I spoke to Kingsley earlier today and he said the group are going really well with Terry our ex trekker at the rear but hanging in there. In 2006 he hired a porter but this year in 2011 he is back to prove he can meet the challenge of walking and carrying his own backpack. The way he spoke was like he had unfinished business and wanted to prove…[Read more]

To enable Mark the chance of catching up quickly we made the decision for Barry to carry Mark's backpack and for Mark to carry Barry's daypack. Barry also entered this year's Kokoda Challenge Race so was up to the task and the challenge of allowing Mark to walk without a pack and to catch up quickly to the others who had commenced some two hours…[Read more]

At Owers' Corner, we took some photographs of Mark and Barry a porter from Sogeri who offered his services to walk in with him and turn back. This went ahead as planned and after catching up with the group Barry turned back and walked home to Sogeri. These photographs were taken shortly before they walked off to catch up with the others on…[Read more]

On the road back out to Owers' Corner we could not help but smile and stop for a photograph when we saw a rubber plantation driver taking a nap on the side of the road inside the cabin of his tractor – how uncomfortable would this be?P1170083__640x480_.JPGP1170084__640x480_.JPG

It was soon time to bid farewell to trek 788 as they disappeared down the hill towards Goldie River and head back down towards Port Moresby to collect Mark Wilkinson who had touched down the same time as we were leaving Owers' CornerP1170088__640x480_.JPG

Next off the ranks was Marcus Gilmore and Jenen Barai Special Note: the staff on this trek were personally selected due to their fitness levels and with the exception of Kingsley, were all competitors in this year's Kokoda Challenge event.P1170081__640x480_.JPG

They were followed by Jason O'Donnell with his personal porter Samson Joheri P1170080__640x480_.JPG

It was decided that the guys carrying their own backpacks along with our food porters lead off the trek down to Goldie River – they looked pretty happy as they walked off. In fact it was hard to get this photograph as they just wanted to get going.P1170079__640x480_.JPG

The guide for this trek is Kingsley Boropi.P1170082__640x480_.JPG

Not however, before photographs were taken under the archway:P1170078__640x480_.JPGP1170073__640x480_.JPG

After arriving at Owers' Corner everyone was busily arranging their gear so they could get away as quickly as they could as they had a big day ahead of them due to their schedule they had set for themselves.P1170077__640x480_.JPG

On the day of their trek I met with them at Sogeri Lodge and took the following photograph:P1170071__640x480_.JPG

Eric phoned in today from Maguli Range to say they were all going great and that they had spent last night at Ofi Creek and today were heading for Agulolo. Looking_back_at_Naoro_from___640x480_.jpg

Last night trekkers spent the night at Ua'Ule Creek and today will walk to Ofi Creek where they will spend the night. According to Eric they did really well yesterday.271368_10150304925030971_374403025970_9916375_7111050_o__640x480_.jpg

The guide for this trek is Eric Uwea from Sogeri:P1170064__640x480_.JPG

We were soon saying goodbye to trek 705 as they headed off down the hill:P1170060__640x480_.JPGP1170061__640x480_.JPG

Lets not forget their porters who are walking alongside them carrying their packs, Roget and Daniel:P1170056__640x480_.JPGP1170057__640x480_.JPG

Everything pretty much went to plan and by 8:30 trekkers were on there way down their first descent to Goldie River but not before we took some photographs under the archway:P1170055__640x480_.JPGP1170054__640x480_.JPGP1170059__640x480_.JPG

As planned, we picked up Vince and Kristie around 8am and drove them out to Owers' Corner the drop off point along with our staff who would be accompanying them on the track. Before we left Sogeri, they both suggested a photograph outside the entrance to the Sogeri Lodge. This was followed by a pat of the little puppies and we were soon driving…[Read more]

The following photographs were taken at Sogeri yesterday.P1170005__640x480_.JPGP1170011__640x480_.JPGP1170015__640x480_.JPG