This year I decided to finally participate in Twalk after hearing alot about it's reputation of being a tough event. And it sure didn't disappoint. I was in a team with my Dad and Steve for the 24 hour epic that would follow. This would be my first event after surgery on my jaw 6 weeks ago. After an early start in the UCSA carpark, we loaded on to buses with another 280ish competitors to travel to an unknown location. Our bus driver told us we were heading to Kaikoura, so as we started heading north we assumed that this location was indeed where we were heading. So as the bus turned off to start heading inland towards Ashley Gorge we realised we had been lied to. The start of the event was in fact at Glentui. After a chaotic start and somehow missing the first check point in the chaos of clowns, road cones, licorice allsorts and even a coffin we headed on to the general location of check point 2 where it soon became apparent in well known Twalk style we wouldn't find this