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All of us here at Kokoda Trekking were excited yesterday to receive from Warren Bartlett – Executive Officer of the Kokoda Track Authority a spreadsheet showing numbers on the kokoda trail for 2005.
Russell Eroro based in Kokoda is on his way back into Port Moresby and I am sure he too will be thrilled to read this. During the past 12 years + of trekking he has always dreamed of running his own company and employing guides and porters to walk the Kokoda Trail especially from his home town of Kokoda.
In the past only a handful of boys from Kokoda ever found work and you could just about count on two hands the regular guys selected to walk. Russell & his brother John got picked quite often due to their experience but there are hundreds of guys looking for work in and around the Kokoda Trail who would have to turn to other means to support their families if it werent for trekking.
To all our past trekkers, a sincere big THANK YOU for selecting Kokoda Trekking to take you out on the Kokoda Trail. I only started helping Russell Eroro find trekkers in March last year and we ended the year with 426 all together. This year with you help, this figure should grow to a higher number for 2005.
Its also great to see so many people trekking the kokoda trail totalling this year todate 747 covering all trekking companies as at 20th June, 2005.
Our statistics are as follows:
Kokoda Trekking Ltd – trekkers to date: 243
Sub-Contractor to PNG Trekking Adventure Tours: 17Total taken on the trail for 2005 = 260 trekkers as at 20th June, 2005
Photograph: One of our group photographs taken at Isurava Battlesite area on the 24th April, 2005:
Anzac_Group_at_Isurava.jpgIf you would like to check out the spreadsheet attached, please click on the attachment.
kta_trek_statistics_by_operator_2005.xlsthe statistics by month
kta_trek_statistics_by_month_2005.pdf
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