Wildboy: An Epic Trek Around the Coast of New Zealand

Author(s): Brando Yelavich

NZ Non-Fiction

Fast going off the rails and hanging out with the wrong crowd, Brando Yelavich, a plucky 20-year-old from Auckland's North Shore, decided he needed to change his life. He needed a mission. He was going to walk around New Zealand. Brando reached Cape Reinga on 23 August 2014 after a gruelling journey of over 8000 kilometres, traversed almost completely on foot over 600 days - the first time it had ever been done. It was an outlandish odyssey of physical and mental fortitude. He slept under the stars and lived off the land. He almost drowned on several occasions and experienced near-hypothermia. He gained 20 kilograms. But the transformation ran much deeper. As much for fans of Bear Grylls or Cheryl Strayed's Wild as it is for those of the off-the-grid outdoors Kiwi experience, Wildboy is a ripping adventure story with an inspiring life change at its heart.

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Shortlisted for New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults: HELL Children's Choice Non-Fiction 2016.

General Fields

  • : 9780143573159
  • : Penguin Group (NZ)
  • : 0.33
  • : May 2015
  • : 21.00 cmmm X 15.50 cmmm
  • : New Zealand
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Brando Yelavich
  • : 288
  • : 796.50993092
  • : en
  • : Paperback