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4) The Kokoda Track (4 of 14)
4) The Kokoda Track (4 of 14)
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The Kokoda Track is extremely dangerous, but trekkers seem to love the area that connects Kokoda to Port Moresby. There have been several casualties in the area, and in 2009, four hikers died on the trail that takes 11 days to complete. The terrain of the track adds to the difficulty of the hikers as it consists of clay muck and slippery areas. Te government of Papua New Guinea an Australia has spent millions of dollars in order to make the area better, but one still needs to be careful.
New Hampshire’s Mt Washington may not look like a killer at less than 7000 feet but more than 150 hikers have died on the trail to it’s summit over the last 100 years. Mt. Washington happens to be at the confluence of several weather systems and has some of the most violent winds on the planet. For many years, from 1933 to sometime around 2000, it held the record for the worlds highest recorded wind speed: 233 MPH at the summit. What has killed so many hikers are not falls, instead, most have died from hypothermia. Weather there can change with stunning rapidness. Half way up the mountain, the temperature can drop 40 degrees, accompanied with sleet, snow and cold fog, reducing visibility to zero.
Lightly dressed hikers unprepared for such conditions can quickly loose conciseness and freeze to death.
It has happened way to often.