There was a time, when grappling with a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis, Victoria Bruce felt like she was falling into a black hole with no way out.
Exhausted and overwhelmed as she faced her childhood trauma while juggling a busy career and parenting, the solo mother realised the only time she felt at peace was tramping in nature.
And so a plan was hatched to take six months off and walk the length of Aotearoa – with her daughter Emilie by