Kokoda Trekkers Hall of Fame
Our Kokoda Trekking (KTL) - Hall of Fame shows all the names of our past trekkers and also up to date statistics:We at Kokoda Trekking would like to thank past trekkers for their support and confidence in choosing us as their preferred operator. To all future trekkers, we look forward to meeting you in 2008 KOKODA TREKKING (KTL) STATISTICS:Total Number of Trekkers: 2003 = 24. Number of Treks: 5 treks
Total Number of Trekkers: 2004 = 426. Number of Treks: 43 treks
Total Number of Trekkers 2005 = 682. Number of Treks: 75 treks
Total Number of Trekkers 2006 = 850. Number of Treks: 104 treks
Total Number of Trekkers 2007 = 722. Number of Treks: 80 treks
Total Number of Trekkers 2008 = 707. Number of Treks: 77 treks
Now in 2010 in excess of 4000 trekkers
Per above, 3400 + trekkers since we first commenced operation. Many years in a row we have taken more trekkers on the Kokoda Track than any other operator. This is indeed something we are proud of. Our Kokoda operation is PNG run and you can be assured your money employs hundreds of porters and guides from Kokoda and surrounding areas right up to Sogeri. We have invested heavily in motor vehicles; a Cessna 206 Aircraft for food drops; satellite radios; two way radios; Orohaven Kokoda Retreat and other equipment we feel necessary to run successful Kokoda Treks.
KOKODA CHALLENGE RACE - 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008:In 2004 I arrived home one day to find our porters disappointed that Brian Freeman had broken the track record. They felt the record should belong on PNG soil. Russell and I discussed this and decided that in 2005 we would run a race so that the local boys could try and win back the record and their pride. John Hunt Hiviki not only broke the record, he smashed it. Last year we decided to change direction and run the race from the Ower's Corner end. Brendan Buka won the race in 17 hours 49 minutes.Update 31st August, 2008: Once again Brendan Buka has re written the history books when he broke his old record to win the 2008 Kokoda Challenge Race in a record time of 16:34:05.
2005 - Kokoda Challenge - Track Record Kokoda to Owers' Corner - 28th August, 2005 - Winner - John Hunt Hiviki Time 22:14:01 2006 Kokoda Challenge- Track Record Owers' Corner to Kokoda on 26th August, 2006 - Winner - Brendan Buka (KTL) - Time: 17:49:172007 Kokoda Challenge - Track Record Owers' Corner to Kokoda on the 26th August, 2007 - Winner - Tom Hango (KTL) - Time: 19:07 2007 Kokoda Challenge - Track Record Kokoda to Owers' Corner on the 26th August, 2007 - Winner - Brendan Buka (KTL) - Time: 17:20 2008 Kokoda Challenge - Track Record Owers' Corner to Kokoda on the 30th August, 2008 - Winner - Brendan Buka (KTL) - Time: 16:34:05 Kokoda Challenge Race Records:Fastest man on the Kokoda Track/Kokoda Trail: Kokoda Trekking (KTL) porter - Brendan Buka - in both directions set in August 2007 and August 2008
Fastest Female - Nesta Gipine - set 31st August 2008 - Time 22:08:38
Fastest white man - International Competitor - Owers' Corner to Kokoda - Damon Goerke set in August 2006 in a time of 19:28
Fastest white man - International Competitor - Kokoda to Owers' Corner - Andrew (Andy) Rowan set in August 2006 in a time of 24:15
Other KTL records: First Trekkers: 16th April, 2003 - Geoff and Daniel Trott from Melbourne
Youngest Male Trekker: Nicholas Lawson (7) - 2005
Youngest Female Trekker: Ellie Hargrave (12) - 2004
Oldest Male Trekker: Walter (aka The Fox) Kelly (81) - 2004
Oldest Female Trekker: Sybil Dwyer (74) - 2010
Youngest Papua New Guinean Trekker: Malik Suma (6 years) 2007
Trek Numbers - most trekkers - over 4000 in the past 5 + years
Bases - only company with a head office in Port Moresby and bases in Kokoda and Australia
A hard record to beat - guides with the most number of treks:John Derick Eroro (400 + Treks lost count)
Russell Eroro (287+ treks)
As John Derick Eroro is in high demand to lead our treks, an additional $500.00 per group is required to request his services: The Eroro family is well known in the Kokoda and Popondetta area. Their mother Peggy raised 17 children, 9 of her own and the others adopted. Many of these now walk for us.
Johnsford; Davidson; Ross; Duggie & nephews, Paulo, Emmanuel and Oliver. Attention anyone who has logged onto this page through the 'Hall of Fame' area using the icon on our front page: to view the photographs mentioned below,
PLEASE CLICK HERE:Photograph A group of our hard working KTL boys seen here at Isurava: At Kokoda Trekking each year we try and give something of importance to the community of Kokoda. 2004, we placed a Mitsubishi Canter 3 tonne truck in Kokoda, commonly known as KTL 1 which has served the community for the past three years going back and forth from Kokoda to Popondetta on a daily basis except when trekkers are in town: In 2005 we placed a 4WD Toyota Hilux in Kokoda to add another service should the need arise to pick up trekkers from Kovelo Village or areas where our truck cannot access. This vehicle also serves the Gona/Buna/Sanananda end picking up trekkers from the airport and showing them around before driving them up to Kokoda: In May 2005 we purchased an ambulance for Kokoda and surrounding areas so that anyone requiring urgent medical attention can be transported down to Popondetta. In 2006 we purchased thousands of australian dollars worth of equipment for villages along the track which included, water containers, good quality tarpaulins, cooking pots, change rooms and other items. Photograph below was taken at Ua'Ule Creek. One of our tarpaulins was used when a roof was leaking. On one of our treks, it was used for trekkers to sit on and relax in the village of Kagi: In 2007 we decided on a 3 cyclinder tractor lawnmower as a much needed piece of equipment to help keep Kokoda Station and Kokoda airstrip mowed. Finally it has arrived in Kokoda and is now hard at work trying to clean up. After we catch up, it will be used on a monthly basis to keep Kokoda clean and tidy. Our aim is to TRY and make KOKODA the most beautiful place in PNG. All our KTL boys have been asked to find and take to the Kokoda Station at least 10 plants each when they have been selected to walk on one of our treks. With this kind of help, it is hoped they can continue to grow the beauty of the station:
Another addition of ours both on the track and in Kokoda this year in 2007 has been the introduction of rubbish bins. So far we have placed them as follows: - 2 at Kokoda Station
- 2 at Kokoda School
- 2 at Kokoda Airstrip
- 2 at Kokoda Monument area
- 2 at Kokoda Hospital
Also in Menari, Efogi, Ua'Ule Creek and Owers' Corner We also purchased various items for the Kokoda Primary School including a brand new lawnmower. However, now we have our tractor we will mow their lawn for free each month: Our latest project has been the Kokoda Airport, check out our progress: Photographs:Pic 1: before work commenced
Pic 2: work in progress
Pic 3: trekkers now posing for photographs in front of our carved signs
Pic 4: the end result, a nice building and atmosphere now present at Kokoda airstrip
Pic 5: our New Holland tractor which now mows the airstrip to allow all track operators the chance to trek as tractors in Kokoda have all broken down. With the rainfall in Kokoda it would not take long for long grass to close the airport - hence another community project for Kokoda Trekking (KTL) Hello Gail
Congratulations to you on your wonderful unselfish nature and attitude, in supplying all these necessary items to the wonderful people who live on the famous Kokoda Track. You never cease to amaze me with your Love and Care for PNG and it's people, by willingly donating and giving so much out of your own pocket.
I know you are rewarded in your heart for what you do, but I sincerely hope that one day you are recognised and rewarded in a tangible manner for all you have done and no doubt will continue to do over the years for the people of Kokoda, Deniki, Isurava, Alola, Eora Creek, Templeton's Crossing, Myola, Kagi, Efogi, Menari, Nauro, Ioribawa and Ua-Ule Creek.
God Bless
Love
Waza
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Total number of treks: 508
ANZAC TREK-Ower's Cnr to Kokoda
Date: 25 April 2008 - 3 May 2008
This trek is designed so that you commence your trek at Ower's Corner on the 25th April and walk towards Kokoda arriving there on the 2rd May where you will overnight. The following day you will fly back into Port Moresby on the 3rd May. This trek is designed so that you can avoid the crowds on the track before Anzaz Day but still attend the Anzac Day service at the Bomana War Cemetery. After the service you will be taken back to the hotel to change and collect your gear before heading off to Ower's Corner. Transport to the service is included in the cost of your trek. Trek 380:
Trek 380 A - Guide Kingsley Boropi, Assistant Guide Ray Olen
List of Trekkers:
1. Barry Coulter + Requires a porter - paid in full 15/01/08 - Crowne Plaza - 24th April; insce details received - want to hire a two man tent
2. Kerrie Coulter + Requires a porter - paid in full 21/01/08 - same as above
3. Andrew Shugg + Requires a porter - paid in full31/03/2008
4. Julie Shugg + Requires a porter - pain full 31/03/2008
5. Philip Brooks + Requires a porter - paid in full 17/01/08
6. Nicholas Brooks + Requires a porter - paid in full 20/02/2008
7. Joy Pedersen + Requires a porter - paid in full 17/01/08
8. Leanne Festing + Requires a porter - paid in full 03/04/08
9. Richard Galton + Requires a porter - paid in full 03/03/08
10. Henry (Harry) Jackson - paid in full 07/02/2008
11. Colin Mayman + Requires a porter - paid in full 26/10/07
12. Jo Neary + Requires a porter (request Frank Taimbari) - paid in full 13/02/08-24/04/Gateway;
13. Max Jesberg - paid in full 13/02/08 - 24/04 - Gateway
14. Alan Allwright - paid in full 25/02/08 - 24/04 - Gateway
15. Glen Sharpe + Requires a porter - paid in full 27/02/08
16. Murray Sharpe + Requires a porter - paid in full 27/02/08
17. Sam Lee - paid in full 12/12/07 - staying Aku Lodge 24/04
18. Eric Lee - paid in full 12/12/07 - staying Aku Lodge - 24/04
19. Terry Mortimer + Requires a porter - requests Colin Suma as porter - paid in full 25/03/08
20. Melissa Mortimer - paid in full 25/03/08 - Staying Aku Lodge night of the 24th April
Cancellation due to medical problems:
Julie Allwright + Requires a porter - paid $1000 04/07/07
Laurie Roberts - deposit paid 04/07/07
This trek now closed to further bookings:
ANZAC AT KOKODA - Komplete Kokoda
Date: 24 April 2008 - 3 May 2008
Walk with Soc Kienzle the son of Bert Kienzle when he heads out to Kokoda to put on the first Anzac Day at Kokoda in over 20 years. This trek will fly into Kokoda on the 24th April and return on the 3rd May at Owers' Corner. Historian Soc Kienzle. Trek 474 - KTL Guide - Clement Harike, Assistant Chrisley Boropi:
Walk the Kokoda Track with the only Aussie Tour person on the Kokoda Trail who was BORN and RAISED amongst the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels at Kokoda.
Komplete Kokoda to reopen the Kokoda Memorial as a main venue for the ANZAC Day Dawn Service. Be part of something truly special.
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1. Komplete Kokoda + Requires a porter - paid in full 31/03/08
2. Komplete Kokoda + Requires a porter - paid in full 31/03/08
3. Komplete Kokoda + Requires a porter - paid in full 31/03/08
4. Komplete Kokoda + Requires a porter - paid in full 31/03/08
5. Komplete Kokoda + Requires a porter - paid in full 31/03/08
6. Komplete Kokoda + Requires a porter - paid in full 31/03/08
7. Komplete Kokoda + Requires a porter - paid in full 31/03/08
8. Komplete Kokoda + Requires a porter - paid in full 31/03/08
9. Komplete Kokoda + Requires a porter - paid in full 31/03/08
10. Komplete Kokoda + Requires a porter - paid in full 31/03/08
11. Komplete Kokoda + Requires a porter - paid in full 31/03/08
12. Komplete Kokoda + Requires a porter - paid in full 31/03/08
13. Komplete Kokoda + Requires a porter - paid in full 31/03/08
14. Komplete Kokoda - Does not require a porter - paid in full 31/03/08
Additional Comments: Clive Jinga, personal porter for Soc Kienzle
Additional Comments: Three trekkers are flying into Kokoda on the 24th and returning to Port Moresby on the 25th April to attend the Anzac Day service at Kokoda
15. KK Non-trekker - paid in full 31/03/08
16. KK Non-trekker - paid in full 31/03/08
17. KK Non-trekker - paid in full 31/03/08
If anyone would like to walk with Soc Kienzle you are more than welcome to join him. Soc knows the track better than anyone! He held the track record as a young teenager and just loves Kokoda and the people who live there. He also has great delight in teaching our boys and any trekkers who walk with him about the history of the track and can spin a good yarn or two about the 'old days' and growing up in Kokoda. For anyone wanting to join this trek, the costs are different from our normal treks so please write to us for costings.
Private Trek - Owers' Corner to Kokoda
Date: 18 March 2008 - 26 March 2008
Private Closed trek commencing at Owers' Corner on the 18th March and finishing at Kokoda on the 25th March where you will overnight. If possible would like an extension to Gona/Buna area morning of the 26th - Trek 461 - Guide Paul Esiko, Chrisley Boropi Assistant Guide:
List of Trekkers:
1. Roger Sendall - paid in full 01/02/08
2. Michael Read - paid in full 25/01/08
3. Jonathon Phelps + Requires a porter - paid in full 02/02/08 - porter Jenen Barai
4. Richard Marshall - paid in full 10/03/08
5. Angus Moore - paid in full 12/03/08
6. Sam Powell - paid in full 11/03/08
7. Philip Powell - paid in full 11/03/08
8. Jim Lennon + Requires a porter - deposit paid 16/12/07 paid $1550 13/02/2008 - wants to hire a tent - porter Jeffrey Boropi
9. Andrew Slack-Smith + Requires a porter - paid in full 12/03/08 - porter Bubura Dudley
10. Shaun Slattery - paid in full 21/02/2008
11. Martyn Powell - paid in full 29/01/08
12. Will Carpenter + Requires a porter - paid in full 06/02/2008
13. Robert Hutchinson + Requires a porter - paid in full 01/02/08 - porter Kanawi Joseph
Cancellation due to a medical problem 28/02/08 :
Jeff Constable + Requires a porter - paid in full 05/02/08
James Marriott - deposit paid 19/12/2007
Kokoda to Owers' Corner
Date: 19 March 2008 - 27 March 2008
Commencing in Kokoda on the 19th March and finishing at Owers' Corner on the 27th March - Trek 450 - requests David Clark Embo as their guide. Assistant Guide Sailas Harike:
List of Trekkers:
1. Neil MacLaren - paid in full 19/10/07
2. Leon MacLaren - paid in full 22/10/2007
3. David Stuckey - paid in full 31/10/07
4. Andrew Page - paid in full 15/03/08
5. Michelle Conway - paid in full 28/12/07
6. Paul Vyverberg - paid in full 07/01/08
7. Rob Weston + Requires a porter - deposit paid 02/01/07; paid $2000.00 15/03/08
8. Ashley McKenzie - paid in full 15/03/08
9. Dave Loftus - paid in full 17/03/2008
Kokoda to Owers' Corner
Date: 19 March 2008 - 25 March 2008
Commencing at Kokoda on the 19th March and finishing at Owers' Corner on the 25th March - Trek 457 - Guide Tarina Bore. Assistant Clive Jinga:
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1. Rebecca Thorn + Requires a porter - paid in full 12/01/08 - Vegetarian - porter Brendan Buka - fastest man to ever walk the Kokoda Track in a time of 17 hours 20 minutes
2. Ananth Rajaratnam + Requires a porter - paid in full 15/03/08 - personal porter Duggy Eroro - also in the top 10 of the fastest times ever
3. Lara Condon + Requires a porter - paid in full 21/01/2008 - Gill Bauba porter
4. Daniel Burke - paid in full 07/03/08
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