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Julia Clarke

"Raw ultra thru-hiking madness": German hiker burns through 4 pairs of Altras to deliver decisive new women's record on New Zealand's iconic Te Araroa Trail

German thru-hiker Paulina Zäck on the Te Araroa Trail.

Not two months after Karel Sabbe set a blistering new men's pace on New Zealand's Te Araroa Trail, the women's record has also been rewritten. On March 27, Paulina Zäck arrived at Cape Reinga after taking just 54 days, 9 hours, and 48 minutes to travel the entire length of New Zealand on foot.

The record from the German thru-hiker and trail runner is both a new women’s self-supported and women’s overall fastest known time (FKT), blasting the previous record set by Kiwi Brooke Thomas in 2021 by three days.

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