How to keep electronics charged while hiking the Te Araroa end to end thru hike. In this video I’ll share with you what I’ve learnt about keeping my electronics and phone charged while hiking and as preparation to hike Te Araroa, New Zealand’s Long Trail. These principles apply the same if it’s an overnight hike, a multi day hike or a thru hike like New Zealand’s 3,000 kilometre Te Araroa trail which I’ll be hiking this coming season. The main electronics I typically take and which need charging are my phone, headlamp and camera.

I’ve chosen one of my favourite desert hikes as the video backdrop, this is the Tongariro Northern Circuit which I hiked over four particularly hot and windy days.