Walking with ghosts in Papua New Guinea : the Kokoda Trail and the last wild place on Earth
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Rick Antonson has traveled to parts of the world that are not simply exotic but sometimes damn near inaccessible. He has climbed Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey, traveling beyond that summit to Iraq and Iran and Armenia. he has undertaken an improbably overland journey to the ancient city of Timbuktu, and enlightening look into efforts to preserve the city's priceless manuscripts and historical artifacts. Now he has traversed the notorious Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea, a location so remote that some call it "The last wild place on earth." The rack is a narrow, sixty-mile footpath over rough jungle terrain and the more than six thousand feet in elevation change, amid punishing weather extremes. It's home to indigenous Papua people, who live among the rusting reminders of the Japanese Australian, and American armies that clashed in some of the deadliest protracted combat of World War II. Antonson undertook the journey in the company of a mixed band of resolute adventurers, and their own personal experiences provided some unexpected moments on the trail. In Walking with ghosts in Papua New Guinea, Antonson brings to life a journey of physical and mental endurance in his signature fashion, blending fascinating historical context with the trials and tribulations of discoveries in faraway lands" --Publisher.