Walking with ghosts in Papua New Guinea : crossing the Kokoda Trail in the last wild place on earth / Rick Antonson.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, 2020Copyright date: ©2019Description: 265 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type: - text
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- 1510762183
- 9781510762183
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Acclaimed travel writer Rick Antonson ( Full Moon Over Noah's Ark ) tackles his most challenging adventure yet: a formidable trail through the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea.
Rick Antonson has traveled to parts of the world that are not simply exotic but sometimes damned near inaccessible. He has climbed to the summit of Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey, traveling beyond to Iraq and Iran and Armenia. He has undertaken an improbable overland journey to the ancient city of Timbuktu, an enlightening look into efforts to preserve the city's priceless manuscripts. Now he has traversed the notorious Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea, a country some call "the last wild place on earth."
The trail is a narrow, 60-mile footpath featuring rough jungle, 6,000 feet in elevation change, and punishing weather extremes. In a country unfairly locked in Western misperceptions, the track is inhospitable terrain yet home to hospitable indigenous peoples, 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.
In Walking With Ghosts in Papua New Guinea , Antonson shares a journey of physical and mental endurance in his inimitable way, in the company of a mixed band of resolute adventurers, blending fascinating historical context with the tribulations of unexpected discoveries in faraway lands.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Miles from nowhere -- Coffee at the end of the world -- Beyond forget -- Nearest faraway place -- Better beckons.
"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." -- Inside jacket flap.