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RE: Showcase-Sunday: Prequel to my Kokoda trek
That is amazing you were able to stay out for six days in that rough terrain. I checked out Owen Stanley mountain range, wow man I am impressed, quite the challenge.
Gold star coming your way!!
I was a much fitter man back then, and quite determined. It's a dangerous trek to be honest, Only a month before I went an Aussie trekking group found themselves in the middle of a tribal war where some of the locals were massacred with machetes. The trekkers were not harmed. The only way off the Trail is by foot or helo from the highest point. Get injured at the bottom of a mountain and the medevac can't get down there...You walk, or are carried up for the dust off. A helo ride out is about $5,000 at the trekkers cost and insurance won't cover it. In fact I had no insurance coverage due to the trek being so notorious.
Anyway, you'll see if you look for the next instalments.
Thanks for commenting.