![KOKODA: Cancer Council Tasmania state project manager for marketing Anthony Edwards, Paul Fallon and Adventure Abroad's Tom Allwright. Picture: Paul Scambler KOKODA: Cancer Council Tasmania state project manager for marketing Anthony Edwards, Paul Fallon and Adventure Abroad's Tom Allwright. Picture: Paul Scambler](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/f7RjaMfWpt7t6mZgyemm2Y/ce6b4c31-3912-48e3-8cb8-67592764d05d.JPG/r0_0_6016_4011_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Hiking the Kokoda trail is nothing compared to the battles Paul Fallon has faced in the past.
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The 61-year-old was diagnosed with prostate cancer 10 years ago and faced the fight of his life to enter remission for the disease.
In November, he will join a dozen other people in hiking the Kokoda trail in Papua New Guinea to raise money for Cancer Council Tasmania.
Each hiker will aim to raise at least $2000 as a part of the organisation’s Kokoda Challenge.
“I believe in what the Cancer Council does and they need every bit of support they can get,” he said.
“It’s a really good way of raising the awareness of cancer through my contacts within the corporate world to achieve the target they have set.
“It’s also an emotional attachment as well to see what our forebearers went through and I’ve certainly taken a great interest in both aspects of this particular journey we’re going down.”
Teaming up with Cancer Council Tasmania to run the Kokoda Challenge is Hobart-based Adventure Abroad.
The adventure tour company has run 14 trips to Kokoda and will provide a wellspring of knowledge to everyone who joins the trip.
“We take everyone through the the history of Kokoda, which started in July 1942, and all the way through we tell the story of Kokoda,” Adventure Abroad founder Tom Allwright said.
“It gets forgotten that it’s the only part of any war Australia has been involved in to protect our own shores.
“The reason I fell in love with the place was the history and I feel it’s something everyone should know about.”
Cancer Council Tasmania state project manager for marketing, and five-time Olympic rower, Anthony Edwards will also embark on the journey.
“While it becomes a bucket list item for those who are interested, it’s also an opportunity to help raise funds toward the cause,” he said.
The trek will take place between November 3 and November 12.
To join the Kokoda Challenge, contact Cancer Council Tasmania on 6169 1912.