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Last night we had the pleasure of meeting up with Harry Walden and his wife Kylie Fardell along with Scott Beckwith who I felt I knew already as we had spoken a few times on the telephone.
This morning they had an early start and were on the road around 7am heading for Owers' Corner where they commenced their walk.
All three in this group are taking on the challenge of carrying their gear as they have had their share of this kind of thing in the Army so know what to expect.
No calls today to shout for a porter so they must be doing ok.
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DSCN5226__Small_.JPGUpdate 4th August: Trekkers have now made it to Japs Ladder where they are spending the night.
Tomorrow they will walk to Menari so all going well so far for these three trekkers.
DSC_0323__Small_.JPGTrekkers are now at Menari Look-Out (13:40LT) heading for Menari Village. They will overnight there.
All trekkers are doing fine.Pictures of Menari herewith.D5_KQ_STRUGGLES_AFTER_ILL__Small_.JPG
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D5_MENARI_SUNSET_2__Small_.JPGUpdate 6th August: Today instead of spending the night at Efogi, a decision was made to head to Kagi Village. Trekkers are still doing ok and will move off tomorrow down to Templeton's 1 area.
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IMG_1110__Small_.JPGAll trekkers are well. Guide radioed in from Alola village and advised that they will be overnighting at Isurava/Battlefield.
Update 8th August: Last night as planned trekkers spent the night at Isurava Monument area and have walked off today down the track towards Kokoda. One was having a bad day yesterday but overall all are doing ok.
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D2_ISURAVA_MEMORIAL_ARTIFACTS__Small_.JPGSome pics of the area they will be walking through today:
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IMG_1410__Small_.jpgUpdate 10th August: Trekkers walked out to Kokoda today and are presently overnighting at our camp in Kokoda. Tomorrow they will travel down by road to Popondetta and then out to Gona.
Congratulations to all three who carried their packs all the way, well done from all of us here at Kokoda Trekking (KTL)
Update 11th August: Trekkers have now reached Gona where they will spend the night. Tomorrow they will fly back to Port Moresby with Air Niugini.
Trekkers are now in Gona after visiting Buna and Sananda. They will overnite at Gona. Trekkers and guide will travel by Bus to Girua Airport (Popondetta) and trekkers will fly into Port moresby.
Trekkers are now back here in Port Moresby and we met up with them tonight. All three appeared to be very happy with their trek and really enjoyed their time on the track and with our boys.
On behalf of Management and staff, thanks for choosing to walk with us. Also a big thank you to Wayne Bradford for recommending us.
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