Kokoda Trail | Lapun Mama | Activity https://kokodatrekkingaust.com.au/members-3/Lapun-Mama/activity/ Activity feed for Lapun Mama. Fri, 19 Jul 2024 04:44:53 +1000 https://buddypress.org/?v=12.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 d692ee78a6cdb3eeaa121dfe89239a1b Lapun Mama replied to the topic Quick Query On Vaseline in the forum Trek Preparation https://kokodatrekkingaust.com.au/forums/topic/quick-query-on-vaseline/#post-99902 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:39:54 +1000 I've heard about people using vaseline & as far as I know it's the petroleum jelly one. I chose to use fixamol (also called mefix) an adhesive dressing that you can buy at the chemist – lots of sports people use it for blister prevention & treatment & great for anytime you lose the top layer of skin ie burns & gravel rash too. When I walked we had…[Read more]

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b21f77dea1b392484a58302ed427a932 Lapun Mama replied to the topic What Is Average Time Spent Perparing For Trek? in the forum Trek Preparation https://kokodatrekkingaust.com.au/forums/topic/what-is-average-time-spent-perparing-for-trek/#post-98935 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:25:06 +1000 Hi Heather,Not sure when you were heading off but hope this info is useful for someone.I've had the privelidge of nursing a number of ANZACS & had always said I'd like to do the Track before I hit 50, as I thought by thenI'd be too old. My son was planning to go & invited me along. He also surprised me with the return airfare as my 50th birthday…[Read more]

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b3c8f63bac1fc36103b04ff14a67c3a8 Lapun Mama replied to the topic We're Back And We Made It! in the forum Introduction https://kokodatrekkingaust.com.au/forums/topic/were-back-and-we-made-it/#post-98929 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:39:00 +1000 Hi Donna & Co. Glad you guys made it all the way this time. We met you at the Gateway on the day you were about to start the trek you have now completed; we were about to fly out of PNG the same day.I was in KTL trek 303 with my son, his girlfirend & another friend of their's. As the only trekker in my group over 50yrs I felt I earned my title…[Read more]

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