The Kapa Kapa - A tough walk in paradise. Kapa Kapa Trail - means nothing to most people, even experienced walkers. Google it and you will not be much wiser. Hence the allure for the hardy trekkers. In 1942 under General MacArthur's orders an ill equipped 2nd Battalion of the US 126th Infantry Division of the 32nd "Red Arrows" battled their way on an ill-defined jungle track across Papua New Guinea. The trail they took, "The Kapa Kapa," crosses the Owen Stanley Range to the east of the famous Kokoda Track, in a country rarely walked by other than the local village people. During the Second...