With closed borders and struggling businesses, Te Anau sees a boost with Kepler Challenge. Photo / Supplied Just before 6:30 this morning across New Zealand, keen mountain runners sat around on ...

All going well he’ll complete the 60km lap of the Kepler track in about four and a half hours and will return to the control ... * Daniel Jones makes it four Kepler Challenge titles, Ruth ...

Jones Equals Kepler Challenge Record Saturday, 2 December 2023, 3:51 pm ... The Wellingtonian was pushed throughout the 60km lap of the Kepler Track by Daniel Balchin and David Haunschmidt ...

How a 1604 Supernova Presented a Challenge to Astronomers The supernova provided proof to Galileo, Kepler and others that the heavens were not fixed–although they were wrong about what caused ...

The capacity Kepler Challenge field of 450 runners, ... The English-born New Zealand mountain running representative from Wanaka comfortably won the 60km lap around the Kepler Track in 5hr 48min, ...

A mountain challenge was then born when, in 1988, 150 competitors lined up to tackle the fresh track that was barely trodden on in parts. Conservation Ranger at the time, Ken Bradley, described it as ...

Excited Kiwi mountain runners came together to run through the Kepler Track in the Fiordland National Park. The mountain race, which takes place every year on the first Saturday of December, sees ...

New Zealand's Great Walks, nine hiking loops that range from about 20 to 50 miles around, provide the country's ultimate scenic tour. "They're iconic long distance hikes," said Kiwi adventurer ...

The track starts off with 5.6K of absurdly smooth, extremely pleasant pine needles, moss, and forest duff. It is so wide and so smooth that calling it singletrack would be a misrepresentation.

The Kepler Track is a 60-kilometre loop in Fiordland National Park, near Lake Manapouri and Te Anau. It takes three to four days to complete and is considered one of New Zealand's Great Walks.