Feedback from the Kokoda/Goroka Show Trek

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Trek 181 Fredback: Hi Gail, finally home after the Goroka show…well that was one show and a half…I don't know what I expected but whatever it was what we experienced was better!!!!

I have burnt a CD of pics including the shots from Goroka, and will put it in with a copy of the DVD we took along the track. I hope you and the boys get as much pleasure out of watching it as we have. I don't know if you have had a chance to make it up to Goroka for the festival but let me tell you IT'S A HOOT!!! 100 times worth doing, and what a way to get in a bit of R & R after the hard slog on the track. I can't believe more people don't combine the two experiences.

On to the Track….feedback….

Firstly I would like to thank you sincerely for all the help that you gave us from the planning stages until the day we left. Without your help my dream would not have been as full and round and easy to achieve as it was. Frankly, I don't know how you do it!!!

Thank you to you and thank you to Sippy and to Seclan and to Ramsey and Rolf and to Vinney and Eddy and to Atta and to Murray. Each of you helped make our time in PNG very special.

My goodness Kokoda….. and…. PNG and the track and the boys and the festivals and the people….

People need to know that it's not just about the Track and the pain.

The track for us was not all about pain, mind you I definitely needed to draw on every hour of training I had invested prior to getting there, and was thankful for it on a daily basis. The day we flew out from home I came down the stairs at the Comfort in to a pile of freshly packed backpacks and a party of fresh trekkers all decked out in there polished boots and pristine gaiters. I got butterflies all over again and said to Bill that I could easily go back upstairs, grab my pack, get on my boots and go with them….right there and then.

The food was great, the boys were great, the sticks are fantastic touch (t'shirts go all out of shape and wear out), but it's the care that makes the difference. I felt so cared about that I never considered a problem could occur that could not be solved. My confidence also rubbed off on Bill (the more conservative one of us) and he felt so much more comfortable than I thought he would and so enjoyed everything immensely. He just won't shut up about it…frankly he's driving me nuts!!

For us, I would like to add that we felt all the guys did their jobs really really well and also got on really well as a team…at least that we saw.

Well done team, goodonya and goodonus and goodonme!!!

Cheers for now
Kez

Photograph: Ramsey our joker and the life of the party. Sing sings that were shared along the way were initiated by Ramsey, In fact Ramsey could sing and play that little wooden box under water with a mouth full of marbles whilst carrying his pack and being ever so aware and sensitive to the needs of those around him. Ramsey is special and was the shining star if the bunch. I hope he goes far with his life …he deserves it!
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