Michelle

🏔 Amateur Hiker 📸 Amateur Storyteller 😟 Professional Worrier
🥾 TA NORTH 19/20

[Michelle @LongWhiteGypsy]

New video now LIVE on the channel, go check it out!! Running from a Deer in the Forest! Coming Face to Face with a Deer on the Mt Titiraupenga Track. https://t.co/VTJxMHpUs7

[Michelle @LongWhiteGypsy]

Believe it or not I can indeed make short videos without any unnecessary chatter.

Don't believe me?

Check out today's video from the Tree Trunk Gorge Track which has just dropped on the channel. Find the link and all the track info by clicking the lin… https://t.co/7OAkTXZQuH

[Michelle @LongWhiteGypsy]

New video now LIVE on the channel, go check it out!! Peace on the Tree Trunk Gorge Track - Kaimanawa Forest Park - Hiking New Zealand https://t.co/zuJyTfyZkX

[Michelle @LongWhiteGypsy]

How are you?

I've been easing back into things over the last week or so with some gentle walks on familiar tracks.

This one at Rotorua's Tikitapu / Blue Lake after an interesting experience trying to find another trail along the Green Lake (swipe for … https://t.co/pwCMl5hIRu

[Michelle @LongWhiteGypsy]

New video now LIVE on the channel, go check it out!! Answering Your Questions! Easing Back Into Uploads on the LWG Channel https://t.co/wrM2z2Z43y

[Michelle @LongWhiteGypsy]

Gaia, our Mother Earth 🌎

Thank you for your healing energy.

Happy Earth Day 😘

📸 Courtesy of @ladyofthelake83

#earthday #earthday2022 #earthdayeveryday https://t.co/xFICCppcD0

[Michelle @LongWhiteGypsy]

Regardless of whether it's a day hike or overnight trip, the psychology of the return journey on an out-and-back track has always intrigued me.

You've already hiked the route, but seeing it from a different angle comes with all kinds of unexpected pleas… https://t.co/aNMPKnspQi

[Michelle @LongWhiteGypsy]

Love overnight hiking but limited on time? Here's some tips for you!

More often than not these days I'm very limited on time available to go hiking, so here's a few factors that help me decide which trail to tackle next:

🛣 LOCATION. I usually pref… https://t.co/600qIc6V2y

[Michelle @LongWhiteGypsy]

New video now LIVE on the channel, go check it out!! Hiking to the Highest Waterfall in Tongariro National Park - Waitonga Falls Hike #shorts https://t.co/n25gcG8GI4

[Michelle @LongWhiteGypsy]

By now you should have watched my first solo overnight trip to Blyth Hut a few months ago (gosh, months?!).

If not, the link is still in my bio.

I'm just now catching up on posting some of the pictures and stories from that trip here.

Here are a few s… https://t.co/gVXzMPb9oe

[Michelle @LongWhiteGypsy]

The path through life sure is winding and eventful.

(Oh, and p.s. Hi 🙋‍♀️ again! I know it's been a while...)

You know, I had all these big plans for 2022. I was going to get on top of the LWG brand and really make some inroads into some of the goals I… https://t.co/elKj2buhyg

[Michelle @LongWhiteGypsy]

Someone said to me today, out of the blue:

"Michelle, you need to book a flight to see your sister in Christchurch."

It made me stop in my tracks. But I feel it.

The pull of the south is strong. Her wayward winds whistle through my heart and tug on m… https://t.co/dVM0yAyu5c

[Michelle @LongWhiteGypsy]

New video now LIVE on the channel, go check it out!! First Solo Overnight Hike :: Facing Anxiety Alone at Blyth Hut on the Round the Mountain Trail https://t.co/KneMTgji2Y

[Michelle @LongWhiteGypsy]

I did a thing.

I faced up to something that turned me back previously.

And I conquered it.

Find out all about it in today's video, watch out for the link here at 7PM NZST today!!

#faceyourfears #conquerfear #personalgrowth #solohiking #solohike #hik… https://t.co/3yEOURZura

[Michelle @LongWhiteGypsy]

New video now LIVE on the channel, go check it out!! EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT!! My Interview with a Backcountry Hut Warden - See Inside Hut Warden's Quarters! https://t.co/LXazII9By1

[Michelle @LongWhiteGypsy]

How lucky are we to have refuges like this to retreat to when we go tramping?

This is a hut appreciation post.

On a recent trip I was kept awake almost all night long by the violent creaking and groaning of the old wooden hut I'd chosen to stay at.

I… https://t.co/KSSG2FNlVC

[Michelle @LongWhiteGypsy]

New video now LIVE on the channel, go check it out!! Huts of the Tongariro Northern Circuit #shorts https://t.co/Gp5ltTwrke

[Michelle @LongWhiteGypsy]

Heaps of people ask how I navigate when I'm tramping.

For a long time I didn't go tramping unless it was on a well graded and marked track.

The Tongariro Alpine Crossing was my first proper day hike, easy to navigate because there were 1000 other peopl… https://t.co/RaWYWYyZxP

[Michelle @LongWhiteGypsy]

The rain starts at 2AM.

I stifle a palpable feeling of relief. I have an out.

I don’t yet feel fully recovered from the effort of the previous day, and my heart sinks at the thought of what lies ahead.

I tramp for me, but I also tramp for Mum. She’s b… https://t.co/30QpzDMjIP

[Michelle @LongWhiteGypsy]

I already knew the Mangatepopo Track was going to be a big ask for Mum, but at just a 3 hour estimate to complete I was hopeful.

Even if we plodded, it would only take around 4 hours to reach the hut, a relatively easy start to the circuit.

Mum seemed … https://t.co/L7L78wm4K5