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The Kepler Challenge

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The Kepler Challenge

Runners take part in the 2004 Kepler Challenge. The annual race, which started in 1988, covers around 60 kilometres of the Kepler Track in Fiordland National Park. On an exposed alpine section runners may be challenged by lashing rain and strong wind gusts.

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Nancy Swarbrick, National parks – Lower South Island parks, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14479/the-kepler-challenge (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2015.