Te Araroa is said to be very difficult when weighed ... but it's often not really a trail as much as it is a route through tussock or gorse or mud, or along a beach. "So it can be really humbling ...

Russ Cook, nicknamed Hardest Geezer, arriving at Ras Angela, Tunisia's most northerly point (Image: Russ Cook/PA Wire) Mr Cook, who covered more than 16,000km when he ran the length of Africa, said he ...