Adventure

Lumusa

At Easter Steve, Pete and Harvey came up to visit me.  It was a great time.  We trekked over to where we first began our PNG adventure in 1977 at Lumusa.  We had thought we would drive over and then walk the “short cut” back but the road was washed out and we had to hike there and back.  Harvey loved hiking in the rain on the way over.  We were all thankful the next morning was fine for our steep decent down the slippery clay.

The Sepik River

Birgit and I took off to the Sepik River on the Queen’s Birthday weekend.  We flew to Wewak and then took a 4 hours PMV (public transport van) ride to the river where we boarded a motorized canoe and spent a night in a village.  It was a whirlwind trip but great to see another part of PNG with a culture all of its own.

Mt Hagen

With Birgit and Melina I climbed PNG’s third highest peak at 3778m above sea level.  It was one of the toughest climb’s I have done.  It was physically challenging full day with a sense of achievement at the end.  It was a shame we didn’t have a clear day to enjoy the view form the top.  Our guide warned us in the morning that the view would not be good because of the “snow” (Think he meant fog.  No snow to be found.)