No age is not a barrier. I recently completed the "walk" with a group of 5 female friends. The youngest was a smidge shy of 40 and I was the senior at 56. Walking the Kokoda track is the greatest thing I have ever done. It may have been the first time but will not be the last.

Being prepared is essential. Having said that the physical and mental part were difficult but the emotional side was way harder than any of us expected. We have been back just over a month and all are finding it difficult to settle back into the lives we had before Kokoda.

Oh well, that means keeping up the fitness and training and walking back the other way in two years time.