
No worries — you can join a Wild Challenge at any time while it's running.
When you join, we'll automatically award any challenge points you've earned since the challenge started, so you won't miss out just because you joined late.
If you've only just connected Strava or Garmin, we'll sync your last three months of activities too, so eligible activities can still count towards the challenge.
Connect your Strava or Garmin account to Wild Things and we'll automatically sync your activities and add any that qualify to the challenge.
You don't need to add activities manually — just get out there and do your thing! Each challenge has its own criteria for earning points, so check the challenge details above to see what counts.
If you use both Strava and Garmin, you can connect both — we won't create duplicate activities.
Absolutely. You can join as many Wild Challenges as you like, and the same activity can earn points across multiple challenges if it meets the criteria for each one.
We usually draw challenge winners a few days after the challenge finishes. We wait at least 2–3 days to allow any late activities to sync from Strava or Garmin before finalising the results.
If you're a winner, we'll get in touch with you directly.
Yes. Wild Challenges are exclusively for Wild Things VIP members. Become a VIP and you can join any of our current challenges, earn points and be in to win some epic prizes.
