Why I’m doing Walk1200km

I’m doing it for my mental health

Chris Kemp is walking 1200km for his mental health.

Since going through a major relationship breakup several years ago, Chris Kemp has discovered that walking is essential to his mental health.

“I went to a very dark place with depression and the best thing for me was to get out and walk for days to clear my mind,” Chris says. “That’s why I started walking and now if I don’t get out and go for my walk, I’m grumpy.”

Over the last few years he has been ticking off sections of Te Araroa Trail but he