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The Wild For Nature Peak Bagging Challenge

1st January 2023 to 30th November 2023
The Wild For Nature Peak Bagging Challenge

Challenge Type: Peak Challenge

Challenge Goal: Number of unique peaks

About the Challenge:

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.

View all 100 qualifying peaks

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!

Challenge Prizes:
Medals

The Trust will award medals (yes, real medals!) based on how many of the nominated peaks you tick off before the end of November:

  • 10 peaks = a bronze medal
  • 15 peaks = a silver medal
  • 20 peaks = a gold medal
  • 25 peaks = a platinum medal

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.

Race Entries

The Trust is putting up 4 free entries to The WILD on December 7th - 9th.

  • each person who has achieved bronze medal status (or above) by 31st July 2023 will go in the draw to win a free entry to the Beast of Brow (11k, 1050m) event
  • each person who has achieved silver medal status (or above) by 31st July 2023 will go in the draw to win a free entry to the V1600 (30k, 1600m) event
  • each person who has achieved gold medal status (or above) by 31st July 2023 will go in the draw to win a free entry to the V3000 (64k, 3000m) event
  • each person who has achieved platinum medal status by 31st July 2023 will go in the draw to win a free entry to the V5000 (86k 5050m) event
Instagram Prizes

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!

Peak criteria:

The following peaks are included in this challenge:

View all 100 qualifying peaks

Challenge Leaderboard

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Wild Explorer Peaks Bagged
1 Sonia Panapa 40
2 Jennifer Hancock 36
3 Simon Bartley 26
4 Brook van Reenen 25
=5 Anthony Sowerby 24
=5 Sarah Coxon 24
7 Georgie Griffiths 22
8 Raewyn Peters 21
9 Nat Thompson 17
=10 Jasmine MNijel 16
=10 Sam Mowat 16
12 Steve Anderson 15
=13 Jamie Hall 13
=13 Rie Kim 13
15 Rosie Roams 12
=16 Isobel Oakley 11
=16 Max Stenhouse Burgess 11
=16 Jo Steven 11
=16 Ben Brown 11
=20 Ryan Hattle 10
=20 Kyle Malone 10
=22 Emily Oliver 9
=22 Sarah Bauer 9
=22 Isobel Stout 9
=22 Justyna Blajerska 9
=22 Dan Martin 9
=22 Darrell Henderson 9
=28 Poppie Johnson 8
=28 Charlotte Evans 8
30 Magnus Hammarsal 7
=31 William Hart 6
=31 James Brewer 6
=31 ewald kruger 6
=31 Matt Hall-White 6
=31 Tony Sharpe 6
=31 Grant Allerby 6
=31 Rob Bathgate 6
=31 Tim Purchase 6
=31 Steph Hobbs 6
=31 Anne-Louise Robertson 6
=41 Joe Benbow 5
=41 Ian Gilmour 5
=41 Steve Tripp 5
=41 Lisa Ainley 5
=41 Emma Rogers 5
=41 Alex Watson 5
=41 David Brock 5
=41 Kirsty Hamlin 5
=41 Sandrine Douarin 5
=41 Linus Corin 5
=51 Bryn Jenkins 4
=51 Jo Bailey 4
=51 Adam Clifford 4
=51 Caitlin Knox 4
=51 Allysia Kraakman 4
=51 Tamsen Walker 4
=51 Alicia Paulsen 4
=51 Pete Marshall 4
=51 Richele McKenzie 4
=51 Sean McWilliams 4
=51 Malcolm Law 4
=51 Jayne Tankersley 4
=51 Mikey Ball 4
=51 June Hart 4
=51 Rich Martin 4
=66 Michele Mill 3
=66 Petra Hnykova 3
=66 Doug Moore 3
=66 Katie Ridley 3
=66 Richard Tumaliuan 3
=66 Holly Barclay 3
=66 Natalie Hitchings 3
=66 Simon Budd 3
=66 Koleighne Ford 3
=66 Heather McDonald 3
=66 Benjamin Still 3
=66 Kamala Hayman 3
=66 Keri Bidmead 3
=66 Lynette ELFICK 3
=66 Linda Hopper 3
=66 David Lockhart 3
=66 Jeremy Wheeler 3
=66 Keri Devine 3
=66 Nick Pharo 3
=66 Mike Monastra 3
=66 Jonathan Drake 3
=66 Shonagh North 3
=66 Jill Goldfinch 3
=66 Kerry Bennett 3
=66 Darren de Groot 3
=66 Brian Aitken 3
=92 Peter Savage 2
=92 Michael Morrison 2
=92 Dean Harvey 2
=92 Paul Forbes 2
=92 Andy Rawlins 2
=92 Jon Culley 2
=92 Jamie Calder 2
=92 Solitaire Durante 2
=92 Jessie Lott (Reid) 2
=92 Natalie Ganley 2
=92 Katie Wright 2
=92 Steve Beatson 2
=92 Angela Hewlett 2
=92 Mike Kerr 2
=92 Murray Taylor 2
=92 Kat Webber 2
=92 Katie Oliver 2
=92 Matt Halverson 2
=92 Jody Paddy 2
=92 Lynda Watson 2
=92 Jonathan Roughan 2
=92 Natalie Ball 2
=92 Tracey McKay 2
=92 Elspeth Knewstubb 2
=92 Steve Stewart 2
=92 Mike McManaway 2
=92 Kerryn Stewart 2
=92 Sandi Cooper 2
=92 Mason Spiers 2
=92 Rebecca Deutsch 2
=92 Natasja Wilmot 2
=92 Debbi Bamfield 2
=92 Quinn Hawkins 2
=92 Derek Mc goldrick 2
=92 Jacki Key 2
=92 Sophie Beaumont 2
=92 Tim Carpenter 2
=92 Denise Limby 2
=92 Rachael Tobeck 2
=92 Alun Davies 2
=92 Scott Ferguson 2
=92 Billy Powell 2
=92 Donna Edwards 2
=92 Annelise La Roche 2
=136 Blue Tangiora 1
=136 Mark Craig 1
=136 Stefanie Parks 1
=136 Helen Brunner 1
=136 Neil Trimboy 1
=136 Caro Orum 1
=136 Olivia Harris 1
=136 John Iseli 1
=136 Matt Barton 1
=136 Michael Loftus 1
=136 Jake Trinder 1
=136 Andy Crosland 1
=136 Zack Reimer 1
=136 Bill Emmens 1
=136 Nikki Kear 1
=136 julie stewart 1
=136 Megan Hinton 1
=136 Isaac Tripp 1
=136 Rachel Whitcombe 1
=136 David Hosking 1
=136 Neil Maclennan 1
=136 Maximilliano Molina 1
=136 Natalie Atkin 1
=136 Samuel Shergold 1
=136 Sarah Lee 1
=136 Suzannah Toulmin 1
=136 Alice Sagar 1
=136 Sonja Vreugdenhil 1
=136 Adam Forwood 1
=136 Conor Keena 1
=136 Garry Walker 1
=136 Tim Shaw 1
=136 Liam Wilson 1
=136 Tracey McMillan 1
170 Jordan Van Der Klei 0
=169 Chrissy Schreiber 0
=169 helen chisholm 0
=169 Paul Nicholas 0
=169 Robert McDonald 0
=169 Diana Adams 0
=169 Teresa Norgren 0
=169 Iain Menmuir 0
=169 Angela Ruegger 0
=169 Ardouin Jeans 0
=169 Lu Rvs 0
=169 Jodi Kearney 0
=169 Corey Woodward 0
=169 Sharon Davis 0
=169 Dennis de Monchy 0
=169 Beckie Marshall 0
=169 Brendon Pascoe 0
=169 Noeline Best 0
=169 Jayde Kruger 0
=169 Heidi Su 0
=169 Pip Guthrey 0
=169 Jerry Varghese 0
=169 Dianne Rawson 0
=169 Rudolf Plucinsky 0
=169 Karen Spencer 0
=169 Rebecca Mehrtens 0
=169 Amy Whitehead 0
=169 Mark Rowbotham 0
=169 Malcolm Webb 0
=169 Annette Adams 0
=169 James Stewart 0

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