Trek 828: Just received a sat phone call from Trevor to say they have reached Templeton's Crossing II. Today Trevor said there was rain and lots of MUD so they had a tough day.SDC10594 640×480.JPG

Trekkers have now reached Naduri where they will spend the night. Everyone continues to do well.

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Today their guide Trevor Jinga decided to give them a short day to Menari Village.277681_10150304930915971_374403025970_9916443_1232806_o 640×480.jpg

Trekkers had a tough day yesterday as they made their way up to Naoro where they spent the night:IMGP1848 50% 640×480.JPG

Meet the team – our KTL Boys who are walking along with the group:The team 640×480.jpg

At Owers' Corner we took a group photogroup before they headed off towards Goldie River:Group Photograph.jpg

Below trekkers can be seen inside the bus that dropped them off at Owers' Corner:Bus.jpg

On the way to the drop off point, they were driven into Bomana War Cemetery:Bomana1.jpg

I concur with Wazza here. You cannot underestimate the need for strong legs when doing Kokoda. Do your training walks on hills and steps and do lots of them, for hours at a time. One of the key elements of training correctly is too ensure you work on your endurance and this can only be done by lonnnnnnngggg walks-work up to it and be capable of…[Read more]

Congratulations Chris on a wonderful achievement in running the Kokoda Track! I know it is hard enough to walk it let alone run it! you and all contestants are made of stern stuff indeed.

Congratulations also to all runners but especially Horace and Jessie, who were Porters with us on our Trek No. 872 back in April/May, it was an honour to walk…[Read more]

Hi all

Just a follow up to the previous posters and specifically Choppereid, who plans to trek in 2013, just on my experience, i would like to offer a few comments/suggestions:

Firstly about your knees, I can understand your plight, as I'm 67 at the moment and was when I trekked last and I've had 'Squash' knees for the past 35 years and other…[Read more]

Here is our Kokoda Trek Training Program.

[attachment=12606:KT Program.pdf]KT Program.pdf

Shattered but happy to have another well earned coke in front of me. I think the smile says it all.

Source: http://chriswight.blogspot.com/2012/08/70-years-in-making.html?spref=fb

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Kokoda was a running experience like no other i've had. If hard mountainous races and cultural and historical experiences are your thing, I can't recommend the Kokoda Challenge enough. All the international runners couldn't stop commenting how hard the race is, yet we all felt a touch of guilt at making such comments given the manner in which we…[Read more]

Years passed, I started running (not through my ambition to complete the Kokoda Challenge) and the idea of heading back to Kokoda had got lost a little, obscured by the countless other races available to run. Then, mid July this year, I receive an email from Damon Goerke asking if i'd be interested in joining him and a couple other guys to head…[Read more]

One night during that trek, while sitting around the campfire, Papuan runners started filtering through the campsite, stopping briefly to fill water bottles before disappearing again into the night. Each runner was wearing a red bib, carrying minimal gear and using a small handheld flashlight to light their path.

We gathered that this was a race…[Read more]

August 30 2005, myself, along with 15 other family members walked the Kokoda Track and installed a plaque adjacent Cons Rock, near the site where Butch died 63 years earlier.

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Congratulations Gail & Nathan on organising another sterling Kokoda Challenge Race, importantly on the 70th Anniversary of the Milne Bay conflict, a very important, but sometimes overlooked battle area.

Congratulations also to all the participants for even attempting the event in the first place and for those who finished the run.

A special…[Read more]

Gail has advised the Andy Turner & Chris Turnbull are at "Imita Ridge". Maybe 1-2 hours from finish line.

Our Two Japanese Runners Mr Yukiya Higuchi & Mr Makoto Yoshimoto are have almost reached the finish line.

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Dave Jennings are approx 3 hours away from the finish line at Ower's Corner.

Chris Turnbull spent the night at the half way point last night and is working his was to checkpoint 7.

Chris Turnbull GPS : http://www.kokodatra…id=KTR02-12-054

All checkpoint boys from checkpoint 1 through to checkpoint 6 are all heading to Ower's Corner as…[Read more]