Training for kokoda can become a threat, How Overreaching Can Wire Stress into the Nervous System
23 Feb 2026 11:50 AMAidan Grimeswhen exercise moves too far beyond current capability, it can stop being adaptive stress and start becoming neurological threat.
Campfire Academy: a rite of passage for school leavers
13 Feb 2026 1:07 PMAidan GrimesWe invite you on this 13 day life changing, rite of passage experience in PNG. Experience the highs and lows of the treacherous Kokoda Track with a sense of courage, endurance and mateship without the ultimate sacrifice that our digger's made before us. At the end of the trek, stand proud with us at the Bomana Cemetery to pay tribute and remember those famous Diggers who fought to save Australia from invasion in 1942. Then having earnt the right to visit the "island" we celebrate...
Cortisol on Kokoda
3 Feb 2026 2:50 PMAidan GrimesOne of the defining features of people stepping onto Kokoda isn’t weakness or lack of fitness it’s anticipatory load. Most arrive carrying stress or anxiety about what they’re about to face. Biologically, that shows up as elevated cortisol.