

Walking with Ghosts in Papua New Guinea
Crossing the Kokoda Trail in the Last Wild Place on Earth
Author: Rick Antonson
Narrator: Paul Woodson
Unabridged: 8 hr 34 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 08/17/2021
Categories: Nonfiction, Travel, Southeast Asia, Hikes & Walks
Synopsis
The trail is a narrow, sixty-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.