1. Mt Wilhelm - photo taken by a MAF pilot
There are quite a few mountains in PNG, the highest being Mount Wilhelm at close to 14,800 ft above sea level. From the end of the road leading to it, it is about three hours walk to the base camp and then another six hours to the summit (taking it easy). So there is around eighteen hours of hiking (only up and down) in about a day and a half. Last Friday the previous week, it was decided to try and plan to climb it this weekend. As it is a long weekend here and as one of my housemates (Philipp) leaves PNG in under two weeks. Last Friday I really thought that it would be very unlikely that I would be able to go with the way my knee had been after my stack. The last week it has really come a long way, a big answer to prayer. It is still not 100% (I don’t know how they rate a sportsman’s fitness as an exact percentage). There is still some swelling and bruising, but it is quite good. In the end I decided not to go, a decision that I was torn about. All week I had been taking it a day at a time to see if I would be able to go (if I had another week I think I would of been well). Leaving the decision till last night, I spent a lot of time this week in thought and prayer about it. I haven’t struggled with a decision like this for a long time. The main reason for not going was that I did not have peace about going. My two housemates were able to leave early this morning to start their adventure. I hope to be able to climb Mount Wilhelm later in the year, God willing, when the weather is better and my knee is good.
June 8th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Wow! Looks like an awesome hike, hope you get to do it some time, get well soon!
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June 9th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
is that snow up there matt?
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June 11th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Yeah, despite being so close to the equator
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April 22nd, 2010 at 10:48 am
I am trying to organise a group of people to go up in say June 2011 if anyone is interested, please contact me!!
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